Dreki Area Pre-Round Introduction - Stavanger 2011 6 June 2011, Stavanger Oil Museum Chair: Larus Olafsson, Senior Legal Advisor, NEA 08:30-09:00 REGISTRATION/COFFEE 09:00-09:15 Opening Remarks - Dr. Gudni A. Johannesson, Director General of NEA 09:15-09:30 Licensing of the Dreki Area - Thorarinn Arnarson, NEA 09:30-09:45 The New Icelandic Hydrocarbon Fiscal Regime - Thordur Reynisson, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism 09:45-10:15 Iceland Frontier Exploration - Potential Review of the Jan Mayen Micro-Continent - Anett Blischke, Iceland GeoSurvey 10:15-10:50 COFFEE 10:50-11:10 Geology of the Jan Mayen Microcontinent - Christian Magnus, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate 11:10-11:30 Seismic from the Jan Mayen Ridge, JMR-01 & JMR-08 Surveys - Jan Dalene, CGGVeritas 11:30-12:00 Discussion 12:00-13:00 LUNCH
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Dreki Area Pre-Round Introduction - Stavanger 2011
6 June 2011, Stavanger Oil Museum
Chair: Larus Olafsson, Senior Legal Advisor, NEA
08:30-09:00 REGISTRATION/COFFEE
09:00-09:15 Opening Remarks
- Dr. Gudni A. Johannesson, Director General of NEA
09:15-09:30 Licensing of the Dreki Area
- Thorarinn Arnarson, NEA
09:30-09:45 The New Icelandic Hydrocarbon Fiscal Regime
- Thordur Reynisson, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism
09:45-10:15 Iceland Frontier Exploration - Potential Review of the Jan Mayen
Micro-Continent
- Anett Blischke, Iceland GeoSurvey
10:15-10:50 COFFEE
10:50-11:10 Geology of the Jan Mayen Microcontinent
- Christian Magnus, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
11:10-11:30 Seismic from the Jan Mayen Ridge, JMR-01 & JMR-08 Surveys
- Jan Dalene, CGGVeritas
11:30-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 LUNCH
Iceland
Licensing of the Dreki Area
Thorarinn Arnarson
Stavanger
6 June 2011
Presentation topics
• Licensing
• Environmental conditions
• Geological and geophysical data
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• Set to open 1 August 2011
• Deadline for applications 1 February
2011
• Norway (Petoro) may participate as an
active partner with up to 25% in any
licence granted within the agreement
area
• Licensing system similar to other
European countries – Hydrocarbons Act
transposes EU Directive 94/22/EC into
Icelandic law
Jan Mayen
Agreement
Area
Second Icelandic licensing
round – northern Dreki Area
Feedback after first round• Hydrocarbon tax system in need of
improvement
• No standard JOA
• Clarification of an issue with ESA regarding
registration of companies
• More data would be good
Preparations for second round• Revision of terms
– JOA
– Fiscal terms
• Taxation of hydrocarbon activities
• Necessary changes due to JOA
– Hydrocarbon Act improvement
• Discussion with Norway on the practicalities of
their right to participate
• Cooperation with Norway on research
Terms of second round• Not a pre-defined a limit on sizes of license
areas
• Standard JOA to be submitted as part of
documentation
– Similar to Norwegian JOA
• Company arrangement for licensees similar to
Norwegian model
Terms of second round• ESA-complaint regarding registration of
companies handled in modification of
Hydrocarbons Act
– Branch or agency of company registered in an
EEA country sufficient for registration
• ESA-complaint regarding bases handled
similarly as Norway
Environmental conditions
Climate and sea ice• Cold oceanic climate
• Mean temp. < 10°C all year round – ca. 5 to 8 °C in summer, -2 to 0 °C in winter
• Yearly precipitation ca. 700 mm. Winter lows give snow up to 25 to 30 cm/day
• Mean wind speed ca. 10 m/s in winter, but 6 m/s in summer. Over half of obs. < 12 m/s.
• Frequent fogs in summer, icing during winter
• The edge of sea ice has been north and west of
the area since the cold period 1965–71; not
considered to be a problem
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Surface currents in the North-Atlantic
Currents• Measurements conducted by
taking ADCP profiles from a
ship and by an anchored
mooring
• Bottom current velocity in the
area on the order of 5 cm/s
Dynamic surface elevation (Mortensen 2004)
Highest wave – 98%, 1 yr og 100 yr
98%
1 yr [m]
100 yr [m]
Wave height in the Dreki Area is less than at the west-coast of Norway
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Main conclusions of the SEA
• Water depths 1000 to 2000 m in 80% of the area
• Great variability in biomass and consequently in habitats
• The area is important feeding ground for pelagic fish, especially herring, and possibly for whales
• On-site current measurements needed (collected 2007-2008)
• Need for registration and mapping of delicate habitats of benthic species (started in 2008)
• No information on demersal fish in the area (investigated in 2009)
Geophysical and geological data
Available data information system
Iceland Continental Shelf Portal
ORKUSTOFNUNNational Energy Authority
Online GIS based web-portal (National Energy Authority & Iceland Geosurvey)
JASJAS--11: A collaboration project between NGU, NPD and 11: A collaboration project between NGU, NPD and OrkustofnunOrkustofnun
The new aeromagnetic survey will provide a comprehensive and state of the art The new aeromagnetic survey will provide a comprehensive and state of the art
aeromagnetic dataset of the Norway Basinaeromagnetic dataset of the Norway Basin
Kolb
ein
sey
Rid
ge
The data acquisition will start during summer
2011 and is scheduled for completion by the
end of September 2011
Contact person: L. Gernigon
NGU - Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim
Fill the gaps !
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Line/tie-line spacing: 6 km / 20 km
Sensor elevation: approx. 230 m
Area coverage: 80,000 km²
Total flying distance: 17.600 km
Aeroplane: Piper Chieftain (?)
Magnetometer:Scintrex Cesium Vapour
MEP410
Noise envelope: 0.1 nT
Sensor: CS-3 mounted in towed bird
Navigation: Real time differential GPS
Navigation accuracy: < 5 m
Base magnetometer: Scintrex Envi-mag
JMMCJMMC
JASJAS--1111
New survey configurationPrevious NGU aeromagnetic compilation
Summary
• Second licensing round on Icelandic
continental shelf
– Set to open on 1 August 2011
– Deadline for applications set for 1 February 2012
Thanks for your attention
Acknowledgements:
Kristinn Einarsson, Inga Dóra Gudmundsdóttir, Lárus Ólafsson, Thorvaldur
Bragason at NEA;
Anett Blischke, Karl Gunnarsson, Gunnlaugur M. Einarsson, Bjarni Richter,