Offshore Field Development in Cold Climate with Emphasis on Terminals

• Main Author: Jimenez Puente, I. (author)
• Other Authors: Gudmestad, O.T. (mentor)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Oil and gas; Cold climate; Terminal; Breakwater; Risk assessment; Arctic; Barents Sea; Climate change; Goliat; Johan Castberg; Snøhvit
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:91e660ac-f2e0-4c3b-8d70-32b599124b55

It is estimated that 25% of the remaining oil and gas reserves worldwide are held in Arctic regions. The combined effects of a global resource depletion, climate change and technological progress, mean that this natural resource area is now increasingly interesting and commercially attractive. Howev...