Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Unlocking Value through New Relationships Presentation by Gunnar Gjerde, Director General Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum

Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

Unlocking Value through New Relationships

Presentation by Gunnar Gjerde, Director General

Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

Aberdeen 05.09.01


Konkkraft or Top-leader forum

• Background: Maturing NCS - new challenges - need for new modes of co-operation

• Introduced in September 2000.

• Consists of approximately 20 top-executives from the oil-companies, supply industry, labour organisations and authorities.

• Mandate: Strengthen the competitiveness of the NCS and the Norwegian petroleum industry internationally.


What are the tasks of the Forum:

• Forum to discuss general issues relevant to the whole petroleum industry

• Not to duplicate other initiatives• Concentrate on issues that can be of common interest

- avoid matters of conflict• Ensure a more effective NCS• Ensure more value creation on the NCS• Ensure greater international competitiveness • Be a driver for the petroleum cluster as a whole to

improve


Top-Leader Forum

Externalcommunication

Development ofsmall fields

Pool of drilling rigs andintervention vessels

Co-operationwith the UK

Cluster in newdevelopment projects

Access to capitaland stock value

Top-leader forum

Internationalization

Technology/research

Framework

Co-operation

Process groupsProject groups

Secretariat

HES

On

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Pro

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un

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evalu

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Gas sales andgas in Norway

Dispute resolution

External environment


How to ensure success for the Forum

• Work with concrete questions of relevance to the petroleum cluster as a whole

• Recommendation to be implemented, not only discussed

• The idea of the petroleum cluster regularly discussing and implementing matters of commom interest is fundamental as a succes factor for the cluster


Project: Technology Initiative

Fundamental

R & D

Short

term R & DDemonstration

Application

“large scale”

Main elements; • Value Creation • Competetiveness

• Sustainability

Cluster

Government

Overall Focus;• NCS

• Alignment to Global Needs • Industrial Use of Gas

Streamlined efforts;


OG 21 to Date - Milestones and Achievements

2000 - 2

2000 - 2

Preparatory

Preparatory

Value Creation & Organization

Value Creation & Organization

Strategy Panel

Strategy Panel

2001 - 1

2001 - 1

OG 21 Report

(www.OG21.org)

OG 21 Report

(www.OG21.org)

14 August 01

14 August 01

Permanent

Permanent

Conserted Recommendation; “Establish a more powerful and holistic system for RD& D in the

oil and gas cluster”

Conserted Recommendation; “Establish a more powerful and holistic system for RD& D in the

oil and gas cluster”

Continous Organization Endorsed by OG 21

Forum (i.e. the Oil & Gas Cluster in Plenum)

Continous Organization Endorsed by OG 21

Forum (i.e. the Oil & Gas Cluster in Plenum)

OG 21 Board OG 21 Board

Milestone Phase Issues & Activities Body in Operation


BusinessNeeds

INTSOK

- NRC Oil & Gas R & D programme - Demo2000

Technology Gaps

Pilots

FieldDevelopment

Technology Projects

OG 21 Forum & Cluster

OG 21 Board - work & collaboration

(with periodic recruitment) New board candidates

Strategic

Advice

OG 21 Cluster Involvement

Top Leader Forum

• Enables cluster commitment to OG 21

MPE/NRC Oil companies

Contractors Research Institutes

(Universitities)


Projects: Competence and Communication

• Unites all players involved in oil and gas activities in a common effort aimed at students, parents and schools.

• Mandate: To make sure that the oil and gas industry appears as attractive to young people in order to secure qualified and continuos recruitment.

• Method: Informative communication concerning the significance and time perspective of the oil and gas industry.

• Surveys future need for recruitment to the industry


Other Initiatives: Environment - Miljøsok

• Aim: Develop more effective co-operation between the authorities and the oil and gas industry in solving the most important environmental challenges. Initiated in 1995

• Consists of high level representatives from industry, authorities, research institutions, environmental organisations and other relevant bodies.

• Represents a unique initiative, both nationally and internationally, by relevant stakeholders co-operating on identifying environmental challenges and seeking broad-based solutions.

• Results: two comprehensive reports on environmental challenges facing the petroleum sector.


Other Initiatives - Safety Forum

• Current safety and working environment issues are discussed, activities initiated and followed up.

• Facilitates positive co-operation between the parties in the industry and the authorities.

• Matters that fall within the NPD area of jurisdiction (not tariff agreements or other civil law agreements)

• Reference group for projects such as White Paper on Safety, NPD’s project ”Risk level – Norwegian Shelf”, OLF’s ”Co-operation about safety etc.


Other initiatives - Internationalisation

The INTSOK organization


Possible project: North Sea Without Borders: ”The Chinese Wall”

Source: Shell

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Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Unlocking Value through New Relationships Presentation by Gunnar Gjerde, Director General Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum