Abstract The Arctic shelf of Russia is an area of great interests. The process of hydrocarbons offloading is the most significant challenge for the Arctic projects, mostly because of the harsh environmental conditions and lack of experience in operations on the Russian Arctic shelf. Study of this problem, in particular the conditions of the Pechora Sea was carried out in this report. Development of a method of oil offloading that would minimize the risks of oil spills, delay of oil supply and provide synergy effect is a primary aim of the Master thesis. Oil offloading by an ice-resistant terminal is considered to be the best solution. Chapter 1 is dedicated to the environmental conditions in the Pechora Sea. Chapters 2 and 3 are devoted to the current Arctic and sub-Arctic projects and implemented offloading technologies. Based on the world experience, analysis of the possible oil transportation scheme and fields arrangement in the Pechora Sea was carried out in Chapter 4. Also, Chapter 4 contains the mathematical description of a way to find the best location of the terminal using the principle of Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM). Environmental loads estimation and risk analysis were done in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 is devoted to the economic efficiency of the offloading terminal construction and exploitation. 2 Acknowledgements I am very grateful to the University of Stavanger and Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas for their cooperation and opportunity to study. This Master Thesis was done as a part of a joint Master Degree program. I am grateful to my supervisors Professor Ove Tobias Gudmestad and Professor Anatoly Zolotukhin for their support. This Master Thesis was written due to their guidance, experience and patience. Many thanks for your valuable advice. I want also to thank Professor Yuriy Stepin and Assistant Professor Ekaterina Zelenovskaya (Gubkin University) for their advice and comments on problems with this Master Thesis. Their knowledge was extremely helpful. Also, I would like to thank Gazprom Neft Shelf for the knowledge I gained, working there. 3 Content Abbreviations ............................................................................................................ 6 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 7 1. Environmental conditions in the Pechora Sea .................................................... 8 1.1 Wind ............................................................................................................. 8 1.2 Air temperature ............................................................................................. 9 1.3 Hydrological characteristics ......................................................................... 9 1.4 Ice conditions .............................................................................................. 11 1.5 Soil conditions ............................................................................................ 12 1.6 Preliminary conclusion ............................................................................... 14 2. Experience of oil and gas production in the Arctic .......................................... 15 2.1 Russia .......................................................................................................... 17 2.2 Canada ........................................................................................................ 22 2.3 Greenland .................................................................................................... 25 2.4 Iceland ......................................................................................................... 26 2.5 USA ............................................................................................................ 26 2.6 Norway ....................................................................................................... 29 2.7 Preliminary conclusion ............................................................................... 30 3. Oil transportation technologies in the Arctic .................................................... 31 3.1 Sakhalin I .................................................................................................... 31 3.2 Sakhalin II ................................................................................................... 32 3.2.1 Phase 1 .................................................................................................. 33 3.2.2 Phase 2 .................................................................................................. 34 3.3 Prirazlomnoye ............................................................................................. 40 3.4 Varandey terminal ...................................................................................... 41 3.5 Yuri Korchagin field ................................................................................... 44 3.6 Hibernia ...................................................................................................... 46 3.7 White Rose and Terra Nova ....................................................................... 47 3.8 Endicott ....................................................................................................... 47 4 3.9 Oooguruk .................................................................................................... 49 3.10 Solutions for new Arctic projects ............................................................... 50 3.11 Preliminary conclusion ............................................................................... 51 4. Development of the Pechora Sea ...................................................................... 53 4.1 Transportation system in the Pechora Sea .................................................. 53 4.2 Scenarios of the complex arrangement....................................................... 58 4.3 Parameters of the terminal location ............................................................ 62 4.4 Loading terminal siting ............................................................................... 68 5. Terminal concept selection ............................................................................... 76 5.1 Structure of the terminal ............................................................................. 76 5.2 Exploitation of the terminal ........................................................................ 78 5.3 Loads estimation ......................................................................................... 79 5.4 Risk estimation ........................................................................................... 84 6. Cost analysis ..................................................................................................... 91 6.1 Way of estimation ....................................................................................... 91 6.2 Required CAPEX and OPEX ..................................................................... 92 6.2.1 Platforms and wells .............................................................................. 92 6.2.2 Terminal and Pipeline system .............................................................. 94 6.2.3 Fleet ...................................................................................................... 96 6.3 Estimation of the economic efficiency ....................................................... 98 Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 101 References ............................................................................................................. 104 Appendix ............................................................................................................... 112 5 Abbreviations MCDM – Multiple Criteria Decision-Making; GBS – Gravity Based Structure; GIR – Group Individual Risk; FAR – Fatal Accident Rate; FPSO – Floating, Production, Storage And Offloading; FOIROT – Fixed Offshore Ice-Resistant Offloading Terminal; IR – Individual Risk; IRPA – Individual Risk Per Annum; IRR – Internal Rate Of Return; NPV – Net Present Value; OET – Oil Export Terminal; OLS – Offshore Loading Systems; SALM – Single Anchor Leg Mooring; SPM – Subsea Production Modules; SPMT – Single point Mooring Tower; STL – Submerged Turret Loading; SYMS – Soft Yoke Mooring System; TAPS – Trans-Alaska Pipeline System; TLU – Tanker Loading Unit; USGS – United States Geological Survey. 6 Introduction The Pechora Sea is the South-Eastern part of the Barents Sea. The Shelf of the Pechora Sea contains vast reserves of oil and gas. The biggest fields are Prirazlomnoye, Dolginskoye, Varandey-more, Medyn-more and Kolokomorskoye oil fields, Severo-Gulyaevskoye oil-gas-condensate field and Pomorskoye gas- condensate field (Zolotukhin & Gavrilov, 2011). To our mind, in the nearest future the Pechora Sea will become an area of great interest for Russian companies. There are two main reasons for this: 1) Vast reserves of oil and gas; 2) Pryrazlomnoye oil field is in production stage now and this is the only Arctic project in Russia. All the knowledge obtained from the Pryrazlomnoye project will be valuable for the further development of oil and gas fields in this region. The Pechora Sea is a new oil region. Technological decisions, implemented in the existing projects are not well-proven technologies. Many problems will probably show themselves in the nearest future.
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RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF EDUCATION ST. PETERSBURG INTELLIGENTSIA CONGRESS ST. PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES under the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia This is the Fifteenth Conference (initially named ‘The Days of Science in SPbUHSS’ ) and the Seventh in the status of the International Likhachov Conference St. Petersburg 2007 ББК 72 Д44 Scientific editor Professor A. S. Zapesotsky, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 7th International Likhachov Scientific Conference, Chairman of the Executive Committee of St. Petersburg Intelligentsia Congress, President of St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, Dr. Sc. (Cultural Studies), Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation Editor of the English language edition Professor S. R. Abramov, Dr. Sc. (Philology), English Chair of St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences Recommended to be published by the editorial board of SPbUHSS Minutes No. 17, 29.06.07 Promoters and participants of the Conference express profound gratitude to the company Xerox Eurasia for the support of this publication Dialogue of Cultures and Civilizations in the Global World: The 7th International Likhachov Scientific Conference, May 24–25, 2007. — SPb.: SPbUHSS Publishers, 2007. — 78 p. ISBN 978-5-7621-0392-3 This book contains proceedings of the 7th International Likhachov Scientific Conference held on May 24–25, 2007, at St. Petersburg University
2010 SCF Group - the Winner of Three Prestigious International Awards in 2010
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