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ZERO DISCHARGE (Pdf) ZERO DISCHARGE CLEAN SEA 2 6 8 OFFSHORE LUKOIL ECO ZERO DISCHARGE PROJECTS PRINCIPLES PRINCIPLE ZERO DISCHARGE CLEAN SEA 10 12 14 SAFETY HUMAN MONITORING MARGIN FACTOR DEMONSTRATES… 18 20 24 PLATFORM FISH IN HARMONY REEF SPOT WITH NATURE ZERO DISCHARGE CLEAN SEA OF THE CLOBAL OF THE WORLD’S CRUDE OIL PROVED OIL LUKOIL: OFFSHORE PROJECTS PRODUCTION RESERVES Kravtsovskoe (D-6) Barents Sea Baltic Sea 2013 depth ~480 m 2004 depth 35 m LUKOIL share in the project is 30% Pl-858 Barents Sea 2008 NORWAY Barents Sea 2016 depth ~230 m LUKOIL share in the project is 20% Caspian Sea 2014 depth 13 m Trident (ЕХ-30) RUSSIA Black Sea 2011 depth 350–1200 m Caspian Sea LUKOIL share in the project is 87.8% 2016 depth 11 m ROMANIA V.I. Graifer’s oilfield Caspian Sea Block 12 2018 depth 5–8 m Gulf of Mexico 2017 depth 150–400 m LUKOIL share in the project is 60% Block 10 Caspian Sea Gulf of Mexico 1996 depth 50–500 m LUKOIL share in the project is 10% 2019 depth 250–600 m AZERBAIJAN LUKOIL share in the project is 20% MEXICO Block 28 Gulf of Mexico Zhenis 2018 depth 60–600 m Caspian Sea LUKOIL share in the project is 25% 2019 depth 150 m LUKOIL share in the project is 50% KAZAKHSTAN Tano Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) Ghasha 2014 depth 1600–3000 m LUKOIL share in the project is 38% Persian Gulf GHANA 2019 depth 24 m LUKOIL share in the project is 5% UAE Etinde Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) 2014 depth 10–75 m Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) LUKOIL share in the project is 30% CAMEROON 2014 depth 1200–2000 m LUKOIL share in the project is 18% Marine XII BSWAp Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) NIGERIA 2019 depth 20–90 m 2014 depth 1200–2000 m LUKOIL share in the project is 25% LUKOIL share in the project is 1.5% REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 3 ZERO DISCHARGE CLEAN SEA SEA PROJECTS BALTIC SEA ARCTIC REGION The Baltic Sea is where LUKOIL produced its first oil from an In 2011, LUKOIL became the first Russian company to get a qualifying permit offshore oilfield. Kravtsovskoe (D-6) was discovered in 1983 and is for the operation in the continental shelf off Norway as an operator now one of the largest oilfields in the Russian continental shelf in company. Today, the Company is taking part in two offshore geological the southeast part of the Baltic Sea. Oil production is carried out exploration projects in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea. from an offshore ice-resistance stationary platform D-6. It is the first Russian oil-producing platform designed and built by Russian design In Russia, LUKOIL built a unique export terminal in the Barents Sea. and engineering organizations using state-of-the-art technologies. Its unique character is primarily due to its natural conditions: the Barents Sea is ice-coated for 247 days a year on LUKOIL plans to continue production in the region due to the average with the ice thickness of 1.25-1.8 m. development of the new oilfields opened by the Company (the principal of which is oilfield D33). OTHER CASPIAN SEA COUNTRIES The North Caspian is one of the key regions of oil and gas 2019 was a year of success in participating in new foreign production growth. In 1995-2016, the Company opened 10 oilfields offshore projects for LUKOIL. with the total initial recoverable oil reserves of 7 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The concept of oilfields development effective to 2030 contemplates In October 2019, the Company purchased a share of “Ghasha” the construction of 25 platforms and 1.5 thousand km of pipelines, running oil and gas production confession from Abu Dhabi predominantly under the sea surface. The first oilfield launched into operation National Oil Company ADNOC. was Yu. Korchagin’s oilfield, and in 2016 LUKOIL started the commercial operation of V. Filanovsky’s oilfield. In April 2019, the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC NC “KazMunaiGaz” and PJSC LUKOIL signed the Contract for Zhenis Block From 1996, LUKOIL also takes part in the development of offshore hydrocarbons development and production for 34 years. gas condensate oilfield Shah-Deniz in the Azerbaijan shelf of the Caspian Sea. In September 2019, PJSC LUKOIL completed the purchase of 25% share in the block In 2019, Rakushechnoye gas condensate oilfield located in the Russian sector “Marine XII” in the Republic of the Congo from New Age company. Besides, LUKOIL of the Caspian Sea was renamed the V.I. Graifer’s oil field, after the Chairman of the participates in the offshore projects in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon. PJSC LUKOIL Board of Directors, who significantly contributed to the oil production of Russia. The projects in Western Africa gave the Company experience in the deepwater fields development. Further, the Company participates in development of offshore projects in Mexico, Norway, Romania and Azerbaijan. 