1 Project Report Innovation Norway Authors: Claudia Erber Nils-Roar Hareide 2 Distribution: Open Runde Miljøsenter AS Funded by: Rundavegen237 Innovation 6096 Runde Norway and Org. Nr. 987 410 752 MVA Runde Telephone: 70 08 08 00 Environmental Email: [email protected] Centre Web: www.rundecentre.no Date: 27.02.19 Title: Runde Miljøsenter THE DEEPSEA ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CLUSTER Report number: 2019-01 Authors: Number of pages: Claudia Erber (Runde Environmental Centre) 21 Nils-Roar Hareide (Runde Environmental Centre) Key words: Network, Subsea, offshore, deep-sea, biology, cluster, environment 3 1. SUMMARY This report summarizes the DeepSea Environmental Monitoring Cluster project conducted in the period from July 2018 to February 2019. The aim of the project was to consolidate the bilateral network from Brazil and Norway by participating during events in Norway and Brazil. During the events REC team tried to investigate the opportunities for new business and science during oil and gas operations. In 2018, with the GCE Subsea support, Runde Environmental Centre (REC) was granted funding from Innovation Norway for participating in many important events for the energy sector in Norway and Brazil (ONS-Offshore Northern Seas and ROG-Rio Oil and Gas). REC was invited by Innovation Norway and Finep (Brazilian Innovation Agency) to organize a multidisciplinary round-table Conference during the Norway-Brazil Week 2018, in November in Brazil. In 2019, REC participated on the GoGlobal Brazil Oil&Gas Seminar, organized by Innovation Norway at ÅKP GCE Blue Maritime, in Ålesund, Norway. During the present project, strong ties were made with Norwegian companies, as we share many common goals: access the deep-sea environment and the Brazilian oil and gas market. In this project, we have seen great value during our meetings, with the blue industries to discuss common challenges. In the follow-up of this project we shall create more and more arena where business, administration, research and authorities can discuss ocean-related issues and solutions across the ocean industries. The goal shall be to develop a natural common forum to secure Norway's position as a world-leading ocean nation in a way that also promotes sustainable development. Acknowledgements: Thanks to Rune Andersen from Innovation Norway-Rio de Janeiro for motivating and believing in our networking power. To Denise Reigada and Mauricio Syrio, from FINEP, to support the continuity of the project. To Gisle Nondal from GCE Subsea to help REC to apply for funding from Innovation Norway in 2018, in order to participate in the described activities in this report. To the Innovation Norway Team: Martin Nietz, Michelle Duarte, Gabriel Francisco, Rune Bjåstad, Ana Barbosa de Oliveira Roedel and Rodrigo Bastos for the invitation to Runde Environmental Centre to take part in Norway Brazil Week and The Ocean Seminar, and the full support to REC for to organize the Blue Industries & DeepSea Conservation Round Table. 4 CONTENTS page 1. SUMMARY 3 2. BACKGROUND 5 3. PROJECT SCOPE AND OBJECTIVE 5 4. EXPLANATION ABOUT DATA COLLECTION 7 5. CONFERENCES 8 5.1. ONS 2018 - Offshore Northern Seas 8 5.2. ROG 2018 – Rio Oil and Gas 8 5.3. NBW2018 – Norway Brazil Week 10 5.4. GoGlobal Brazil Oil & Gas Seminar 11 6. MARKET POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT 12 6.1. DSEMC & The UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development: 13 6.2. DSEMCluster Business Model: 13 7. FORMALIZE NETWORK NEW COOPERATIONS 14 7.1. The DSEMCluster Stakeholder Model: 15 7.2. Meetings 16 8. PROJECT COSTS 17 9. FINAL WORDS 17 10. APPENDIX 18 5 2. BACKGROUND Runde Environmental Center (REC) is organizing, since 2016, a bilateral cooperation network to work together in multidisciplinary efforts to understand the remarkable deep-sea environment and its diversity of habitat and life. The DeepSea Environmental Monitoring Cluster (DSEM) aims to bring together key personnel from oil and gas industry, subsea and service industry, universities, technology institutions, and governments to increase the global environmental knowledge from the deep-sea. With the multidisciplinary key personnel REC shall promote new partnerships for the development of new technologies, for the benefit of both industry and scientific research. In 2015 and 2016, REC in cooperation with Sintef and Olympic Shipping conducted a pre-study (Hareide et al, 2016). A workshop was organized in Oslo on June 1st, 2016 with participants from Norway, UK, Germany, and Brazil. Good contacts were made with Brazilian oil companies and scientists that have a strong interest in developing international cooperation between the oil and gas industry and scientists in Great Britain, Brazil, and Norway. The DeepSea Pilot Project showed that scientific collaboration with subsea operations can provide valuable data and open a range of new opportunities to increase knowledge of the structure and function of deep-sea ecosystems. It also showed that there are possibilities to develop good, long-term cooperation with both clients and subcontractors. As a follow