ELGIN FRANKLIN UPDATE

Bruce Lawson
Asset Integrity Manager TEPUK

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ELGIN FIELD LAYOUT

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ELGIN: KEY FACTS & FIGURES

Operated by Total for 8 x JV partners

High Temperature/High Pressure fields

Elgin PUQ (Production Utilities Quarters)

& wellhead platforms linked by 90m bridge

On stream since 2001

Produces 135k boe/d

ELGIN G4: WELL ARCHITECTURE

On Elgin A
(wellhead) platform

Seabed @ 93m
below platform

Chalk HOD
non-producing
low permeability
high pressure
Fulmar
producing
high permeability
lower pressure
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ELGIN G4 LEAK: DAY ONE (25 MARCH)

12.20: gas & condensate leak confirmed at the
wellhead on Elgins G4 well

13.30: evacuation begins of Elgin and the adjacent

drilling rig

16.40: 219 people have been evacuated, leaving

19 still on the complex

01.45: Elgin OIM decides to fully abandon

Platform, rig & wells shut down
Export pipelines isolated

02.30: the last 19 people are evacuated

All 238 people safely and quickly evacuated

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ELGIN G4 LEAK: INITIAL RESPONSE

Informed all appropriate Authorities
Mobilised Emergency & Crisis Response Teams
Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (OPEP) activated
Enforced sea & air exclusion zones (2 & 3 N miles)
Mobilised a fleet of safety & support vessels mainly
Guard, FIFI & ROV vessels

Specialists WWC were mobilised early to assist

Dispersant ships and planes put on standby

Mobilised well control specialist WWC to assist
Mobilised Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and
started frequent monitoring flights (2/day)
Mobilised Blow Out Task Force from Total HQ
Activities controlled sequentially by detailed risk
assessment , many of which were reviewed by
authorities

The Ocean Ness Emergency Response & Rescue Vessel

ELGIN G4 LEAK: INITIAL IMPACTS

Gas, condensate & mud released via D annulus

Condensate & mud fall to sea
Sheen covers a large area of sea surface
Waxy paraffinic deposits on wellhead platform

ELGIN G4 LEAK: INITIAL IMPACTS

7 April
surface sheen still
visible, but less than
1/10th micron thick

27 March
gas plume and
sheen visible, but
not obvious

Elgin G4 leak: environmental impacts

Environment Monitoring Activities

2 Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) flights per day to monitor marine pollution
Regular survey flights by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS)
Daily water samples taken in Elgin surroundings
Regular ROV surveys of seabed around conductor pipe

Leak flow rate estimated at an initial 2kg/s but quickly fell to less than 0.6kg/s
Gas composition: 70% methane + 30% ethane, butane, etc; no H2S traces
Surface sheen extended many kms, but was less than 1/10th of a micron thick
Light condensate that disperses naturally and easily: 50% evaporation in the
first 24 hours alone
Several independent chemical, sediment and & fish analyses confirmed no
direct marine contamination (eg, Scottish Government, etc)
Widespread consensus that the environmental impacts are minimal
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ELGIN/FRANKLIN: PIPELINE SYSTEM

back

Elgin PUQ shutdown and isolated from pipeline systems

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SAFETY STATUS

Full POB (138) re-established on PUQ

Normal ISSOW and risk assessment processes re-established

Required SCEs now essentially operational on PUQ and on WHP

Essential CAT A maintenance re-established by crew.

3 Senior Management Briefings have been made to offshore crew in

recent weeks involving both TEPUK and Rowan.

Surface exclusion zone still in place, but only to control abnormal access
to area, otherwise normal operations resuming. Air exclusion zone gone.

Preparation ongoing to install Elgin B jacket in late September by S7000

HLV.

Ongoing involvement of HSE & DECC they remain very supportive

Normal Operations Resuming

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G4 Services companies representative meeting, Aberdeen, 10/08/12

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G4 Services companies representative meeting, Aberdeen, 10/08/12

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G4 Services companies representative meeting, Aberdeen, 10/08/12

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G4 Services companies representative meeting, Aberdeen, 10/08/12

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE

TEPUK Onshore Emergency Response, 30/05/2012, Aberdeen

TEPUK EMERGENCY RESPONSE STRATEGY

On Scene or

Tactical

Strategic

Corporate / Group

Crisis

Crisis

Management

Management

Team

Cell

(CMT)

(CMC)

Role: Management
of strategic issues
arising from the
incident site

Role: Provision of
support to TEP UK;
management of
group level
strategic issues

Operational

Site Emergency

Emergency

Response

Response Team

Organisation

(ERT)

Role: On-scene
management of the
incident

Location: Site

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Role: Provision &

Coordination of
support to the
incident site

Location: Aberdeen

TEPUK Onshore Emergency Response, 30/05/2012, Aberdeen

Location: Aberdeen

Location: Paris

ONSHORE ERTS FIRST 24 HOURS

ERT

CMT

Emergency Response Room

Incident
Site

Asset
Engineer

Board Room

Duty
Manager

CMT
Liaison

Reception Centre

Logistics

Vessels

CMT
Leader

Team
Coordinator

ENV
Group

WOEG (BG33)

WCM

Well
control
Specialist
Contractor

Duty Well
Ops

HR
Relative Response Team
Safety

Corp.
Coms.

Team
Leader

OSRL

MCA

Media Response
Room

Contractor Liaison

DECC

ARCC

MRT

NATS

ERSC
MODU
Contractor
ERR

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HQ

SOSREP

Incident Management
Team

Risk of Pollution?

YES

Company taking acceptable action

to minimise pollution?
NO

Advise
DECC/MCA

SOSREP intervenes and gives direction.

YES

SOSREP happy and

gives tacit approval of
response plan.

SOSREP Informed
and kept
appraised.
Continue with Plan &
Monitoring

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G4 ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE: MONITORING

Twice daily aerial surveillance flights for sheen quantification 115
flights will have been undertaken by the final sortie planned on 6th June
OSCAR Modelling from DGEP/HSE/ENV informs flight plans and alerts
to neighbouring installations / transboundary lines if required.
OSIS modelling linked to aerial surveillance findings supports
condensate release rate calculation and daily PON1 updates to DECC
Satellite imagery DGEP & OSRL
Protocol developed for daily sampling of sheen / waxy deposits from
sea surface. Wax / mud samples taken from Elgin WHP.
Sample analyses undertaken by Intertek, FGO & CEDRE confirmed
weathered condensate and with HOD condensate characteristics
Short, medium and long-term survey and Environmental Impact
Assessment scope of work shared with DECC, Marine Scotland and
Government Interest Group (GIG) Environment Group

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TEPUK Onshore Emergency Response, 30/05/2012, Aberdeen

G4 ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE: SPILL COMBAT READINESS

Hercules and Nimbus aerial dispersant
application system pack, plus air crew and
OSRL personnel on standby at East
Midlands Airport throughout incident
(returned to normal service once well killed)
44m3 of dispersant strategically located at
Inverness airport (airside)
FiFi vessels available to hose sheen if
required
Other vessels available to prop-wash or use
dispersant sprayers to spray water to speed
up dispersion if required
2 containment & recovery systems in the
field (reduced to one post-kill) with back-up
system portside if required.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANY QUESTIONS ?

G4 Services companies representative meeting, Aberdeen, 10/08/12

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