Kvaerner Masa-Yards Arctic TechnologySUPPLY OPERATIONS IN ICE CONDITIONS
Ice as an environment creates a great challenge to oil and gas exploration and production. The additional requirements compared to the open water operations are considerable. The fleet in ice around a drilling/production platform has to be able to bring the supply of equipment to the platform, take...
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| Summary: | Ice as an environment creates a great challenge to oil and gas exploration and production. The additional requirements compared to the open water operations are considerable. The fleet in ice around a drilling/production platform has to be able to bring the supply of equipment to the platform, take away the drilling waste, break ice around the platform (ice management), help the export vessels in coming in and mooring, to be an emergency response vessel and handle rescue operations for people and the environment. Ice conditions are different in every frozen sea and thus the composition and quality of the supply fleet may differ considerably. The vessels today in supply operations in ice are multifunctional (traditional icebreakers only broke ice assisting cargo vessels). This paper describes the operations in the Caspian Sea; how the fleet has been developed and what is to be expected in the near future. Also the possibilities in other areas are discussed with examples of possible vessel concepts. HISTORY Ice operations historically have been related to import and export transportation of materials and goods to/from ports. The transportation is carried out by cargo vessels which are assisted by icebreakers. The icebreakers have been owned by governments in each individual country and the escort has been provided as service. This type of operation has been the practice |
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