Engineering and technologies

For oil and gas developments

Arctic capabilities

2 Arctic capabilities

Arctic developments have the potential to unlock significant oil

and gas reserves.

Arctic projects require specific technical solutions and operational

procedures to succeed in such a harsh and environmentally

sensitive region.

The experience Technip has gained in Sub-Arctic and Arctic regions

proves invaluable in the development of this final frontier.

Technip’s experience in Arctic regions

To meet the future demand for Arctic infrastructure,

Technip builds on an extensive track record of relevant

projects and develops the skills, design tools and

installation equipment likely to be needed to execute the

projects of the future.

Starting with pioneering work for Polar Gas in the

Canadian Arctic in the mid 1970's, followed by the first

offshore Arctic pipeline in North America (Drake F76

project at Drake point on Lougheed Island) in 1978,

Technip has successfully completed some significant

projects including:

Hibernia Offshore Loading System Risers (1997)

Terra Nova subsea system, the first sub-Arctic subsea

mega-project (2001)

Sable Tier II Mechanical Hot Tap (2003)

White Rose subsea system (2005)

Snohvit, 150km subsea tie-back to LNG plant onshore

(2006)

Sakhalin I project - Phase 1 - Offshore pipelines (2007)

Horizon Oil Sands world’s second largest single train

hydrogen plant (2008)

Horizons Oil Sands DRU and DCU units (2009)

Offshore Southern Greenland field development

option screening for Cairn Energy (2009)

Shtokman topsides designs (2009/2010)

Shtokman FPU (FEED - 2009)

Kalamkas Sea Project (Concept Study - 2012)

Goliat infield pipelines (2013). Goliat will be the first

Norwegian oil producing field North of the Arctic

Circle in the Barents Sea.

Yamal LNG (detailed engineering, estimation and early

procurement - 2013)

Aasta Hansteen Spar, the first Spar inside the Arctic

Circle and the first production Spar with storage (2015).

Background

With a significant increase in energy demand forecast

over the long term, it is inevitable that the Arctic Region

will be further developed at some stage in the future.

Technip, a large energy contracting company, is executing

some of the increasingly challenging infrastructure

projects that are required to enable oil and gas

production from the Arctic Region to be performed in an

economic, safe and environmentally responsible manner.

Evolution, not revolution

Historically the oil & gas industry has developed by

expanding its existing technologies into new

environments. Logically the further development of the

Arctic Region will be another step-out of established

experience from existing sub-Arctic and Arctic projects.

Hence the further development of the Arctic is likely to

follow a process of evolution rather than revolution.

Untapped reservesArctic Circle’s % of world’s

estimated undiscovered

reserves reserves

Oil 90 bn bbls 13%

Natural gas 1,669 TCF 30%

NGL’s 44 bn bbls 20%

It is further estimated that 84% of this oil and gas will

occur offshore.

Source: United States Geological Society (USGS) Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal, 2008

Arctic and sub-Arctic project delivery

3Arctic capabilities

The combination of wave, current, wind,

fog, ice, soils and short construction

season make the sub-Arctic and Arctic a

unique area of the world to undertake

operations. As projects move further

North into more remote and more severe

environments, new technologies and

design tools will be required. Technip has

been active in developing the following:

Arctic Spar - ice field zones

An offshore floating platform that

minimises sheet ice loadings on its hull

and moorings.

A reinforced conical section at sea

level specifically designed to break

sheet ice and ice ridges in a downward

direction.

Production continues during onerous

ice floes, rather than disconnection.

Reduced reliance on ice management

vessels with their high operating costs

and large carbon footprint.

Arctic Spar - iceberg zones

Suitable for Arctic regions such as the

Labrador Sea.

Able to utilise fabrication yard

capabilities in Newfoundland.

Alternative design without the

reinforced conical section for ice

breaking.

Disconnection of risers and moorings

via a detachable lower keel section to

allow the platform to be towed clear

of an iceberg threat.

Both Arctic Spar types can be configured

with oil or condensate storage where

pipeline export is not envisaged.

Modelling tools

Technip, together with Cervval and BV,

has developed a new ice-modelling

simulation program. The program is

unique in the Artic industry in that it uses

a multi-agent simulator which is able to

cope with the complexity of calculating

the properties for the ice sheet and for

each ice fragment that results from

contact with the structure or from

collision with other ice rubble particles.

Currently the program is able to simulate

the flow of an ice sheet as it encroaches

on a conical structure, and is able to

predict vertical and horizontal loads on

the structure with good accuracy. The

program allows these platform structures

to be optimised, to minimise ice loadings

and ice rubble build-up, prior to final

design verification in an ice test basin.

Offshore construction in the Arctic

Technip is the world leader in conducting

major subsea projects in a sub-Arctic

environment. Our state-of-the-art

construction vessels are designed to

operate in the Far North. Newly

commissioned vessels such as Skandi

Achiever, Skandi Arctic and Deep Energy

are all ice-class vessels.

Upgrades at our UK and Norwegian rigid

pipe spoolbases were implemented to

accommodate these new vessels.

Technip has conducted several subsea

harsh environment projects in remote

areas over the last decade, including

projects such as Goliat. These projects

can be considered as true stepping stones

towards oil and gas development in the

Arctic region.

Technip is used to working in remote

areas such as Northern Norway, Eastern

Canada and Sakhalin with minimal

infrastructure and a reduced supply chain

to call on.

Finally, Technip is well positioned to

capture future Arctic projects through its

network of regional centres and

experienced personnel:

Arctic strategy led by North Sea/

Canada Region

Dedicated teams of specialists

Flexible pipe R&D center

Engineering offices in Calgary and

St-John’s (Canada), Aberdeen (UK), Oslo

(Norway) and Houston (USA)

Ice flow simulation around a conical structure

Maximising concepts and assets

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