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SASEG 79TH CONVENTION 23 25 JUNE 2012 LUCERNE 23. 25. JUNE 2012, LUCERNE GULF OF MEXICO APRIL 2010 GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 2010 AN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOKBACK BY U. SEEMANN
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SASEG 79TH CONVENTION23 – 25 JUNE 2012 LUCERNE23. – 25. JUNE 2012, LUCERNE

GULF OF MEXICO APRIL 2010GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 2010‐ AN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK‐BACK ‐

BYU. SEEMANN

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GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 2010GULF OF MEXICO:  APRIL 2010

AN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK BACKAN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK‐BACK 

• WORLD ENERGY SYNOPSIS AT  A GLANCE:  BECAUSE WE ARE ‘SASEG’ 

• THE DEEPWATER SCENE

• BP’S MACONDO WELL, A TYPICAL DEEPWATER PROJECT

• MACONDO BLOWOUT AND FOLLOW‐UP

• STAKEHOLDER CONSIDERATIONS

• CONCLUSIONS

Macondo is the name of a fiction village about which ,Gabriel García Márquez wrote his story ‘100 years of loneliness’

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ENERGY SOURCE MIX OF SELECTED COUNTRIES

100 %RENEWABLE

NUCLEAR

100 %

Bio

13% Hydro14 % 

Hydro & Bio

COAL !

! !50 %

! !GAS !

OIL

0 %

Sources: US Gov., Eurostat., Arb. Gemeinsch. Energie‐bilanzen,  OECD,  IEA, ,BfE

WORLD                 USA                     EU               GERMANY              RUSSIA                 CHINA                   JAPAN               BRASIL            SWITZERLAND

(2011)                    (2008)               (2007)                  (2008)                 (2007)                  (2007)                  (2007)    (2006)              (2010)

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ENERGY SOURCE  MIX :  WORLD  VS SWITZERLAND 

WORLD

100 %MISCELLANEOUS

WORLD100 %

HYDRO ET AL.

NUCLEAR

% !

75  %

COAL 0 %   !

0 %   !

77 % !

«      

92 %

75  %

!50 %

8080

ENER

GY «  

WAY

 ENER

GY 

6 %  !

% !

50 %

25 %

GAS

HRO

W‐AWAY

 

/ TH

ROW‐AW

NS      

56

ONS   54

 %

25 %25 %

OIL

ONE‐WAY

  / H

«ONE‐WAY

   

YDRO

CARB

O

YDRO

CARB

O

0 %

«O

Sources:  US Gov., Eurostat., Arb. Gemeinsch. Energiebilanzen,  OECD, BfE, BP Report 2012

«

HY HY

0 %

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ENERGY CONSUMPTION  PER SECTOR * ‐WORLD VS SWITZERLAND   ‐

WORLD

THE WORLDAT LARGE  IS 

100%

WORLD

100%

Industry

‘INDUSTRY‐DRIVEN’75 % 75 %

Services

50 %THE (WESTERN)  50 %

Transport,

25 %

WORLD / SWITZERLAND IS DRIVEN BY‘DOMESTIC 

25 %

Transport,Mobility

‘Living’ /D ti

NEEDS’ / CONSUMPTION

25 %

Sources:: BfE, Schw. Erdölver., 2010, IEA 2010

*0 %

DomesticNeeds

* Definition of sectors often not unequivocal

0 %

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WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION (1910 – 2012)

250 250

1 * 109 BBL ‘OE’

200 200

150 150

100 100

50 50

2050

2000

2100

1950

1900

0 0

22 211

GASOILOTHER ENERGY 

SOURCES

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WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION (1910 – 2100)

250

1 * 109 BBL ‘OE’

250

200 200

150 150

100 100?50 50

?

2050

2000

2100

1950

1900

0 0

22 211

GASOILOTHER ENERGY 

SOURCES

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WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION (1910 – 2100)

250

1 * 109 BBL ‘OE’250

200 200

2 % GROWTH EQUALS PUTTING

150 150

2 % GROWTH EQUALS PUTTING 

EVERY DAY 4 COMPLETE, NEW  ‘GRIMSEL’ HYDRO‐ELECTRICITY PLANTS

100 100

GRIMSEL  HYDRO ELECTRICITY PLANTS ‘ON STREAM’

50 50

2050

2000

2100

1950

1900

0 0

22 211

GASOILOTHER ENERGY 

SOURCES

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WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION (1910 – 2100)U. SEEMANN

250 250

1 * 109 BBL ‘OE’

200 200

150 150

100 100

50 50

2050

2000

2100

1950

1900

0 0

1 GENERATION

22 211

GASOILOTHER ENERGY 

SOURCES References:  Edwards, AAPG, 1997;‘BP Report’ 2012; Shell Energy Scenarios, 2008

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THE ‘REACH’ OF CRUDE OIL RESERVES

‘RESERVES‘ TO BE (‘ ’)

’RESERVES‘ TO BE EXPLORED(POSSIBLE, UNCONVENTIONAL, ETC.)

E G DEEPWATERPRODUCED (‘PROVEN’)  E.G. DEEPWATER

ONE

COL.  DRAKE

2100

2050

2000

1950

1900

1850 12 76 84 53

EQUALS  100 * 109 BBL

* USING 2011 WORLD OIL CON‐

Bull. angew. Geol. Vol. 13/1, 2008; Schw. Erdölvereinigung 2010, BP 2011

1 GENERATION 76 84 53

1858 20552012 2112

WORLD OIL  CONSUMPTION  LEVEL

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GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 2010GULF OF MEXICO:  APRIL 2010

AN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK BACKAN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK‐BACK 

• WORLD ENERGY SYNOPSIS AT  A GLANCE:  BECAUSE WE ARE ‘SASEG’ 

• THE DEEPWATER SCENE

• BP’S MACONDO WELL, A TYPICAL DEEPWATER PROJECT

• MACONDO BLOWOUT AND FOLLOW‐UP

• STAKEHOLDER CONSIDERATIONS

• CONCLUSIONS

Macondo is the name of a fiction village about which ,Gabriel García Márquez wrote his story ‘100 years of loneliness’

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DEEPWATER EXPLORATION DRILLING (1978 ‐ 2011)

Cognac1978

Bullwinkle1988

Conoco(Julliet)

Petrobas(Marlim)

Na Kika2003

Petrobras(Roncador)

Mensa1997

Petrobras(MarlimSul)

Ursa1999

Ram-Powell1997

Mars1996

Auger1993

Transocean KG2 India201978 1988 (Julliet)

1989(Marlim)

19892003(Roncador)

19991997(MarlimSul)

19971999199719961993 2011

‐600 m800 m

1000 m

‘Water DepthWorld Record’:

3’107 m1200 m1400 m1600 m

3 107 m

1800 m2000 m2200 m KG2 has a reach of2200 m2400 m2600 m2800 m

KG2  has a reach ofup to 10 km 

drilling depth in upto 3.6 km water

depth2800 m3000 m

* OGP (Interntional Organisation of Oil and Gas Producers),  2011

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BP’S MACONDO WELL – A TYPICAL DEEPWATER PROJECT

LOCATION OF THEMACONDO WELL

‘MACONDO’ IS LOCATEDIN THE DEEPWATEROIL AND GAS PROVINCEOF THE GULF OF MEXICOOF THE GULF OF MEXICO,SOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI  DELTA

MACONDO IS ONE OF THE 14’000 DEEPWATER WELLS14 000 DEEPWATER WELLS(> 200 METERS WATERDEPTH)  DRILLED SINCE 1978

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BP’S MACONDO WELL: EQUALS 3 ‘EIGER NORTH FACES’ IN  DEPTH

0

O  TH 

RS)

(SHADOW OF) ‘EIGER 

NORTHFACE’: 1’900 METERS

MACO

NDO

WAT

ER DEP

T(1’600

 METER

2000

1 900 METERS

4000

TARGET DEPTH OFTARGET DEPTH OF MACONDO WELL  = 5’500 METERS = 

+ / ‐3 ‘EIGER NORTH FACES’

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BP’S  MACONDO WELL  ‐ DRILLING TIME AND COST

0

ONDO 

R DEP

TH 

METER

S)

MACO

WAT

ER(1’600

 M

2000 m2000

4000

MORE THAN 1 YEAR DRILLING;AT OVER 100 MILLION USD COSTS

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GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 2010GULF OF MEXICO:  APRIL 2010

AN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK BACKAN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK‐BACK 

• WORLD ENERGY SYNOPSIS AT  A GLANCE:  BECAUSE WE ARE ‘SASEG’ 

• THE DEEPWATER SCENE

• BP’S MACONDO WELL, A TYPICAL DEEPWATER PROJECT

• MACONDO BLOWOUT AND FOLLOW‐UP

• STAKEHOLDER CONSIDERATIONS

• CONCLUSIONS

Macondo is the name of a fiction village about which ,Gabriel García Márquez wrote his story ‘100 years of loneliness’

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MACONDO BLOWOUT- BOTTOM HOLE WELL DESIGN -

CHALLENGED WELL INTEGRITY POINTSINTEGRITY POINTS

9 ‘’ /7 ‘’ 

DEPTH: 5.5 KILOMETERS RESERVOIR PRESSURE (MULTI‐BILLION LITER VOLUMES):

1’000’s PSI; 100’s KGS PER CM2

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MACONDO BLOWOUT

DEPTH: 5.5 KILOMETERS RESERVOIR PRESSURE (MULTI‐BILLION LITER VOLUMES):

1’000’s PSI; 100’s KGS PER CM2

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MACONDO BLOWOUT

Macondo Blowout Well

Relief Well 2 Relief Well 1‘CLEAN‐UP’

0

R DEP

TH: 

METER

S

Relief Well 2 Relief Well 1 CLEAN UP

WATER

1’60

0 M

‘SUBSEA LEAK’ ‘ TOP KILL’

OPERATIONS

2000 m2000

4000

RESERVOIR: 5’500 METERSRELIEF WELLS (‘BOTTOM KILL’)

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MACONDO BLOWOUT‐ RELIEF OPERATIONS ‐

Macondo Blowout Well

0

‘SUBSEA LEAK’ ‘ TOP KILL’

OPERATIONS

2000 m2000

4000

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MACONDO BLOWOUT- ‘TOP KILL’ -

DEPTH: 5.5 KILOMETERS RESERVOIR PRESSURE (MULTI‐BILLION LITER VOLUMES):

1’000’s PSI; 100’s KGS PER CM2

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MACONDO BLOWOUT‐ RELIEF OPERATIONS ‐

Macondo Blowout Well

Relief Well 10

Relief Well 1

2000 m2000

4000

RESERVOIR: 5’500 METERSRELIEF WELL (‘BOTTOM KILL’)

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MACONDO BLOWOUT- RELIEF WELL -

9 ‘’  

DEPTH: 5.5 KILOMETERS RESERVOIR PRESSURE (MULTI BILLION LITER VOLUMES)

1’000’s PSI; 100’s KGS PER CM2

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MACONDO RELIEF WELLS: PRECISION DRILLING STADE DE SUISSE IN BERNE – SCALING EXAMPLE

TARGET DEPTH OF ‘MACONDO’ RELIEF 

DISTANCE DENTISTE TO PATIENT : 100 METERS

MACONDO  RELIEF WELL: 5’500 METERS

DIAMETER OF ‘BLOW‐OUT’ WELL BORE AT TARGET 

DEPTH: + / ‐ 20 CENTIMETERS

DIAMETER OF HOLE IN TOOTH TO BE TREATED: + / ‐ 3.0 MILLIMETERS

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MACONDO BLOWOUT‐ THE CLEAN UP ‐

Macondo Blowout Well

‘CLEAN‐UP’

0

R DEP

TH: 

METER

S

CLEAN UP

WATER

1’60

0 M

2000 m2000

4000

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PRESS REACTION ONE YEAR AFTER THE ‘BP BLOW OUT’(TIME SCIENCE,  19. APRIL 2011) 

THERE IS RECOVERY WHERE ONCE THE GULF SPILL IS FAR FROM OVER

WAS ONLY FEARTHE GULF SPILL IS FAR FROM OVER

WHERE DO WE ACTUALLY STAND TWO YEARS AFTER  

??????

