Oil in ice - to disperse or not to disperse. Tromsø 4-5 November 2013

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1 Oil in ice - to disperse or not to disperse Tromsø 4-5 November 2013

2 Aim of the workshop The workshop is financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign affairs. The funds are targeted towards promoting work on environmental issues within the Arctic council. The Norwegian Polar Institute will lead the workshop in collaboration with Akvaplan-Niva and EPPR. The workshop will establish recommendations based on status of the current knowledge to handling oil in ice focusing on the use of dispersants. The workshop will gather expert parties, scientists, NGO s and institutions, within the Arctic Environmental Cooperation in order to discuss the challenges in using dispersants under Arctic conditions. Stakeholders and partners The Arctic Council is a high level intergovernmental forum to provide means for promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic issues, in particular issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic. The EPPR Working Group; their goal is to contribute to the protection of the Arctic environment form threat or impact that may result from an accidental release of pollutants or radionuclides. In addition the Working Group considers issues related to response to the consequence of natural disasters. The Norwegian Polar Institute is dedicated to scientific research, mapping and environmental monitoring in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. The institute advises Norwegian authorities on matters concerning polar issues, and is Norway`s competent environmental authority in Antarctica. Monitoring of climate, environmental pollutants and biodiversity, together with geological and topographic mapping are key activities at the Institute. The Norwegian Coastal Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Fisheries Commence responsible for services related to maritime safety, maritime infrastructure, transport efficiency, and emergency response to acute pollution. The Fram Centre is the short name for FRAM High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment. The Fram Centre is based in Tromsø, and consists of about 500 scientists from 20 institutions involved in interdisciplinary research of natural science, technology and social science. Akvaplan-niva AS is a research-based company, which is owned by the Norwegian Institute of Water Research (NIVA). 2

3 Program Workshop: Oil in ice - to disperse or not to disperse Monday ( ) 19:00-21:00! Get together with tapas and wine and registration Tuesday ( ) 08:30-08:45! Registration Opening 08:45-08:55! Opening speech by Harald Steen (NP/Leader of ICE) 08:55-09:10! Ann Heinrich (EPPR/IEMC US): Setting the frames: Emergency,!! Preparedness, Prevention and Response in the Arctic? 09:10-09:15! Nina M. Jørgensen (NP): Practical information Use of dispersants 09:15-09:45! Francois X. Merlin (Cedre): Updated IMO Guidelines on the use of!! dispersants 09:45-10:15! Per Daling(SINTEF): Potential use of dispersants in ice infested waters 10:15-10:35! Coffee and fruit Biological impact 10:35-11:05! Lionel Camus (Akvaplan-Niva): Environmental impact of chemically!! dispersed oil in the Arctic 11:05-11:25! Nils H. Boisen (WWF): Defining the ice edge; How and why 11:30-12:30! Lunch Monitoring and Preparedness 12:30-12:55! Rune Storvold (Norut): Detection and monitoring of oil spills in ice infested!! waters 12:55-13:15! Silje Berger (Norwegian Coastal Administration): Chemical dispersion in the!! Norwegian governmental oil spill contingency NEBA 13:15-13:45! Joseph Nicolette (ENVIRON): Net Environmental Benefit Analysis and!! Application to Oil Spill Response in the Sea Ice Ecosystem 13:45-14:05! Nikolay Dmitriev (JSC ECOPROJECT): Environmental consequences of the!! dispersant use in the ice conditions: perspectives of application in the Barents Sea OGP 14:05-14:30! Hanne G. Johnsen (Statoil/OGP JIP): Research on Arctic oil spill response!! technology! status on Arctic Oil Spill Technology Joint Industry Programme!! ( ) 14:30-14:50! Coffee and fruit Debate Chair of session Francois X. Merlin 14:50-15:35! Panel debate 15:35-15:45! Concluding remarks 3

4 Opening speaker: Harald Steen Leader for ICE at the Norwegian Polar Institute Mail: Harald is leader for the Norwegian Polar Institute's centre for Ice, Climate and Ecosystems (ICE). Harald has worked as deputy research director and leader for ICE Ecosystems. The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) NPI is active within the fields of scientific research, mapping and environmental monitoring in the Arctic and Antarctica. The Institute advises Norwegian authorities in strategic and thematic matters relating to the polar regions, represents Norway internationally on various occasions and is Norway s competent environmental authority in Antarctica. Monitoring of climate, environmental pollutants and biodiversity, and geological and topographic mapping are key activities at the Institute. Another important task is environmental monitoring in the polar regions in cooperation with Russia, and circumpolar cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctica. Fieldwork and data collection have always been central to the Polar Institute, for example examination of polar bears around Svalbard, ice core drilling in the Arctic and Antarctica, and measurements of sea ice in the Arctic Sea. The Institute equips and organises major expeditions and owns the research vessel Lance. The organisation has grown rapidly in recent years as part of the Government s strategic initiatives in the High North. Within the research sector, the Centre for Ice, Climate and Ecosystems (ICE) has been created as part of the Institute, in order to intensify research on climate and ecosystems in polar regions. NPI represents Norway in several international forums and collaborates with research institutes all over the world. The results obtained through research and environmental monitoring projects are passed on to the civil administration, research partners, expert groups, schools and the general public. The Institute produces and distributes exhibits, books, reports and a scientific journal, Polar Research, often in collaboration with domestic and foreign partners. The roots of the Norwegian Polar Institute stretch back to scientific expeditions to Svalbard in : these were the direct predecessors of the institute established in NPI s head office is located in Tromsø s Fram Centre a network of twenty institutions. 4