5 ZERO DISCHARGE CLEAN SEA LUKOIL ECO PRINCIPLES NONWASTE STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRITY HIGH CONTINUOUS QUALIFICATION MONITORING 6 7 ZERO DISCHARGE CLEAN SEA ZERO DISCHARGE PRINCIPLE THE PRINCIPLE OF «ZERO DISCHARGE» and collection 1. SORTING OUT of waste and onshore 2. LOADING transportation of waste 3. WASTE RECYCLING 8 ZERO DISCHARGE CLEAN SEA KEY SAFETY FEATURES AND SAFETY MARGIN ENGINEERING SOLUTUIONS CUTTINGEDGE GLOBAL ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO THE VARANDEY TERMINAL ZERO DISCHARGE CLEAN SEA ZERO DISCHARGE – CLEAN SEA INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES HUMAN FACTOR Accreditation of the international Accreditation of the international JOIFF organization (Ireland) specializing in (Great Britain). The OPITO International Petroleum brigades, rules of respiratory system LUKOIL HAS BUILT THE Industry Training Organization utilization, etc. FIRST RUSSIAN CORPORATE sets educational standards and TRAINING CENTER TO requirements to personnel training situations on a global scale, as well as sets its PROVIDE THE HIGHSKILLED production. emergency rescue team training. PERSONNEL TO WORK AT OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FACILITIES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS The corporate training center evacuation from o shore LUKOIL (Ilyinka settlement, Astrakhan platform into the open sea Oblast) provides education in and survival in the open water CORPORATE 95 training programs including (individual survival kit, lifeboat, TRAINING advanced training. rescue raft). CENTER: The training programs provide for About 100 exercises and training practical exercises with di erent sessions aimed at emergency simulators that reproduce real oil and petroleum spill response working conditions at o shore oil are conducted annually. LUKOIL boasts more than Specialized emergency rescue and gas facilities under standard The large-scale exercises at the a decade of accident-free ships carrying equipment conditions, and in extraordinary Company’s o shore facilities to eliminate oil spills at sea facilities (marine terminals, are on duty 24/7 around and emergency situations, are traditionally attended by oil and gas production platforms, as well as in the conditions of the crews from the Russian sub-sea pipelines, and other possible re outbreaks ( re Ministry of Emergency Situations similar infrastructure). ghting in case of gas leaks and and the Ministry of Transport, in ammation at pressurized as well as maritime rescue eet process units, re extinguishment of neighboring countries, the One of the Company’s of a burning helicopter, working countries of the Arctic Council key priorities is to set up in smoke chamber). Personnel and other foreign observers and in house emergency is also trained in evacuation experts. rescue teams (ERT) from a helicopter that has come composed from the most down in the water (helicopter experienced service cabin simulator and rescue hoist), personnel. THE CENTER IS CAPABLE OF TRAINING MOR E THAN 2000 PERSONS PER YEAR Safety of the Company’s by professional emergency and rescue teams (under contracts with Federal State Budgetary Institution “Marine Rescue Service”) who have the best equipment oil spill elimination. 13 ZERO DISCHARGE CLEAN SEA MODEL STRUCTURE OF LUKOIL’S OPERATIONAL MONITORING DEMONSTRATES… ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM PRESERVATION OF FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IS AMONG LUKOIL’S TOP SUBSYSTEM (IMS) PRIORITIES MONITORING CENTER DATA COLLECTION STATIONS Regular measurements Primary and state observation Data transfer information of environmental to MIS processing components INFORMATION MEASUREMENT NETWORK (IMN) WEATHER LAB VESSELS STATIONS AUTOMATED AUTOMATED AEROLOGICAL CONTROL INDUSTRIAL EMISSION STATIONS CONTROL STATIONS AUTOMATED MOBILE AIR QUALITY ECOLABS CONTROL STATIONS AUTOMATED FIXEDSITE WATER QUALITY ASSAY CONTROL STATIONS LABS Collection, processing, analysis, Information support accumulation, storage and Managerial of environmental distribution of monitoring decision-making activities information ZERO DISCHARGE CLEAN SEA ZERO DISCHARGE – CLEAN SEA INTEGRATED COASTAL VESSEL SURVEY INTEGRATED WATER SAMPLING OFFSHORE VESSEL AT COASTAL SURVEY MONITORING STATIONS LITHЛИUAТВNАIA DATA COLLECTION AND WATER SAMPLING ПPOОLЛAЬNШDА LITHUANIA ANALYSIS ALONG SUBSEA KlaipКлайпedaеда PIPELINE ROUTES POLAND BOTTOM SEDIMENT Klaipeda SAMPLING РRUSSОССIИAЯ RUSSIA FIXEDSITE SURVEYS VISUAL MONITORING METEOROLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION ONSHORE AND COASTAL AND ANALYSIS FAUNA EN ROUTE ANALYSIS (SPECIES WATER SAMPLING AT COMPOSITION, QUANTITY, ПлаD-6тформа Platform D-6 OFFSHORE FACILITIES MIGRATION, ETC.) D-6 Platform SURFACE FLOW POLLUTION MONITORING ALONG ANALYSIS COASTAL WALKING ROUTES SEISMIC STATE CONTROL ZЗelenogradskеленоградск Zelenogradsk VESSEL SATELLITE TRAWLING KaliningradКалининград
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