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Arctic Technology Conference 2011 Houston,xxx Texas, USA 7-9 February 2011 Volume 1 of 2 ISBN: 978-1-61839-056-1 Printed from e-media with permission by: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 Some format issues inherent in the e-media version may also appear in this print version. Copyright© (2011) by the Society of Petroleum Engineers All rights reserved. Printed by Curran Associates, Inc. (2011) For permission requests, please contact the Society of Petroleum Engineers at the address below. Society of Petroleum Engineers P. O. Box 833836 Richardson, Texas 75083-3836 Phone: (800) 456-6863 Fax: (972) 952-9435 [email protected] Additional copies of this publication are available from: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 USA Phone: 845-758-0400 Fax: 845-758-2634 Email: [email protected] Web: www.proceedings.com TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 1 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: CODES AND STANDARDS Assessment of International Standards for Safe Exploration, Production and Transportation of Oil and Gas in the Barents Sea ...................................................................................................................................................1 Gus Cammaert, Erling Saebo Limit State Design Methodology for Offshore Pipelines Against Ice Gouging – Industry Guidelines from the ICEPIPE JIP ..........................................................................................................................................................9 Graeme Davies, Kim Mørk, Mark Marley The Arctic Regulatory and Stakeholder Experience ........................................................................................................ 31 Gene Pavia, Shannon Blue, L. Renkert Arctic Standards – A Comparison and Gap Study........................................................................................................... 41 G. Abdel Ghoneim PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: DOE Effect of Residual Oil Saturation on Recovery Efficiency during Polymer Flooding of Viscous Oils .......................... 56 Karthik Kamaraj, Guoyin Zhang, Yi Liu, Randall S. Seright North Slope Decision Support System: Multi-Objective Planning for Ice Road Routes ............................................... 65 Stephen Bourne, James Haleblian, Kelly Brumbelow, Amy Tidwell, William E. Schnabel North Slope Decision Support System: Technological Aspects........................................................................................ 69 Stephen Bourne, James Haleblian, Kelly Brumbelow, Amy Tidwell, William E. Schnabel Snow Management to Augment Fresh Water Supplies in the Arctic.............................................................................. 76 S.L. Stuefer PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: GEOHAZARDS Geotechnical Investigations of the Clay Soils on the Oil and Gas Condensate Perspective Structures of Okhotsk Sea Self (Practice and Theory) ............................................................................................................................ 81 Nikolaj A. Kuten, Dmitry Zdobin Integrated Methodology for Mapping and Monitoring Permafrost and Seasonally Frozen Ground........................... 84 Gary R. Walter, Marius Necsoiu, Stuart A. Stothoff Ice-Soil-Pipeline Interactions Using Coupled Euler-Lagrange (CEL) Ice Gouge Simulations – Results from DNV Ice Pipe JIP...................................................................................................................................................... 102 Ranil Banneyake, M Kabir Hossain, Ayman Eltaher, Thanh Nguyen, Paul Jukes PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: METOCEAN A Model for Waves-in-Ice and Sea Ice Dynamics in the Marginal Ice Zone ................................................................ 118 Dany Dumont, Alison Kohout, Laurent Bertino, Stein Sandven Wave Propagation at Marginal Ice Zone......................................................................................................................... 124 François Petrie, Benjamin Rousse, J.M. Cholley, Guy Facon Application of the Buoy Network in the Barents Sea...................................................................................................... 131 Jan-Petter Mathisen, Jean Bidlot Consideration of Long-Term Natural-Climatic Factors in the Russian Arctic Energy Resources Development Strategy ....................................................................................................................................................... 141 Andrey Tsunevskiy LOGISTICS AND MARINE TRANSPORT: EER Enhanced Arctic Lifeboat Design and Operation ........................................................................................................... 