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MACONDO OIL SPILL: ’HOW BIG IS BIG’ ?

U S

1979

1989‘GULF WAR

SPILL’11 MMBL

1910LAKEVIEW

CALIFORNIA 11 MMBBL

9 9IXTOC –MEXICO +/- 4.0

MMBBL2010

MACONDO –

1978AMOCO

CO OGULF OF MEXICO5 MMBL

1979ATLANTIC

1967TOREY

CANYON 0.80

MMBBL

AMOCO CADIZ

1.6 MMBBL 1989

EXXON VALDEZ

0.3

ATLANTIC EMPRESS

2.0 MMBBL

MMBBL 0.3 MMBBL

1910

1960

1980

2000

1 YEAR NATURAL SPILL IN GULF OF  OF  MEXICO =

Sources: NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) US; ITOPF (The International Oil Tanker Owner Pollution Federation Ltd.), 2009..SPE News, 06.07.2010 + Discussion following presentation by Archie Smith CEO of ‘Oil Spill Contingency Company’ at Geneva Petroleum Club 03.11.2010

= 1 MILLION BARRELS  (MMBL) = 159 MILLION LITERS

TANKER INCIDENTS OTHER INCIDENTS

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MACONDO  OIL SPILL:  SOME FACTS AND FIGURES 

DURATION OF FLOWDURATION OF FLOW20. APRIL – 15. JULY 2010 (+ / ‐ 80 DAYS)

TOTAL SPILL‐VOLUME4.9 MMBBL (= 2 1/ 2 SUPERTANKERS)

TOTAL SPILL ‐ AERATOTAL SPILL  AERA217’000 KM2  (= 5 TIMES THE SIZE OF SWITZERLAND)

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MACONDO  OIL SPILL: THE CLEAN‐UP 

‐ SOME FACTS AND FIGURES ‐

RESSOURCES INVOLVED

STAFF : 48’000‐ STAFF :  48 000‐ VESSELS:  6’000‐ AIRCRAFTS: 120

MATERIAL AND MONEY INVOLVED

‐ 1’000 KM OF FLOATING BARRIERS

‐ TENS OF BILLIONS USD (INCLUDING COMPENSATIONS – UP TO MAY 2012)COMPENSATIONS – UP  TO MAY 2012)

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MACONDO OIL SPILL: THE CLEAN‐UP 

‐ RESULTS ‐

VOLUME – REMOVAL

FROM 20. APRIL 2010            TO END 2010  (8 MONTHS)4.9 MMBBL (= 2 1/ 2 SUPERTANKERS) < 1.5 MMBL = < ¾ SUPERTANKER

SURFACE – REMOVALSURFACE   REMOVAL

FROM 20. APRIL 2010 TO APRIL 2011 (1 YEAR)217’000 KM2  ( 5 TIMES   2’600 KM2 (= 1.2 % OFSIZE OF SWITZERLAND)                              ORIGINAL SURFACE)

Sources:  Presentation by ‘Oil Spill Response Ltd.’; 03.11.2010, Geneva & BP 2011

CONCENTRATED IN FLOATING ‘HEAVY OIL’ PLUMES

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MACONDO OIL SPILL: THE CLEAN‐UP 

