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START-UP PREPERATIONS AT HAMMERFEST LNG- A FRONTIER PROJECT IN THE NORTHERN EUROPE -

Arkhangelsk 14-15 Sept 2010Thomas A. Mølmann, SimulatorinstructorKnut Larsen, TeamleaderHammerfest LNG, Statoil ASA

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The first production facility for LNG in Norway and Europe

The first offshore project in the Barents Sea

The largest-ever industrial development in northern Norway

New technology

New markets

New operation organisation

Snøhvit – a pioneer project

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Snøhvit factsDiscovered: 1981 – 84Water depth: 250 – 340 mDistance to shore: 140 kmGas in place (GIIP): 317 GSm3

Condensate: 34 MSm3

Owners:

3.26%Hess Norge AS

2.81%RWE Dea Norge AS

12.00%GDF Suez Norge AS

18.40%Total E&P Norge AS

30.00%Petoro AS

33.53%Statoil ASA (Operator)

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Initially we used other oil & gas facilities to trainstaff (2003)

• 80 operators of whom 21 work in the Central Control Room (CCR)

• The operators had various backgrounds when they were employed and therefore needed a lot of process training.

• The operators were temporary based at different plants to learn

about oil and gas processes such as:

– LNG plants (around the world)

– Statoil refinery

– Statoil Offshore facilities

– Statoil Gas facilities

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Snøhvit operator training at Melkøya (2005)• In parallel with mechanical completion and plant commissioning, the training was executed

in three parts:

– Systems training, including “On the Job Training” (OJT)

– Simulator training

– Vendor courses

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On the Job Training (OJT)

• Routines and procedures for normal operation

• Practical part of systems training

• Practical tasks in the plant

• System competence test

• The OJT was executed by external consultants

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Simulator Training

• Two weeks course for all operators

• Three weeks advanced course for CCR operators

• The training included:

– Process and control logic understanding

– Normal operation

– Process start-up and shut-down

– Handling of unplanned situations

– Emergency training

The engineering simulator was and is also used for verification of process design, control strategy and safety systems

Few of the Snøhvit operators had LNG experience.

The dynamic simulator was used for developing process skills.

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Vendor courses

• ABB

• Linde

• Siemens

etc

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Special knowledge - important for the future

Collaboration with:• Bodø University

– Business in the High North

• University of Tromsø

– Geology /process

• EnergiCampus North– Engineer education

• Hammerfest upper secondary school– Process/chemistry

• Stangnes upper secondary school– Well technology

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Snøhvit – manpower pr. 01.09.2010

Total - 306 Statoil employees,

15,2 % female

Average age 36,2 year

Hammerfest 245 employees

Living in North-Norway 38 employees

Other parts of Norway 23 employees

8 Snøhvit-employees in Harstad is included (Geologist)

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Thanks to successful training, Zero Harm!