There has been an increasing level of activity in and around Greenland, especially during the last decade including ship traffic, tourism and e.g. mining industry. This is expected to continue in the coming years and activities such as cruise tourism, oil exploration and production and the general amount of traffic constitutes a potential risk for the marine environment. The Defence Command Denmark (DCD) requested DNV GL to carry out a study focusing on oil spill contingency as well as an assessment of risk reducing measures linked to ship traffic in Greenland waters.The scope of work for this study was to quantify and assess the response capacity of current oil spill response equipment and potential future solutions. This was done qualitatively by a response gap analysis (RGA) and an oil spill contingency analysis (OSCA) for ten selected scenarios. Measures to reduce the frequency for potential accidental oil spill from ship traffic were also addressed through a qualitative analysis for risk reducing measures (RRM). This study is to result in a set of recommendations for potential future solutions for oil spill contingency. When the study is made public by the DCD, these recommendations based on the applicability and effectiveness of the evaluated response strategies will be included.
Petroleum activity within the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea has in later years moved northward with current exploration drilling taking place around 74 o north. Preparation and execution of exploration drilling at these latitudes require development of robust and cost efficient solutions for oil spill response. OMV (Norge) AS, operator in the Wisting license (PL 537) in the Barents Sea, has had several drilling campaigns in this license the last years with optimistic discoveries of hydrocarbons. In 2016 one new appraisal well will be drilled. This will be the 5th well in the license. As a frontrunner among several oil companies, drilling at these latitudes and phasing the challenging conditions, OMV have emphasized oil spill contingency planning with focus on collecting factual knowledge and making use of updated analysis tools and methodologies.The paper describes the process which was executed to establish a robust and cost efficient oil spill response solution for exploration drilling in the Wisting license. The description covers the planning process which was conducted in connection with the drilling of the PL 537 -7324/8-2 Bjaaland well in 2015. In this process DNV GL on behalf of OMV carried out several analysis including facilitating of work shops and a survey to Bear Island.
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