‐ ‘WHERE DID IT ALL GO?’ ‐nn

n‐ WHERE DID IT ALL GO?  ‐

MBB

L

SPILL

MMBB

Lnnn

UAL’: 1

.5 M

M

NITIAL  S

2010

):  4.9  

0 4 MMBBL CHEMICALLY DISOLVED0.2 MMBBL BURNT ‘R

ESIDU

.4 M

MBB

L

OTA

L IN

L  ‐15. JULY  

0.8 MMBBL NATURALLY DISOLVED0.4 MMBBL CHEMICALLY DISOLVED

OCESSED

’ : 3TO

(20. APR

IL 0.8 MMBBL BY SKIMMING

‘PRO1 .2 MMBBL EVAPORATED

Source: Presentation by ‘Oil Spill Response Ltd.’; 03.11.2010, Geneva & BP 2011

20.04.2010                                                                              DECEMBER 2010 NO FURTHER OFFICIAL 

DATA AVAILABLE BEYOND THIS DATE

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GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 2010GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 2010

AN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK BACKAN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK‐BACK 

• WORLD ENERGY SYNOPSIS AT  A GLANCE:  BECAUSE WE ARE ‘SASEG’ 

• THE DEEPWATER SCENE

• BP’S MACONDO WELL, A TYPICAL DEEPWATER PROJECT

• MACONDO BLOWOUT AND FOLLOW‐UP

• STAKEHOLDER CONSIDERATIONS

• CONCLUSIONS

Macondo is the name of a fiction village about which ,Gabriel García Márquez wrote his story ‘100 years of loneliness’

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?

MACONDO STAKEHOLDERS§§ STAKEHOLDERS §§

COMPANIES, AUTHORITIES

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MACONDO BLOWOUT- US REGULATORY & LEGISLATORY FOLLOW-UP -US REGULATORY & LEGISLATORY FOLLOW UP

2010 2011 2012A M J  J A  S  O N  D  J   F  M  A M J  J A  S   O   N  D  J   F  M  A M  J

2010                                                           2011                                                       2012  

DURATION OF BLOWOUT  ‘KILL 

MORATORIUMS, DECREES,  

OPERATIONS’

§§ §§ §§

§§§§ §§ §§ §§

REGULATIONS (INITIALLY)

DECLARED AND LIFTED 

AT ‘HIGH SPEED’ §§

§§GOV. 

REPORT

AT  HIGH SPEED   

CONGRESSIONAL HEARING OF BP CEO

FINAL REPORT: STUDY GROUP

GULF OF MEXICO ‘IS BACK TO NORMAL’ LICENSING

FINAL REPORT: STUDY GROUP

FROM ‘OVER REACTION’ TO ‘BACK TO NORMAL’

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MACONDO BLOWOUT

COMPANIES FOLLOW UP- COMPANIES FOLLOW-UP -

2010 2011 2012A M J  J A  S  O N  D  J   F  M  A M J  J A  S   O   N  D  J   F  M  A M  J

2010                                                           2011                                                       2012  

DURATION OF BLOWOUT ‘KILL OPERATIONS’

BP  SETTING‐UP CLAIMSFUND

CAMERON ‘BOP’ SETTLEMENT 25 MILLION

CLAIMS PAID  (PER MAY 2012) 8.5 BILLION

20 BILLION

BP’S PUBLIC STATEMENT TO  GOV. REPORT TRIGGERS LAW‐SUIT CASES BY BP’S PARTNERS

PARTNERS SETTLEMENTS (ANADARKO & MITSUI)  5 BILLION

LOUISIANA COURT TRIAL

SUIT CASES BY BP S PARTNERS

FROM ‘FINGERPOINTING’ TO  ‘MISTRUST’ TO SETTLEMENT ???

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MACONDO BLOWOUT- MEDIA PRESENCE / PROFIL -

APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP

2010

DURATION OF BLOWOUT /‘KILL OPERATIONS’

DURATION OF MORATO

xDURATION OF MORATO-RIUM (“1”)

PAKISTAN FLOODINGFLOODING

AMOUNT OF ‘BP’ MEDIA EVENTSMEDIA EVENTS‘MEDIA PROFILE’

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?OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

?

MACONDO STAKEHOLDERS§§ STAKEHOLDERS §§

COMPANIES, AUTHORITIES

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THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRYTHE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

THE SAFETY ASPECT / REPUTATIONTHE SAFETY ASPECT / REPUTATION

SADLY THE ACCIDENT CAUSED 11 FATALITIES

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OIL & GAS INDUSTRY – MANHOURS VS INCIDENT RATEOIL & GAS INDUSTRY   MANHOURS VS INCIDENT  RATE

3000 6 ANHOURS

Note:

RS MILLION M

A

*? 

Note:‐ Rapid increase in Manhours

from 2000 onwardsparalleled with distinctdeacrease in incident rate

N  M

ANHOU 2000 4

E (‘IR’) P

ER Mdeacrease in incident rate

OIL & GAS INDUSTRY APPEARS TO BE A ‘FAST LEARNING’ INDUSTRY

MILLION

1000 2

CIDEN

T  RAT

ELEARNING  INDUSTRY

1985                                1990                               1995                                2000               2005                               20100 0

INC

* No reliable data before 2000‘OGP’ (Int. Org of Oil & Gas Producers) Report, 2011 (42 Contributing Companies)

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‘ ’ S **

INCIDENT  RATE PER MILLION ‘EXPOSURE HOURS’

O & G S ‘ALL’ INDUSTRY **OIL & GASINDUSTRY * 

MOUNTAIN‘SPORTS’ ***

25

   ) 

RS’

25

Note:

Remarkable lowIncident Rate of Oil

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS: 

> 25

20

15

ENTS (         

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10

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0 0COMPARISONS ACROSSS ‘SECTORS’ BEAR THE RISK OF CORRELATING DIFFERENT  ASSESSMENT METHODS. HOWEVER, GENRAL TRENDS CAN BE CONSIDERED AS INDICATIVE

*  ‘OGP’ (Int. Org of Oil & Gas   Producers) Report, 2011; 42 contributing Companies.2.2 Million estimated workers

*** SAC & BfU: Bergnotfälle 2009 &  E‐Mail, U. Mosimann, 24.04.2012:  2.5 Millionen  Bergsportler @ 50 Stunden pro Jahr

**  ‘SUVA’ Unfallstatistik (UVG, 2003 – 2007); Grafik 12.1,  Seite 102; 2009; 3.8 Million Versicherte

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‘FATALITY PYRAMIDES’ 

‘ALL’OIL & GAS ‘MOUNTAINUN

PRO MS

‘ALL’INDUSTRY **

OIL & GASINDUSTRY  *

GLOBAL

‘MOUNTAIN SPORTS’ ***

20 5 §

S

136

1’000

GLOBAL

1’00020.5 §1 000

800

1 000

800

 (          ) 

600 600

R’ IN

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Low number of

400 400

‘FORE

‐RUNNER

R FATA

LITY

    (  Low number of

Incidents(«Warnings») per Fatality of Oil & Gas Industry

4.0 §2.5

ONE    EQUALS  20 ’FORE‐RUNNER’ INCIDENTS («WARNINGS») PER FATALITY

200 200

NUMBE

R OF ‘

PER Gas Industry

0 0

*  ‘OGP’ (Int. Org of Oil & Gas   Producers) Report, 2011; 42 contributing Companies.2.2 Million estimated workers

*** SAC & BfU: Bergnotfälle 2009 &  E‐Mail, U. Mosimann, 24.04.2012:  2.5 Millionen  Bergsportler @ 50 Stunden pro Jahr

**  ‘SUVA’ Unfallstatistik (UVG, 2003 – 2007); Grafik 12.1,  Seite 102; 2009; 3.8 Million Versicherte

COMPARISONS ACROSSS ‘SECTORS’ BEAR THE RISK OF CORRELATING DIFFERENT  ASSESSMENT METHODS. HOWEVER, GENRAL TRENDS CAN BE CONSIDERED AS INDICATIVE

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THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRYTHE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT / REPUTATIONTHE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT /  REPUTATION

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THE ‘DARK AGES’ OF THE OIL BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT‐ ‘HISTORICAL QUOTES’ ‐

”You ‐ as Company Representative ‐ are responsible to explore for Oil in our 

HISTORICAL QUOTES   

Country. We are not having you here to bother about the Environment. We’ll take  care of that one  ! “

Quote of a Governmental Official of a Southeast Asian Country (1994)

“I tell you: I’ve spoilt the Environment in manyCountries of the World where I can’t  show my face anymore! “Q ote of a CEO of an Ameri an Independent Compan (2001)Quote of a CEO of an American Independent Company (2001)

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THE OIL BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT‐WE’VE COME A LONG WAY ‐

PRICE TAG OF ASSESSMENT: > 1 MILLION USD

DURATION OF ASSESSMENT:BUENOS AIRES  . DURATION OF ASSESSMENT: 2 YEARS

WIDESPREAD MONITORING OF MARINE FLORA, FAUNA AND 

METOCEAN DATAMETOCEAN DATA

ASSESSMENT AT  WELL LOCATION (PRE‐ AND POSTDRILLING) E G BENTHONIC ANDE. G  BENTHONIC AND 

PLANKTONIC  ASSEMBLAGES

SOCIO ECONOMIC

FALKLAND  ISLANDS

500 km

SOCIO‐ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENTON FALKLAND ISLANDS

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??

? ?CONSUMERS OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

?

MACONDO STAKEHOLDERS§§ STAKEHOLDERS §§

COMPANIES, AUTHORITIES U. SEEMANN

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INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY BALANCE TOOL - REAL EXAMPLE: 3 PERSON HOUSEHOLD -

INPUT   PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD 3

OIL ‐ LITERSPRIVATE CAR–LITER PETROL

ELECTRICITY  ‐HYDRO (KWH)15 1000 30002000

HOLIDAY –FLYING HOURS

100 %

ENERGY ‘MIX’100 %

80 % 

F  MIX

60 %

40 %UP 90

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BP PRESS RELEASE: 12TH OF JUNE 2012

1’980 METERS WATER  DEPTH

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GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 2010GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 2010

AN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK BACKAN UNCONVENTIONAL LOOK‐BACK 

• WORLD ENERGY SYNOPSIS AT  A GLANCE:  BECAUSE WE ARE ‘SASEG’ • THE DEEPWATER SCENE

• BP’S MACONDO WELL, A TYPICAL DEEPWATER PROJECT

• MACONDO BLOWOUT AND FOLLOW‐UP• MACONDO BLOWOUT AND FOLLOW‐UP

• STAKEHOLDER CONSIDERATIONS

• CONCLUSIONS

Macondo is the name of a fiction village about which ,Gabriel García Márquez wrote his story ‘100 years of loneliness’

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MACONDO CONCLUSIONS (1)CAUSED GREAT GRIEVANCE AMONGST MANY FAMILIES & CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND                 ECONOMY

CAUGHT BP ALL OPERATORS THE LEGISLATOR AND AUTHORITIESCAUGHT BP,  ALL OPERATORS, THE LEGISLATOR  AND AUTHORITIES  ‘OFF GUARD’

TRIGGERED LAWSUIT CASES OF GIGANTIC DIMENSIONS 

LEAD TO RATHER VAGUE  AND CONTRADICTING ‘LEARNING‐STATEMENTS’:

‐ NEGLIGENCE YES/ NO ?HUMAN FAILURE RESPONSIBILITY YES / NO ?‐ HUMAN FAILURE – RESPONSIBILITY  YES / NO ?

‐MANAGEMENT FAILURE YES/NO ?

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MACONDO CONCLUSIONS (2)MACONDO CONCLUSIONS (2)

THE SURFACE CLEAN‐UP WAS A CONCENTRATEDEFFORT OF A DIMENSION HITHERTO UNHEARD OF

THE TECHNICAL FOLLOW UPWAS A REMARKABLETHE TECHNICAL FOLLOW‐UP WAS A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE (TOP KILL, BOTTOM KILL) 

AND

WE’RE ALL PART OF ‘IT’

AND

WE RE ALL PART OF  ITU. SEEMANN


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