Arctic Demonstration and Exploratory Voyage

Información del proyecto

ARCDEV

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: WA-97-SC.2191

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de inicio 30 Diciembre 1997

Fecha de finalización 29 Septiembre 1999

Financiado con arreglo a

• Specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of transport, 1994-1998

Coste total

€ 3 762 823,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 1 743 128,00

Coordinado por

FORTUM OIL AND GAS OY
Finland

Objetivo

ARCDEV project is a Short Sea Shipping (SSS) full scale demonstrator. It will concentrate on the operational and technical feasibility as well as on the cost-effectiveness of a SSS corridor linking all the year round the Arctic regions of Russia to the EU.
The verified oil and natural gas reserves in Northern Russia and in the Russian sector of the Arctic Ocean are very large. They are considered as one of the long term energy supply source of Western Europe.
Together with western oil companies and engineering firms Russia is in the process of developing technologies to produce and ship most of the oil to Western Europe. Instead of transporting the oil by pipelines through various foreign countries and across unsafe soil conditions, the industry would like to investigate waterborne transport possibilities.
The conditions for maritime operations are extremely harsh in this region. While the Port of Murmansk never freezes, ice conditions become progressively more difficult eastward. East of the Taymyr Peninsula the route is covered by thick ice throughout the year. In the western part up to Novaya Zemlia the ice conditions are comparable to those encountered in the Northern Baltic Sea. Generally the period of 3 to 6 months is navigable under open water conditions.
The project will be implemented through a fully operational winter test voyage to the Ob river estuary with two ice strengthened vessels: an EU member state flag vessel and a Russian one. The test voyage will be performed in the form of real transportation, delivering gas condensate from the Ob Bay area to the European market.
The main objectives of the Demonstration and Exploration Voyage are concerned with
- Year round navigation in the Arctic
- Safe, reliable and economical operations
- Commercial aspects of such transportation system
This incorporates a number of challenges with a direct impact on further developments in technology and investment opportunities for EU and Russian industries
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SSS corridor linking the arctic regions of Russia with the EU
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This test voyage will simultaneously serve as a test platform for demonstration of other ongoing EU projects such as Ice routes, MBB, VTMIS, BOPCom. The project will co-operate with EU's Joint Research Centre.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería ambiental › energía y combustibles › energía fósil › gas natural

Programa(s)

• FP4-TRANSPORT - Specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of transport, 1994-1998

Tema(s)

• 6.1 - Maritime transport (shipping, ports and logistics)
• 6.3 - Efficiency, safety and environment protection in maritime operations

Convocatoria de propuestas

Datos no disponibles

Régimen de financiación

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinador

FORTUM OIL AND GAS OY

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Keilaniemi ; 02151 Espoo ; Finlandia
• Coste total: Sin datos

Participantes (17)

ARCTIC SHIPPING SERVICE

Rusia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Kominterna str. 15 ; 183636 Murmansk
• Coste total: Sin datos

CENTRAL MARINE RESEARCH AND DESIGN INSTITUTE LTD

Rusia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: 6 Kavalergardskaya St. ; 193015 St Petersburg
• Coste total: Sin datos

EARTH OBSERVATION SCIENCES LIMITED

Reino Unido

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Broadmede Farnham Business Park ; GU9 8QT Farnham
• Coste total: Sin datos

FACHHOCHSCHULE HAMBURG

Alemania

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Rainvilleterrasse 4 ; 22765 Hamburg
• Coste total: Sin datos

HAMBURGISCHE SCHIFFBAU-VERSUCHSANSTALT GMBH

Alemania

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: 164,Bramfelder Strasse 164 ; 22305 HAMBURG
• Coste total: Sin datos

HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Finlandia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Otakaari 1 ; 02150 ESPOO
• Coste total: Sin datos

JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "MURMANSK SHIPPING COMPANY"

Rusia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Kominterna 15 ; 183636 Murmansk
• Coste total: Sin datos

KRYLOV SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Rusia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Moskovskoye Shosse 44 ; 196 158 St-Petersburg
• Coste total: Sin datos

KVAERNER MASA-YARDS INC.

Finlandia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Kaanaantie 3A ; 530 Helsinki
• Coste total: Sin datos

LLOYD'S REGISTER OF SHIPPING

Reino Unido

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Fenchurch Street 71 ; EC3M 4BS London
• Coste total: Sin datos

MTW SCHIFFSWERFT GMB H

Alemania

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Wendorfer Weg 5 ; 23966 Wismar
• Coste total: Sin datos

NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER

Noruega

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Edvard Griegsvei 3A ; 5059 BERGEN
• Coste total: Sin datos

NOTHERN SEA ROUTE ADMINISTRATION

Rusia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Rozhdestvenka 1/4 ; 103759 Moscow
• Coste total: Sin datos

REMTEC SYSTEMS LTD

Finlandia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Tekniikantie 12 ; 02150 Espoo
• Coste total: Sin datos

SHELL VANKOR DEVELOPMENT B.V.

Países Bajos

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Oostduinlan 75 ; 2501 CR Den Haag
• Coste total: Sin datos

STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION - THE ARTIC AND ANTARTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Rusia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: Bering 38 ; 199397 St-Petersburg
• Coste total: Sin datos

TECNOMARE S.P.A. - SOCIETA PER LO SVILUPPO DELLE TECHNOLOGIE MARINE

Italia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: San Marco 3584 ; 30124 Venezia
• Coste total: Sin datos