The article considers the variants of emergency situations that occur during railway transportation of oil and petroleum products in the Northern regions. Options for implementing measures to eliminate fires and explosions related to these events are…
In response to the corrosion problems of cargo oil tank of crude oil tanker, corrosion resistant steel for bottom plate has been developed that suppresses the macro galvanic corrosion between the defect and the intact of oil coat by forming…
Development of the Arctic has become the subject of intense attention due to the region's vast hydrocarbon resources. However, severe environmental conditions and large distances greatly increase the development costs. Because of this, it is crucial…
Tank container transportation, a kind of door-to-door service, is one of marine transportation types. However, tank containers are forbidden to carry liquefied natural gas(LNG) according to some certain marine laws because of the uncertain safety…
Small and medium-sized independent liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers are suitable for the short and medium transport of Arctic natural gas because of their shallow draught and flexible operation. A coupling analysis of the numerical simulation is…
Rising Arctic maritime activities and hydrocarbon development increase the risk of an oil spill in and under Arctic sea-ice. Oil spilled under growing sea ice would be encapsulated within the ice cover. During spring and early summer, such trapped…
Under international situation of long term low oil price, it is increasingly difficult to develop offshore oil&gas field for low economic benefits. So it is necessary to study on optimization measures to improve the economic benefits. For certain…
Crude oils are generally very complex chemical systems consisting predominantly of hundreds to thousands of hydrocarbon compounds from simple low-molecular-weight paraffin to high-molecular-weight waxes. There are many factors effecting wax…
Based on the latest developments of desulfurization and decarbonization technologies of acidic natural gas, the process characteristics, product purity, consumptions, occupied area, advantages and disadvantages of various desulfurization and…
In this study, the thermodynamic and structural characteristics of natural gas hydrates (NGHs) retrieved from gas hydrate mounds (ARAON Mound 03 (AM03) and ARAON Mound 06 (AM06)) in the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic region were investigated. The gas…
In this work, the Flow Performance Index (FPI) is introduced to guide the analysis of the performance of well systems for petroleum production. For some time now, the oil industry has been investing in the technological advancement of the…
This article analyses the activity of Russian oil-producing enterprises operating within the Arctic zone and focuses on the implementation of the "smart field"system (hereinafter - SF). The purpose of the study is to provide a conceptual…
In 2018 Equinor made an unprecedented step for an energy company and made a multi-terabyte dataset from Volve field open. However, there is a long way from downloading data to executing meaningful analysis. With no way of quickly evaluating the data…
It's very common now that more and more offshore oil fields are found with high CO2 content. In certain offshore new oil field development project in South China Sea, the CO2 content is about 95%(mole) in several oil wells, so it meets with huge…
The Barents Sea has experienced intense erosion throughout the Cenozoic due to uplift and repeated episodes of glaciation. This, in turn, has driven large pressure and temperature fluctuations in the sediment substrate along with rearrangement of…
The development of offshore heavy oil field need to reduce investment, energy consumption for oil and gas processing and transportation, we should improve the process, in order to simplify the process by using advanced technology, reduce processing…
Asphaltene deposition is one of the key technical problems in the safe production and transportation of deepwater asphalt base crude oil. This paper analyzes the asphaltene deposition condition and its existence in deepwater crude oil pipeline system…
The development of offshore heavy oil field need to reduce investment, energy consumption for oil and gas processing and transportation, we should improve the process, in order to simplify the process by using advanced technology, reduce processing…
Condensed liquid would accumulate in the subsea gas pipeline during the long-term operation. Jetting Pig is a common method to remove the condensed liquid from the gas pipeline. A jetting Pig of multiple injection structure with a combination of main…
There are two different methods used to store oil in ocean engineering. One method is "dry" storage, which consists of storing the oil in a dry tank within the hull. This is the current method used in offshore production systems such as FPSOs. The…
Based on the oil-water displacement principle, Wang and Luo (2016) developed a new type of offshore oil storage system. This storage system can be applied to a conventional Spar platform or any other platforms. However, there is the potential for the…
It's very common now that more and more offshore oil fields are found with high CO2 content. In certain offshore new oil field development project in South China Sea, the CO2 content is about 95%(mole) in several oil wells, so it meets with huge…
Large amounts of methane are trapped as natural gas hydrate (NGH) in the sediments of the Arctic. Unlike NGH provinces offshore west of Svalbard (Vestnesa Ridge), NGH potential in Svalbard’s fjords and near-shore environment is poorly constrained. In…
The Barents Sea has experienced intense erosion throughout the Cenozoic due to uplift and repeated episodes of glaciation. This, in turn, has driven large pressure and temperature fluctuations in the sediment substrate along with rearrangement of…
In this study, the thermodynamic and structural characteristics of natural gas hydrates (NGHs) retrieved from gas hydrate mounds (ARAON Mound 03 (AM03) and ARAON Mound 06 (AM06)) in the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic region were investigated. The gas…
Climate models predict extended periods with sea-ice free Arctic waters during the next decade, which will allow more shipping activity and easier access to petroleum resources. Increased industrial activities raise concerns about the biological…
This paper presents an overview of current electricity generation and consumption patterns in the Arctic. Based on published data and new data collection this paper provides an overview of the installed capacity per energy source. A more detailed…
The sea provides the infrastructure for shipping, but it is also a very important part of the natural environment, providing many kinds of ecosystem services to man. More than 90% of international goods transport is performed by sea, and although…
Information on ship traffic on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has been lacking. Previous studies have analyzed transit shipping via the NSR, but no data has been available on the overall traffic volume (number of voyages) and the magnitude and…
International shipping in the Arctic region is one of the key contributors to changes in the region due to the generated air emissions from marine fuels combustion, usage of forest-based biofuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels in…
Oil and gas exploration in the Arctic can result in the release of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) into relatively pristine environments. Following the recent spill of approximately 17 500 tonnes of diesel fuel in Norilsk, Russia, May 2020,…
Climate models predict extended periods with sea-ice free Arctic waters during the next decade, which will allow more shipping activity and easier access to petroleum resources. Increased industrial activities raise concerns about the biological…
International shipping in the Arctic region is one of the key contributors to changes in the region due to the generated air emissions from marine fuels combustion, usage of forest-based biofuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels in…
Even though the Arctic ice is melting and Polar routes are being extensively studied, the amount of cargo shipped through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) remains low. Employing current data on the NSR operation provided by China Ocean Shipping Company,…
Chemical herders are a promising technique for treatment of oil spills in icy waters at high latitudes. However, obstacles on the water surface such as floating ice affects or interferes with all spill response countermeasures including chemical…
To optimize the container liner shipping scheme between China and Europe as the possibility of Arctic shipping opens up, the operational behaviors of liner shipping companies are considered and potential shipping scheme are proposed. Fulfilling known…
Arctic sea ice has alarmingly high concentrations of microplastics (MPs). Additionally, sea ice reduction in the Arctic is opening new opportunities for the oil and maritime industries, which could increase oil pollution in the region. Yet knowledge…
Spatial and temporal variations of shipping along Russia's Northern Sea Route (NSR) were investigated to better understand the possible drivers of traffic levels and future trends. Daily information for ships sailing along the NSR were collected, and…