New Report Available Online
Oil Transport from the Russian Part of the Barents Region. Status per
January 2009.
The Norwegian Barents Secretariat and Akvaplan-niva AS
To download the report, please go to:
http://www.barentswatch.com/miljo/olje/Oil_Transport_2009_web.pdf
For further information, please, contact:
Alexei Bambulyak
Email: ab [at] akvaplan.niva.no
A new report, "Oil Transport from the Russian Part of the Barents
Region. Status per January 2009," from The Norwegian Barents Secretariat
and Akvaplan-niva AS is now available online. The report, written by,
Alexei Bambulyak, Akvaplan-niva and Bjorn Frantzen, and Bioforsk
Svanhovd is available at:
http://www.barentswatch.com/miljo/olje/Oil_Transport_2009_web.pdf.
This report gives an update of the status and prospects of oil transport
from the Russian part of the Barents Region along the Norwegian coast.
Most of the bulk oil and gas cargoes delivered for export through the
Barents Sea originate in the Western Siberian and Timano-Pechora fields
of Russia.
In this report, authors give an overall description of oil and gas
resources, existing and predicted production in Russia, and pay special
attention to the Republic of Komi, Nenets and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous
Districts, as well as to the Russian Arctic continental shelf. In the
Russian oil and gas transport section of the report, the reader will
find information about the Russian transport complex with a focus on
oil-and-gas export transportation means. Special attention is given to
the description of the existing and prospective onshore and offshore oil
and gas trans-shipment terminals along the northern coasts of Russia and
Norway, and their connection to oil-and-gas reserves on one hand and to
the export routes on the other.
Annual oil volumes transported for export through the Barents Sea rose
from 2-million tons in 2002 to 12-million tons in 2004. In the years
from 2005 to 2008, the oil deliveries were on the level between 9- and
12-million tons a year. In 2009, Russia will send more than 15-million
tons of oil and petroleum products from the Russian Barents Region; half
of it will be crude from the new 12-million-ton Varandey terminal
launched in 2008. In the Norwegian Barents, Melkoya will add 5-million
tons of LNG, LPG, and condensate.
In this report, the authors demonstrate that even without a Russian oil
trunk pipeline to the Barents Sea coast, there will be transportation
facilities to export over 100-million tons of oil and gas through the
Barents Sea in 2015.
The first LNG from Shtokman should be shipped in 2014, and when the
phase-1 plant in Teriberka works at full scale it will send 7.5-million
tons of LNG for export. Norway, in addition to Snohvit with 5-million
tons of LNG a year, will put its second in the Barents Sea field,
Goliat, on line in 2013, which should produce 5-million tons of oil in
2014.
Implementation of these ambitious plans requires developments in all
related spheres where oil spill prevention should be prioritized. The
authors pay attention to the environmental safety matters in oil
transportation and to Norwegian-Russian co-operation in this area.
This report is based on the previous reports published in 2003, 2005,
and 2007. It is a joint project of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat and
Akvaplan-niva, with participation of Bioforsk Svanhovd.
The report consists of 97 pages and includes 140 tables, charts, photos,
and maps. The PDF version of the report is available online at:
http://www.barentswatch.com/miljo/olje/Oil_Transport_2009_web.pdf.
Author contact information is below.
Alexei Bambulyak
General Manager Russia, Akvaplan-niva
Email: ab [at] akvaplan.niva.no
Bjorn Frantzen
Project leader, Bioforsk Svanhovd
Email: bjorn.frantzen [at] bioforsk.no