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European Arctic Oil & Gas: Experiences and Development

Technological aspect of working in Arctic conditionsBrussels, 6th March 2012

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Henrik Steine MadsenSiemens Subsea Systems

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Subsea developments moving further into the Arctic

What changes for the Arctic?

The distance.The availability.

The effects of failure.

200 km200 km

600 km600 km

CoastlineCoastline

* Illustration courtesy of Statoil

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Unlocking the Arctic resources - Subsea Power Grid

Provide the infrastructure for energy and communication.Local energy supply at the seafloor. Enable processing of the fluids and transport to beach.

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Environmental monitoring

In order to manage it, you have to measure it…

Surveillance of pre-activity baselineSurveillance during operationsSurveillance after decommissioning

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Permanent reservoir monitoring

Surveillance of the reservoir integrity.

Provide time lapse dataMicroseismic activityAutomatic fault detection

From towed to seabed and from rarely to continuous.

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Can we further develop the Arctic in line with our values?

Our values

Responsible

Committed to ethical andresponsible actions

Innovative

Excellent

Achieving high performance and excellent results

Being innovative to createsustainable value

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