up, REC, Innovation Norway and Research Council of Brazil (FINEP) organized a two days’ workshop in Brazil, the “DeepSea International Consortium” (DSIC, 2017) to induce research applicable for business on subsea sector and oil&gas industry. All participants of the DSIC workshop agree about the importance to consolidate the network in one cluster, with Runde Environmental Center as the focal point. The name Deep Sea Environmental Monitoring Cluster was perceived to be descriptive and a web-solution (blog) was created to establish a virtual center to keep the partners connected. The blog is publishing online information about each stakeholder and news about the deep-sea (https://deepseainternationalconsortium.wordpress.com/). In the end of 2017, the Marine Biologist from REC, Claudia Erber, presented the DeepSea Project experience and prospects, during V November Conference/Subsea Session, in Rio de Janeiro. Also, as part of the first Norwegian Brazilian Business and Science Week, REC organized “The DSEM Cluster Round-table” with the theme research and environmental monitoring during decommissioning of oil platforms, and the successful event had 50 participants. In 2018, with the GCE Subsea support, REC got funds from Innovation Norway to continue the project and participate in some strategic events for the energy sector in Norway and Brazil (ONS-Offshore Northern Seas and ROG -Rio Oil and Gas). AS member of GCE Subsea REC made contact with many other members of the GCE SS cluster and stablished new cooperation agreements to strengthen the DSEMC network. REC was invited by Innovation Norway (Brazil) and Finep to organize another round- table during the Norway-Brazil Week 2018. The event theme was blue industries and deep-sea conservation. The event had 40 participants and 12 multidisciplinary speakers from Norway and Brazil. REC also was invited by IN Brasil to participate in the Ocean Seminar, at Museum of Tomorrow. During the Biodiversity Panel presented a unique research about the seabird’s population declining in Runde 3.PROJECT SCOPE AND OBJECTIVE This project is in line with Runde Environmental Centre’s overall purpose of making marine environmental data available to national and international researchers. The project network shall also support the regional and national maritime industry. It follows up from one earlier pre-study funded 6 by the Regional Research Fund, in which Runde Environmental Centre together with Sintef and Olympic Shipping sought opportunities for scientists to participate during ROV operations in the subsea sector. During this pilot project, the partners explored the need for new sensor technology in subsea operations. The DESMC network it is in line with the strategy of with IN (Brazil) and FINEP to create interest and contacts laying the foundation for a future, larger-scale project, the DeepSea Environmental Monitoring Cluster Project. Therefore, DSEMCluster is working actively to develop a bilateral network to start up projects together with the Energy and Subsea sector, environmental companies and universities from Brazil and Norway. The goal with this work is to innovate, both technologically and administratively, the deep-sea environmental monitoring during oil&gas activities in both countries. To reach the main goal of the Cluster, Claudia Erber, from REC, is responsible for coordinating the network organization. This includes inviting deep sea institutions and researchers to participate and join the network; arranging meetings with the main stakeholders; developing strategies to increase the number of affiliates, contributors, and sponsor. The goal is a self-sustainable cluster creating projects in cooperation between the companies and the research centres. (Portfolio - APPENDIX). The events in Brazil, together with the activities in Norway by REC in collaboration with Innovation Norway (IN) and FINEP are creating a solid base to build the first bilateral cooperation cluster for the deep-sea knowledge. The DSEMC network has important players from academia, public regulators and industries. The network shall strengthen and establish a bilateral cooperation in a prioritized research area between Brazil and Norway. The ocean industry off Brazil, together with the North Sea, are the world's largest Sub-Sea market. The oil industry has the last few years passed through a crisis. This has affected Brazil, which has experienced both the big fall in oil prices and problems with corruption in the oil industry. Oil prices are on the rise again, and Brazil has opened for more international oil companies to invest and participate in the development of the new oil fields. Among others, Equinor have bought large fields in deep-sea in Brazil, this will result in increased oil and gas activity in Brazil. The fields in Brazil are very large and they are in deep-sea (more than 2000m). Development and operation of these fields is a major technological challenge. The big financial gain that lies in these fields, combined with the major technological and environmental challenges, will make Brazil an important arena for the development of advanced deep-sea technology.