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THE EASTERN BAFFIN BAY a Preliminary Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment of Hydrocarbon Activities in the KANUMAS West Area THE EASTERN BAFFIN BAY A preliminary strategic environmental impact assessment of hydrocarbon activities in the KANUMAS West area NERI Technical Report no. 720 2009 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AU AARHUS UNIVERSITY [Blank page] THE EASTERN BAFFIN BAY A preliminary strategic environmental impact assessment of hydrocarbon activities in the KANUMAS West area NERI Technical Report no. 720 2009 Editors: David Boertmann Anders Mosbech Doris Schiedek Kasper Johansen Authors: David Boertmann Kasper Johansen Lars Maltha Rasmussen Doris Schiedek Fernando Ugarte Anders Mosbech Morten Frederiksen Morten Bjerrum Sections with specifi c authors: Erik W. Born (GINR) & Rune Dietz (NERI): Polar bear Erik W. Born (GINR): Walrus Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid (GINR): Seals Frank Riget (NERI): Arctic char Helle Siegstad (GINR) & Ole Jørgensen (DTU Aqua): Fish, fi sheries, Greenland halibut Michael Sejr (NERI), Martin Blicher (GINR) & Søren Rysgaard (GINR): Benthos Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AU AARHUS UNIVERSITY Data sheet Series title and no.: NERI Technical Report No. 720 Title: The eastern Baffi n Bay Subtitle: A preliminary strategic environmental impact assessment of hydrocarbon activities in the KANUMAS West area Editors: David Boertmann, Anders Mosbech, Doris Schiedek and Kasper Johansen Department: Department of Arctic Environment Authors: David Boertmann, Kasper Johansen, Lars Maltha Rasmussen, Doris Schiedek, Fernando Ugarte, Anders Mosbech, Morten Frederiksen & Morten Bjerrum Departments: Department of Arctic Environment and Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Sections with specifi c authors: Erik W. Born (GINR), Rune Dietz (NERI): Polar bear Erik W. Born (GINR): Walrus Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid (GINR): Seals Frank Riget (NERI): Arctic char Helle Siegstad (GINR) & Ole Jørgensen (DTUAqua): Fish, fi sheries, Greenland Halibut. Michael Sejr (NERI), Martin Blicher (NERI) & Søren Rysgaard (GINR): Benthos Publisher: National Environmental Research Institute© Aarhus University – Denmark URL: http://www.neri.dk Year of publication: May 2009 Editing completed: April 2009 Please cite as: Boertmann, D., Mosbech, A., Schiedek, D. & Johansen, K. (eds) 2009. The eastern Baffi n Bay. A preliminary strategic environmental impact assessment of hydrocarbon activities in the KANUMAS West area. National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark. 238 pp. – NERI Technical report no. 720. http://www.dmu.dk/Pub/FR720.pdf Reproduction permitted provided the source is explicitly acknowledged Abstract: This report is a preliminary strategic environmental impact assessment of activities related to exploration, development and exploitation of oil in the Baffi n Bay off northwest Greenland. Keywords: Strategic environmental impact assessment, SEIA, oil exploration, oil exploitation, oil spill, Baffi n Bay, northwest Greenland, fauna. Layout: Tinna Christensen Greenland summary: Bjørn Rosing English proof reading: Carey Smith Drawings: NERI Graphics Group, Silkeborg ISBN: 978-87-7073-100-3 ISSN: 1600-0048 Number of pages: 238 Internet version: The report is available in electronic format (pdf) at NERI’s website http://www.dmu.dk/Pub/FR720.pdf Content Preface 5 Acknowledgement 5 Summary and conclusions 6 Dansk resumé 13 Imaqarniliaq kalaallisooq 20 1 Introduction 28 1.1 Coverage of the SEIA 28 1.2 Abbreviations and acronyms 30 2 Summary of petroleum activities 32 2.1 Seismic surveys 32 2.2 Exploration drilling 32 2.3 Drilling mud and cuttings 33 2.4 Other exploration activities 33 2.5 Development and production 33 2.6 Produced water 33 2.7 Air emmissions 34 2.8 Other activities 34 2.9 Accidents 35 3 Physical environment 36 3.1 Weather 36 3.2 Oceanography 36 3.3 The coasts 40 3.4 Ice conditions 40 4 Biological environment 46 4.1 Primary productivity 46 4.2 Zooplankton 50 4.3 Benthos 54 4.4 Ice fauna and fl ora 58 4.5 Fish 58 4.6 Seabirds 63 4.7 Marine mammals 79 4.8 Summary of VECs from KANUMAS West assessment area 125 5 Natural resource use 129 5.1 The commercial fi sheries 129 5.2 Subsistence and recreational fi sheries and hunting 131 5.3 Tourism 133 6 Protected areas and threatened species 135 6.1 International nature protection conventions 135 6.2 National nature protection legislation 135 6.3 Threatened species 138 6.4 NGO designated areas 139 7 Contaminants, background levels and effects 140 7.1 Heavy metals 141 7.2 Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) 142 7.3 Brominated fl ame retardants 143 7.4 Perfl uorinated compounds (PFCs) 143 7.5 Tributyltin (TBT) 143 7.6 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) 143 7.7 Conclusions on contaminant levels 144 7.8 Biological effects 145 8 Impact of climate change on the Arctic marine environment 151 8.1 Interactions between climate change and contaminants 153 8.2 Potential implications for the KANUMAS West area 154 8.3 Marine mammals 155 9 Impact assessment 157 9.1 Methodology and scope 157 10 Impacts of the potential routine activities 159 10.1 Exploration activities 159 10.2 Development and production activities 168 10.3 Decommissioning 177 11 Impacts from accidental oils spills 178 11.1 Oil spill properties 178 11.2 Oilspill impacts on the environment 182 12 Assessment summary 194 12.1 Normal operations – exploration 194 12.2 Normal operations – development and production 195 12.3 Accidents 196 12.4 Seasonal summary of potential oil spill impacts 198 13 Ongoing studies 201 14 Data gaps identifi ed during the preparation of the SEIA 203 15 List of reports in preparation or issued as a part of the SEIA 205 16 References 206 National Environmental Research Institute 237 NERI Technical Reports 238 Preface In 2006 the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum decided to initiate a deci- sion process for the so-called KANUMAS areas in order to prepare the ar- eas for hydrocarbon licensing rounds. The KANUMAS areas comprise the waters off Northeast and Northwest Greenland. This preliminary strate- gic environmental impact assessment forms part of this process and deals with the KANUMAS area in Northwest Greenland: the KANUMAS West area (Figure 1). A regional seismic exploration programme, the KANUMAS project, was initiated at the end of 1989, when a group of companies, the KANUMAS group, was granted a prospecting licence for the KANUMAS areas. The prospecting licence did not include any exclusive rights to the licensee and implied considerable obligations with regard to exploration. This was balanced by the KANUMAS group companies being granted a preferen- tial position in relation to potential petroleum exploration licencing in Northeast and Northwest Greenland. Interest in the KANUMAS areas increased substantially after the opening of the Disko West licensing round in the waters immediately to the south of KANUMAS West. The geology of the KANUMAS East area (Green- land Sea) is comparable to the offshore areas off West Norway, whereas the KANUMAS West area (Baffi n Bay) constitutes a northern geological extension of the Disko West licensing area. Preparation of the KANUMAS areas for possible future exploration and exploitation licencing requires that new knowledge in a number of areas is acquired in advance. This preliminary SEIA was prepared as a co-operation bewteen National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), Greenland Instutute of Natural Resources (GINR) and Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP). Before the fi nal SEIA is issued in 2010 this preliminary version will be subject to a public hearing process in Greenland. Acknowledgement Malene H. Petersen and Marie Frandsen compiled the reference list. Kris- tin Laidre and Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen (GINR) supplied data and in- formation on whales. Flemming Getreuer Christiansen (GEUS) supplied the potential drill sites for oil spill modelling. The sections on weather, oceanography and ice conditions are modifi ed from a DMI contribution to the oil spill sensitivity map covering the West Greenland region between 68° and 72° N (Mosbech et al. 2004). 5 Summary and conclusions This document is a preliminary Strategic Environmental Impact Assess- ment (SEIA) of activities related to exploration, development and exploi- tation of hydrocarbons in the sea off Northwest Greenland between 71° and 78° N. The KANUMAS West area (Figure 1). The KANUMAS project was a regional seismic exploration programme that was initiated at the end of 1989. A group of companies, the KANU- MAS group, was then granted a prospecting licence to the KANUMAS ar- eas. The Kanumas areas also encompass the Greenland part of the Green- land Sea – the KANUMAS East area. The prospecting licence did not include any exclusive rights to the licen- see. The licence implied a considerable obligation of exploration. This was balanced by granting the companies a special preferential position for the KANUMAS group. This preferential position will be activated if the right to petroleum exploration in Northeast and Northwest Greenland is put up for licensing. The SEIA was prepared by the National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources in cooperation with the Greenland Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum. The assessment area is shown in Figure 1. This is the region which poten- tially could be impacted by a large oil spill deriving from activities within the expected licence areas, although drift modelling indicates that oil may drift further than the extent of this area. The expected activities in the ‘full life cycle’ of a petroleum fi eld are briefl y described. Exploration activities are likely to take place during summer and autumn, because harsh weather and particularly sea ice hamper ac- tivities in winter and spring. However, if oil production is initiated activi- ties will take place throughout the year. The environment The physical conditions of the study area are briefl y described with fo- cus on oceanography and ice conditions. Sea ice and icebergs are present throughout the year, with the lightest conditions in the period July-Octo- ber. One of the most important physical features of the biological environ- ment is the polynyas (ice-free or almots ice-free areas surrounded by sea ice), of which the most important is the North Water between the Qaanaaq area and Ellesmere Island in Canada.
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