Barents 2020: International Joint Industry Project for Arctic Challenges

1. Barents 2020: start-up phase 4 Meeting in Moscow 24 – 25 August 2010

2. Barents 2020 project history • 2007: The project was initially financed by the Norwegian Government to safeguard offshore petroleum activity in the High North • 2008: Cooperation was established with Russian Industry and TK 23, bacause safe petroleum activity in the Barents Sea is a shared responsibility between Russia and Norway • 2009: Barents 2020 phase 3 was a Russian – Norwegian cooperation project Intention: Harmonisation of HSE standards between Russia and Norway to contribute to a uniform safety level across the national border and to support international industrial cooperation in the Barents Sea 130 International standards were assessed for application in the Barents Sea • 2010: Barents 2020 Phase 4 has become an international joint industry project, in order to draw on a wider source of competence to address the arctic challenges of the Barents Sea.

3. Barents 2020 – has become an international joint industry project

4. Barents 2020 project – more relevant than ever

5. Arctic Challenges • Low temperatures • Working Environment • Cold Flow • Selection of materials • Ice • Sea ice and ice loads • Icebergs and Ice management • Icing • Darkness • Working environment • Rescue • Remoteness • Emergency preparedness • Transportation of personnel and equipment • Vulnerable Environment

6. III IV I V II VII VI VIII Barents Sea is not uniform with respect to ice and metocean conditions Main Findings • Ice and Metocean conditions vary in the Barents Sea, but are uniform within each numbered sub-area • Waves and winds are lower than in North Sea • Main difference from North Sea is ice and icing, and current standards do not cover these loads • New standard ISO 19906 is a good basis for ice loads on arctic structures – however further guidance is required Barents Sea = Coastline Tromsø – Ostrov Island (Kara Gate), West coast of Novaya Zemlya, northern tip of NZ to north ofFranz Josef Land, shelf break to NW of Spitsbergen, shelf break toTromsø Coastal areas are included due to terminals, harbors, yards and future onshore related plants, e.g. for LNG

7. Platforms are different in the Arctic • Explosion and fire risk management: Cold and harsh climate require protection of personnel and process equipment by enclosing the process areas. Explosion and fire risk managementis considered to an important area with respect to safe design of arctic offshore installations. • Ignition source control: Cold climate will require increased sheltering of hazardous areas. This reduces the ventilation rate compared to naturally ventilated areas, and may cause even a relatively small release of hydrocarbons to build up an ignitable gas cloud of sufficient size to expose an ignition source. Sevan Hummingbird, North Sea Sevan Goliat, Barents Sea

8. EER - Changes from North Sea Practice EER: Escape, Evacuation and Rescue • Survival suits adapted to Arctic conditions; • Built-in or covered escape ways; • Temporary safe refuge for personnel providing protection for days, rather than hours; • Alternatives to free fall lifeboats in case of ice conditions; • Hospital/medical capability on installations; • Better equipped standby vessels, adapted to take on board new types of life crafts, and to suit man overboard rescues; • Helicopters adapted to actual distances and climate conditions;

9. Higher risk for Arctic Oil and Gas (Risk = Probability * Consequence) Arctic; severity of consequences drives risks Risk Reduction must take place through prevention

10. Project Scope: Agree common standards for the Barents Sea

11. Practical use of phase 3 Recommendations Final report - phase 3 - has been sent to: • National (Russian and Norwegian) and international standardisation organisations (e.g. ISO) for consideration at next standard update • national regulators in Russia and Norway for information • operators and designers as input to project specifications until updated standards are available (may take several years) • research organisations and consultants as input for further work • Goal: Harmonisation of Health, Safety and Environmental Protection Standards for the Barents Sea – as basis for better cooperation

12. Barents 2020 phase 4 – purpose and deliverables • Phase 4 projects address recommendations from the phase 3 report • Phase 4 Working Groups shall produce concrete deliverables, e.g. guidance documents to support existing functional standards, especially ISO 19906 • Focus is on the Barents Sea, but the work is pan arctic in scope, e.g. ice loads on floaters, risk assessment in cold climate, EER in cold climate, working environment and human factors, ice management, and emissions and discharges from ships and offshore units. • The aim is to fill a need in an interim period until industry standards are developed and or updated • International operators and OGP participate in phase 4, so we can involve the best arctic competence • Phase 4 project results may be freely used by operators, regulators, standardisation organisations, a. o.

13. Приложение 1 Наименование тем для дальнейшей работы

14. Barents 2020 phase 4 – committed funding from sponsors 1: Other SC members will be Russian Rostekregulirovanie and Standards Norway

15. Organisation of project work – phase 4 • Steering Committee: • Gazprom, Statoil, SDAG, ENI, TOTAL, OGP, DNV, Standard Norway, Rostekregulirovanie • Project Management: Gazprom /TK 23 and DNV. • 7expert groups (Russian and International experts) • Each group will have a DNV coordinator, and a Russian coordinator appointed by TK 23, - as in phase 3. • First progress report for each group will be at the Barents 2020 conference in Moscow December 7-10, 2010, at VNIIGAZ • Final Results / Documents should be presented in December 2011.

16. Barents 2020 phase 4 – coordinators/Баренц 2020, 4 фаза проекта - Координаторы

17. More than 100 Russian and Norwegian Experts participated in phase 32.Workshops in Norway in June 2009

18. Program for 1. Expert meeting – Barents 2020 phase 4

19. Working program for expert groups RN02 – RN07

20. Barents 2020 Final Conference in Moscow 17.12.2009

21. Safeguarding life, property and the environment www.dnv.com