5 Setting the frames: Ann Heinrich Vice Chairperson of the Arctic Council s EPPR work group Mail: Ann.Heinrich@nnsa.doe.gov Ann has been working in the field of emergency management since Since 2001 her focus has been on international emergency management. Ann is the Deputy Director of the Office of International Emergency Management and Cooperation (IEMC) within the Department of Energy s National Nuclear Security Administration, a position she has held since Prior to this appointment, Ann was Deputy Director in the predecessor division, International Emergency Cooperation. The mission of that office also included threat assessments and nuclear smuggling. Ann has also served as Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Emergency Management. That office was responsible for all activities related to the emergency planning, preparedness, and response mission for the DOE complex; DOE support of US response to accident or incidents in the US; and DOE assistance to foreign governments.before Joining DOE in 1992, Ann was a consultant and focused on security, nuclear, and environmental issues. Emergancy, Preparedness, Prevention and Response (EPPR) The EPPR Working Group was established under the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS) in The EPPR Working Group is one of six working groups of the Arctic Council. EPPR reports to the Arctic Council and Ministers through Senior Arctic Officials (SAOs).The goal of the EPPR Working Group is to contribute to the protection of the Arctic environment from the threat or impact that may result from an accidental release of pollutants or radionuclides. The EPPR Working Group also considers questions related to the consequence of natural disasters.the vision of EPPR is to provide the basic building blocks for the Strategy plan. That is to plan and prepare for response to accidents, develop strategies and tasks to prevent accidents, to enhance the best practices, and to focus on the environmental implications of emergencies involving oil hazards and natural disasters in the Arctic. For more information visit: 5

6 François Xavier Merlin Head of Cedre "Research and Development" Department Mail: Francois is in charge of coordinating the R&D activities conducted by Cedre. Additionally he is the French expert on oil spills treatment products, including regulation, approval, operational procedures and application issues. Recently he led extensive experimental studies on the impact of oil in coastal environment and consequently proposed the French government revision of its regulations for the use of chemical dispersants.he has contributed to various official publications and handbooks. He is currently leading the IMO correspondence group in charge of drafting IMO dispersant guidelines, as well as the dispersant technical group of the European Maritime Safety Agency in charge of harmonizing the approval procedure in Europe. Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution - Cedre Cedre is a non-profit-marketing association established the 25th January 1979, as one of the actions taken after the Amoco Cadiz oil spill. Cedre was founded to improve the preparedness and response strategy, at national level, to accidental discharge of pollutants. The association is responsible for documenting research and experiments, to map the effect and response of pollutants on the environment and to develop tools that can be used to combat them. Cedre is in charge of providing advice and expertise to the authorities responsible for responding to accidental pollution. Its main competence is within marine waters and inland surface waters. For more information visit: 6

7 Per Daling Senior Researcher in the department of Marine Environmental Technology, SINTEF Mail: Per represents SINTEF and has 30 years of experience within the field of oil pollution, and have been manager and responsible scientist for many research programmes including oil analysis and oil spill identification, field and laboratory testing of oil spill dispersants and countermeasure. The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research - SINTEF SINTEF is the largest independent research organisation in Scandinavia. They create value trough knowledge generation, research and innovation, and develop technological solutions that are brought in to practical use. SINTEF is a broadly based, multidisciplinary research concern that possess international top-level expertise in technology, medicine and the social sciences, and their aim is to become the most renowned contact research institution in Europe. SINTEF is an independent, non-commercial organisation. The profits of their contract research projects are invested in new research, scientific equipment and competence development. For more information visit: 7

8 Lionel Camus Head of the Petroleum and Environment Research Group at Akvaplan-niva Mail: Lionel holds a PhD from the University of Plymouth (UK). He is head of the Petroleum and Environment Research Group at Akvaplan-niva since 2004 and is adjunct associate professor at the University of Tromsø. His research aims at understanding the impact of the discharges of the oil and gas industry in the Arctic marine environment in order to perform risk assessment and to develop biomonitoring programs in the Arctic with strong focus on the Barents Sea, including Russia. A large part of the research is to assess the impact of chemically dispersed oil on cold water species to provide recommendations on oil spill response. More recently he has implemented online biosensor technology in the Barents Sea to monitor water quality in real time. At the university Camus teaches environmental monitoring and work on coastal sensitivity mapping. Akvaplan-niva is a research-based company that is owned by the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA). The number of employees in Akvaplanniva is currently about 70, while NIVA has about 200 employees. Akvaplanniva is a member of the Fram Centre (High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment) in Tromsø. Their research activities are currently focused around the following six topics: Ecotoxicology, Petroleum and Environment, Climate and Ecosystems, Physical oceanography, Benthic biodiversity and Aquaculture. Research infrastructure includes accredited laboratories for sorting and identification of benthic organisms and chemical analyzes of organic pollutants and a new, specially designed laboratory for experimental ecotoxicological studies of Arctic organisms. In addition to research they provide a number of services to our clients. Their service portfolio includes environmental monitoring surveys, impact and risk assessments, emergency preparedness, decision support services, and aquaculture design and management. Their projects are funded by the e.g. EU, research councils, industry and government. For more information visit: 8

9 Nils Harley Boisen WWF Advisor on the Arctic and Northern Areas Mail: Nils represents WWF. He grew up in Washington State in the USA, has lived 12 years in Norway, and is a father of three living on a river in Norway s Nordmarka. A strong passion for integrating conservation of the natural word with sustainable livelihoods has always set the tone in his work and aspirations. Shortly after finishing his MSc in ecology and natural resource management from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences he moved to remote Alaska where he worked for an indigenous environmental organisation. Upon his return to Norway Nils joined WWF s commitment to safeguard a thriving Arctic for both nature and people. He s currently involved in WWF s promotion of ecosystem based management in Norway s Arctic, RACER (Rapid Assessment of Circum-Arctic Ecosystem Resilience) and human-polar bear conflict mitigation. World Wide Fund of Nature - WWF The mission of WWF is to build a future in which human live in harmony with nature. From their experience as the world s leading independent conservation body, they know that the well being of people, wildlife and the environment is closely linked. That is why WWF has an integrated approach to their work. WWF is striving to safeguard the natural world, helping people living more sustainably and tale action against climate change. They spend a lot of time working with communities, with politicians and with businesses to find solutions so people and nature can thrive. The works of WWF are innovative, collaborative and based on scientific evidence. They think big and run a number of Global initiatives focusing on the regions and the challenges where we can make the biggest difference - from the Arctic and the Amazon to responsible fishing. For more information visit: 9

10 Rune Storvold Senior Scientist at the Earth Observation Department and Head of the Unmanned Aircraft Group at Norut Tromsø Mail: Rune Storvold has background in optics and atmospheric physics. He was involved in the US Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation project from 1997 to There he analysed cloud and radiation data from the North Slope of Alaska site, while working for the Geophysical Institute at University of Alaska Fairbanks. He started at Norut in 2003 using synthetic aperture radar data for measurements of cryospheric properties and doing modelling of microwave scattering and propagation in snow and ice. In 2005 he established the Unmanned Aircraft Group at Norut, developing aircraft, sensors, and communication and control systems for airborne remote sensing using unmanned Aircraft. The focus is to develop techniques and services aimed towards both science and industry to meet the need for highresolution high quality measurements of the arctic environment. He is cochairing the Arctic Council Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programs Expert Group on Unmanned Aircraft, working for increased access to the Arctic Airspace for scientific data collection using unmanned Aircraft and increased circumpolar collaboration. Northern Research Institute Tromsø (Norut Tromsø) Norut is a leading a leading research community that supplies services of high quality and practical applicability for its clients. The institute is characterised by a multidisciplinary approach to the social sciences and technology, and has particular expertise in the Northern and Arctic regions. Their ambition is that research shall have practical and proficient results, and with a commercial potential when relevant. Norut Tromsø is located in Tromsø Science Park. They are a subsidiary company in which the University of Tromsø is the major shareholder. The institute has four research groups, and a staff of ca. 60 persons. For more information visit: 10

11 Silje Berger The Norwegian Coastal Administration Mail: Silje has been working the Norwegian Coastal Administration since 2008 as senior advisor at the Centre for Emergency response, section of environmental and planning. Her main tasks and project comprise oil spill preparedness and response analysis and the development of new methods and support tools for oil spill contingency. Siljes main interests are environmental impacts, decision support tools and the further development of the governmental oil spill contingency. Silje has a background from biology and received her diploma and doctoral degree in ecology from the University of Hannover, Germany, where she also worked as a post doc researcher. The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) NCA is both user financed and financed over the budget. Tasks are assigned to the Norwegian Coastal Administration through the state budget and an annual allocation letter received from the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.The main objective of the NCA is to ensure safe and efficient navigation in the fairways along the coast and in to ports, as well as national preparedness for acute pollution. The Norwegian Coastal Administration participates in coastal planning and exercises authority pursuant to the Harbour and Fairway Act and Pilotage Act, as well as parts of the Pollution Act, Svalbard Environmental Act, and Planning and Building Act. For more information visit: 11

12 Joseph Nicolette Global Ecosystem Services Task Force Leader Mail: Joseph Principal, has over 28 years of experience as an environmental consultant and serves as ENVIRON s Global Ecosystem Services Task Force Leader. He has made demonstrated contributions in the US and internationally in developing the NEBA approach. He participated in the first NEBA associated with the Exxon Valdez and co-authored the formalised framework for NEBA recognised by the USEPA Science Advisory Board. His experience includes environmental assessment support for over 25 oil spill releases from the Exxon Valdez to the Deepwater Horizon Incident. He has participated in Incident Command during spill response and drills, provided oversight of mass balance modeling efforts, and over 50 NEBA related projects. Joseph is a Certified Fisheries Scientist. ENVIRON ENVIRON is an international environmental and health sciences consultancy providing state-of-the-art scientific, engineering, and strategic risk management assistance to worldwide clients for more than 30 years. ENVIRON staff are recognised leaders in the development of NEBA approaches as they relate to balancing the risks, benefits and tradeoffs associated with competing alternatives. ENVIRON staff participated in the development of the first NEBA that was conducted as part of the oil spill remedial efforts associated with the Exxon Valdez response. For more information visit: 12

13 Nikolay Dmitriev Chief of GIS Group in JSC Mail: Nikolay has more than 10 year of experience as environmental specialist within risk assessments, marine oil spill contingency planning and response, prevention of pollution and emissions from ships and international cooperation related to these issues. Nikolay is involved in many projects among them are GIS concerning Risk Assessment of Ground water Pollution, Sensitivity of the Gulf of Finland biological resources, Nature conservation atlas of the Russian part of the Gulf of Finland and Environmental status of the coastal zone of littoral states in the Caspian Sea region under the impact of oil production and transportation. Joint Stock Company "Environmental Consulting and Nature Protection Design Agency" (JSC ECOPROJECT) JSC ECOPROJEST is responsible for marine environmental monitoring and ecological management in the basins of the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Barents Sea. They conduct ecological follow-up surveys of geological research and seismic, projects of oil and gas transportation and production in different climatic zones. The main clients of the JSC ECOPROJECT are leading international and native oil companies of the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. In accordance with the company rules, the main field of JSC ECOPROJECT activity is rendering of services and accomplishment of operations to supply Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) management of technical projects to minimize negative environmental and social impacts from the human activity. For more information visit: 13

14 Hanne Greiff Johnsen Leader at the department of Arctic Environmental Technology, Statoil ASA Mail: Hanne represents the OGP-JIP and is working in Statoil as leader for the department responsible for Arctic Environmental Technology in Research, Development and Innovation. In Statoil she has focused her work on developing environmental risk assessment tools for the marine environment and O&G industry and oil spill response technology. Hanne has had different management positions during the last year within the area of arctic technology. Prior to 1999 when she joined Statoil, Hanne worked at the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (KLIF) for two years dealing with offshore regulations. She has a background within environmental technology (thesis in environmental toxicology) from NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and graduated from NTNU in International Association of Oil and Gas Producers - Joint Industry Project OGP-JIP The oil and gas industry has made significant advances in being able to detect, contain and clean up spills in Arctic environments. On going research continues to build upon more than 40 years of looking at all aspects of oil spill preparedness, oil spill behaviour and options for oil spill response in the Arctic marine environment. The research has included hundreds of studies, laboratory and basin experiments and field trials, specifically in the United States, Canada and Scandinavia. The Arctic Oil Spill Response JIP is sponsored by nine oil companies: bp, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, eni, Exxon Mobile, NCOC, Shell, Statoil and Total. The program is managed by OGP and coordinated by an executive committee comprised of representatives from the funding companies. For more information visit: 14

15 Contact Information: Workshop secretary Address: Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway Partners: Norwegian Polar Institute Project manager Nina Mari Jørgensen Phone: Mail: Kristin Heggland Mail: EPPR and the Norwegian Coastal Administratin Ole Kristian Bjerkemo Phone: Mail: Synnøve Lunde Mail: Thanks to CliC for assistance with video recording 15 Akvaplan-niva Lionel Camus Phone: Skype: lcamus