Traffic Study of the Norwegian Coast and the Barents Sea – Cooperation Norway – Russia in Respect of Oil Transport

Senior Adviser Øyvin Starberg

”Rent og rikt hav” Pure and Rich Ocean

• Report no. 12 (2001-2002) to the Norwegian Parliament

• The Government suggests to make a General Administration Plan for the Barents Sea

• Establishment of Working Groups

• Working Group “Shipping”

Actual area

Transport of Oil Products from Russia

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Common Tracks of Tankers from NW-Russia (Sep.2004)

Prognosis 2015

• Without a new pipeline 35m.tons

Two 300.000 tons tankers/weekly

One 100.000 tons tanker/weekly

• With a new pipeline 150mill.tons

Six 300.000 tons tankers/weekly

Eleven 100.000 tons tankers/weekly

Norwegian Prognoses

Last prognoses estimate that the Norwegian side of the Barents holds:

• 6 billion barrels gas equivalents• 2 billon barrels oil equivalents

Value: 2.5 times the present Norwegian Oil Fund

Grounded tanker at Røst-120.000 tons oil in 31 days

Precautions

• Extension of territorial border, from 4 to 12 nautical miles

• Mandatory lanes off the coast for ships with hazardous cargo

• VTS• Shorebased AIS

stations• Establish more oil spill

recovery bases• Increase the tug boat

capacity• Refugeports and

groundingareas to be further developed

Cooperation Norway - Russia

Existing agreements:• Exchange of information

concerning nuclear warnings• Oil-pollution agreement • Military agreement for

preventing situations in territorial waters

• Agreement for SAR operations

Cooperation Norway - Russia

Aims of the Norwegian Government:• Information exchange with Russia

concerning a ship reporting system.

• Cooperate with Russia on safety at sea and oil pollution control

• Exchange of AIS data both in the Barents Sea and Skagerrak (Helcom)

Thank you for your attention

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