Minerals Report - International Seabed Authority
Minerals Report - International Seabed Authority Minerals Report - International Seabed Authority
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE STATUS OF DATA AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF NORWAY’S OFFSHORE LICENSING POLICY AS IT RELATES TO PETROLEUM EXPLOITATION. Dr. Bente Nyland of the Resource Management Department in the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Stavanger, Norway, presented her paper entitled “ Status report on the data and information requirements of Norway’s offshore policy as it relates to petroleum activities”. She thanked the International Seabed Authority for the opportunity to participate in the workshop, stating that as a trained Geologist it had been interesting to hear about all the geological research that was taking place on the deep seabed. Dr. Nyland informed participants that her presentation would consist of several interrelated topics. She said that she would start with a short introduction to the history of the Norwegian continental shelf, to show how over a period of thirty years her little country had been transformed into the second largest oil exporter in the world. She said that this would be followed with an introduction to the role of the Government of Norway, through its National Petroleum Directorate, in the development of offshore oil and gas. She informed participants that she would provide them with a resume of the legislative framework for offshore oil and gas in Norway, and an overview of Norway’s the licensing policy. She stated that since Norway’s data management philosophy is integral to its licensing policy, she would speak about the cooperative approach taken by Governmental authorities and industry in data management. She said that her presentation would be concluded with a description of the resource classification system used by Norwegian authorities. With a map of Norway, including its offshore areas, Dr. Nyland pointed out the Norwegian continental shelf, and said that the Norwegian mainland consists of basement rocks with no petroleum activity and with no potential for petroleum, except for the Svalbard peninsula. She said that the Svalbard peninsula is treated differently from offshore basins. INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY 802
Dr. Nyland pointed out the offshore sedimentary basins of Norway and informed participants that the Norwegian offshore area is divided into two areas: those open for exploration and those that are closed for this purpose. She said that about sixty per cent of the Norwegian area is open for exploration. She said that the forty per cent that is not open is because of environmental issues. In the northern part of the Barents Sea, Dr. Nyland told participants that the reason for not including this area is the important fisheries and fishing activities that take place there. She pointed out that in the southern part of the Norwegian offshore, the area is closed to accommodate the recreational activities that take place there. She said that the extreme northern part of the Barents Sea is closed to exploration activities for environmental reasons, particularly because of the ice cap, and lack of knowledge about the impact of petroleum activities on it. She said that the western part of the offshore area contains oceanic crust where lava masks features and makes it difficult to map sedimentary basins. She said that sedimentary basins have been identified near the Jan Mayen ridge. She said that water depth varies between 1500 and 2000 metres for most of the area and increases to 3,000 metres in other areas. Dr Nyland said the petroleum industry in Norway started in 1958 following a major discovery of natural gas in a place called Groningen on the Netherlands shelf. This led people to believe that there might be hydrocarbons on the Norwegian continental shelf. She said that there were no maps at the time, or seismic surveys to confirm this. She said in 1968, Phillips Petroleum, an American oil company, made a proposal to the Government of Norway that it would pay a lump sum for a license covering the southern part of the Norwegian offshore. She said that happily, the Government of the time turned down the offer in order to investigate the matter. Dr. Nyland informed participants that in 1963, Norway’s sovereignty over its continental shelf was proclaimed. As a result, a new statute determined that the state owns all natural resources of the shelf, and that only the Crown is authorized to award licenses for exploration and production. Dr. Nyland also said that agreements on dividing the North Sea in accordance with the median line principle were reached with the United Kingdom in March 1965 and with Denmark in December 1965. She said that INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY 803
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Dr. Nyland pointed out the offshore sedimentary basins of Norway<br />
and informed participants that the Norwegian offshore area is divided into<br />
two areas: those open for exploration and those that are closed for this<br />
purpose. She said that about sixty per cent of the Norwegian area is open for<br />
exploration. She said that the forty per cent that is not open is because of<br />
environmental issues. In the northern part of the Barents Sea, Dr. Nyland told<br />
participants that the reason for not including this area is the important<br />
fisheries and fishing activities that take place there. She pointed out that in<br />
the southern part of the Norwegian offshore, the area is closed to<br />
accommodate the recreational activities that take place there. She said that the<br />
extreme northern part of the Barents Sea is closed to exploration activities for<br />
environmental reasons, particularly because of the ice cap, and lack of<br />
knowledge about the impact of petroleum activities on it. She said that the<br />
western part of the offshore area contains oceanic crust where lava masks<br />
features and makes it difficult to map sedimentary basins. She said that<br />
sedimentary basins have been identified near the Jan Mayen ridge. She said<br />
that water depth varies between 1500 and 2000 metres for most of the area<br />
and increases to 3,000 metres in other areas.<br />
Dr Nyland said the petroleum industry in Norway started in 1958<br />
following a major discovery of natural gas in a place called Groningen on the<br />
Netherlands shelf. This led people to believe that there might be<br />
hydrocarbons on the Norwegian continental shelf. She said that there were no<br />
maps at the time, or seismic surveys to confirm this. She said in 1968, Phillips<br />
Petroleum, an American oil company, made a proposal to the Government of<br />
Norway that it would pay a lump sum for a license covering the southern part<br />
of the Norwegian offshore. She said that happily, the Government of the time<br />
turned down the offer in order to investigate the matter.<br />
Dr. Nyland informed participants that in 1963, Norway’s sovereignty<br />
over its continental shelf was proclaimed. As a result, a new statute<br />
determined that the state owns all natural resources of the shelf, and that only<br />
the Crown is authorized to award licenses for exploration and production.<br />
Dr. Nyland also said that agreements on dividing the North Sea in<br />
accordance with the median line principle were reached with the United<br />
Kingdom in March 1965 and with Denmark in December 1965. She said that<br />
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