146 Aaron M. Barr, Alan Browning, Esben J. Sorensen, Peter Schmidt, Charles J. McHardy Feasibility of Escape, Evacuation, and Rescue for Facilities in Arctic Shear Zone Environments............................. 156 Melanie Totten, Arnold Marsden, Walter Spring The Design of Hovercraft to Support Offshore Operations in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas ................................. 165 John H. Gifford, Malcolm Cox, Robert Barton Criteria for the Next Generation of Cold Regions Evacuation Systems........................................................................ 187 Gareth Igloliorte, Bruce Quinton ARKTOS Shear Zone Evacuation Craft Design Development...................................................................................... 200 Terrence A. Hall, Bruce H. Seligman Stereographic Analysis of Aerial Photographic Imagery for Arctic Development and Technology Planning.............................................................................................................................................................................. 212 Walter Spring, Mark Hansen, Jeremy Smith RESOURCES: CIRCUM-ARCTIC GEOSCIENCE OF PETROLEUM BASINS U.S. Geological Survey Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal .......................................................................................... 219 Donald Gautier Russian Arctic Petroleum Resources: Challenges and Future Opportunities.............................................................. 223 Anatoly Zolotukhin, Victor Gavrilov Tectonic History and Petroleum Geology of the Russian Arctic Shelves...................................................................... 234 Sergey S. Drachev, Nikolay A. Malyshev, Anatoly M. Nikishin Production of Light Oil from a Shallow, Frozen Reservoir: A Predevelopment Case Study of the Umiat Oil Field, Northern Alaska .................................................................................................................................... 250 Catherine Hanks, Allen Huckabay, Joanna Mongrain, Abhijit Dandekar, Vijay Bangia, Paul McCarthy Petroleum Prospectivity of the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean......................................................................................... 261 Arthur Grantz, Patrick E. Hart Resource Appraisal Technology for Undiscovered Arctic Petroleum........................................................................... 287 L.P. (Red) White, Donald Gautier REGULATORY AND ENVIRONMENT: ISO 19906 ISO 19906 - An International Standard for Arctic Offshore Structures....................................................................... 294 Walter Spring, Graham Thomas, Richard McKenna, Denis Blanchet Ice Actions in ISO 19906 – Overview............................................................................................................................... 305 Tuomo Kärnä, Robert Frederking, Karl Shkhinek Probabilistic Ice Loads Assessments for Arctic Regions: Inputs for Calibration of ISO 19906.................................. 313 Mark Fuglem, Paul Stuckey, Ian Jordaan Risk-Based Calibration of Action Factors in the New ISO 19906 Arctic Offshore Structures Standard................... 326 Marc A. Maes, Graham Thomas Reliability, Limit States and Action Factors for ISO 19906........................................................................................... 339 Graham Thomas, Frank G. Bercha, Ian Jordaan Overview of Case Studies for Draft ISO 19906............................................................................................................... 347 Graham Thomas, Dan Masterson, Walter Spring Use of the ISO 19906 Arctic Structures Standard .......................................................................................................... 351 Richard McKenna, Walter Spring, Graham Thomas LOGISTICS AND MARINE TRANSPORT: VESSELS Drillship Heating and Ventilating Challenges in Arctic Environments ........................................................................ 359 Scott Brittin, Alan Browning, Aaron M. Barr, Joe Davis, Charles J. McHardy, Keumdae Choo Design Considerations for an Arctic Intervention Vessel............................................................................................... 387 Tor Einar Berg, Bjorn O. Berge, Saara Hanninen, Reko-Antti Suojanen Experience from Vessels Operating in Ice in the Double Acting Principle................................................................... 395 Maximilian Vocke, Erkki Ranki, Arto Uuskallio, Mikko Niini Preparations Required for Switching to Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel in Marine Propulsion and Onboard Auxiliary Engines .............................................................................................................................................................. 405 Braxton Scherz, Eivind Flagstad-Andersen, Christian Fjell, Brian Ackeman PRODUCTION DRILLING, FACILITIES AND EXPORT: