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the project expanded to include

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French, American and Dutch specialists. The ? nal Barents 2020 report is ‘an assessment of international standards for safe exploration, production, and transportation of oil and gas in the

Barents Sea’.

Jacobsen said that the overall aim of these initiatives is to ? nd

ATC common standards and de? ne a

Above left: Shawn Rice and Joe Gagliardi ( ) accepted the award for ION. center predictable HSE framework for the

Presenting the award are OTC Board of Directors Chairman Steve Balint ( ), Shell, left

Norwegian and Russian continental and OTC Board of Directors member Joe Fowler ( ). Above right: Igor Kolesnikov right shelf. PSAN follows up on B2020 and Svetlana Kamaeva ( ) accept the award for Transkor. Presenting the award are center recommendations, now constituting

OTC Board of Directors Chairman Steve Balint ( ), Shell, and OTC Board of Directors left 130 different guidelines. member Joe Fowler ( ).right B2020 was directly followed by the Circumpolar Knowledge

Arctic Technology Awards

Sharing project, ? nancially

Two companies received special towing system de? ects the ice from supported by the Norwegian recognition for their contributions to damaging the cables in tow, keeping

Foreign Ministry. The ? rst seminar

Arctic exploration: ION Geophysical streamers within the planned fairway. for operators and safety regulators for its under-ice seismic acquisition The data gathering operation uses a took place in Stavanger in May system and Transkor Group for its Aqua dual-vessel system: a polar-class 2012, with seminars planned for

MTM technology. These companies are icebreaker to clear a path and a seismic

Russia and Canada in 2013. Future the ? rst to receive Spotlight on Arctic vessel pulling the under-ice seismic seminars will be held in the US and

Technology awards, bestowed by the acquisition system.

Greenland.

Arctic Technology Conference (ATC). Transkor’s Aqua MTM (Magnetic Jacobsen also mentioned an

A panel of E&P professionals reviewed Tomography Method) was developed by industry initiative: the Norwegian entries and selected the award recipients its R&D Center in Russia in a joint effort

Oil & Gas Association northern based on ? ve criteria: new, innovative, with Petronas (Malaysia). It is designed proven, broad interest, and signi? cant to assess the deformation state of areas work group is engaged in a impact. ferromagnetic pipelines offshore. The project to develop new survival ION’s solid streamer design can technology is based on remote detection suits for the Arctic. withstand arctic temperatures and of a pipeline’s background magnetic ? eld One overarching principle polar magnetics without degradation of using an ROV. It can make measurements in Norway is that the operator equipment or data quality. Its proprietary from up to 15 pipe diameters away.

is always responsible and accountable. Non-operating partners

ION also have a duty ‘to see to’, he said.

New shipping routes

The ice cap is shrinking, which has opened high-latitude shipping opportunities. Using new routes where ice is thinner can save up to 40% in travel time compared to current routes through the Suez

Canal or Panama Canal, and save as much as 20% in fuel, due to the shorter routes along the southern edges of the Arctic Ocean.

The Arctic will be developed because of strong oil demand worldwide, strong gas demand in

Asia, and retreating sea ice that is opening the Northern Sea Route to shipping. Last November, this opportunity was demonstrated by oedigital.com January 2013 | OEJanuary 2013 | OE 51 51 oe_ArcticTech.indd 51 03/01/2013 13:41