THE PETROLEUM INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMME

PIP

Atlantic IrelandAtlantic Ireland

20th October 2014

DUBLIN

Issues

� Security of Energy

Supply

� Competitiveness

� Environmental

Responsibility

� Job creation

PIP Clear Objectives

Promote Irish hydrocarbon exploration and development activities by:

� Funding of research data gathering in Irish offshore

Actions

gathering in Irish offshore areas

� Providing a forum for co-operation amongst explorationists and researchers

� Building capacity and expertise at Irish academic institutions

� Established 1997

� Management Committee, 4 Technical Committees, Secretariat, Rules of Procedure

� Indecon Review 2009

– PIP objectives

Structured Programme

– PIP objectives appropriate & well defined

– PIP has positive impact on its stated objectives

– PIP is well managed

� Positive feature is the involvement of Industry

Open Call 2013

� Followed Public Procurement Guidelines

� Widely advertised

� Four months from announcement to deadline for proposals

� Three Technical Evaluation Panels for each theme, made up

Transparent Process

Panels for each theme, made up of technical experts from member companies

� Selected projects referred to PIP Management Committee for approval

� Flexible contract negotiation process with clear deliverables and milestones

� Mentoring by industry experts

OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS PLANNED FOR JANUARY 2015

• Specific work themes include:

regional geological and

geophysical data gathering and

studies aimed at improving

knowledge of petroleum

systems and exploration

potential;

Current Projects

potential;

• Special engineering studies to

improve E&P cost effectiveness

and recommendations on better

procedures and practices;

• Environmental baseline studies

and monitoring with a view to

developing regional impact

assessment frameworks;

New Environmental Projects

IS13/07 Modelling and validation of the underwater acoustic

impacts of offshore seismic surveys in Irish shelf waters

(NUI Galway)

IS13/08 Developing a tool to predict seabird vulnerability to oil

pollution (UCC)

IS13/09 Providing a baseline for BACI design seabed monitoring

and classification programmes (NUI Galway)

New – Engineering Projects

IS13/04 Spatial Decision Support for Oil Spill Management

(SDSOSM) (NUI Maynooth) -

IS13/05 Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) for

offshore geotechnical investigations (UCD)

IS13/06 Using nanotechnology to treat wastewater from offshore

oil & gas industry – a feasibility study (TCD)

New G&G Projects

IS13/10 Sourcelands, sand provenance and supply to North Atlantic margin basins: Anintegrated, multi-proxy approach (NUI Galway)

IS13/11 Jurassic/Cretaceous paleodrainage connections between Porcupine – Rockall –Orphan – Flemish Pass (PROF) basins (Texas Tech) – contract under negotiation

IS13/12 Impact on Ireland’s hydrocarbon potential of Cenozoic deformation and faulting(UCD)

IS13/13 An integrated geophysical and geological study of the Porcupine Basin (DIAS)IS13/13 An integrated geophysical and geological study of the Porcupine Basin (DIAS)

IS13/14 Integrated chemostratigraphic and bio-stratigraphic evaluation of the Jurassic andCretaceous strata of the Irish Atlantic Margin (IAM) (Chemostrat/PetroStrat)

IS13/15 Spatial and temporal understanding of hydrocarbon generation in the Irish AtlanticMargin (Chemostrat)

IS13/16 Source Rock and Geochemistry of the Central Atlantic Margin (Dalhousie)

IS13/17 Overpressure conditions and reservoir compartmentalization on the Scotian Margin(Dalhousie)

IS13/18 Geodynamic Assessment of the Maturation in the Irish Offshore (GAMIO)(GeoServ)

Conjugate

Margins

2016

2014 2015 2016 2017

Reservoir provenance studies

Ancillary G&G Petroleum

Atlantic

Ireland 2015

Atlantic

Ireland 2014

Atlantic

Ireland 2016

Programme to 2017

Long offset seismic data set

Existing Studies Oil/source Studies

Ancillary G&G Projects

Petroleum

Systems

Integration

Ancillary G&G Projects

Environmental & engineering studies

A feature of PIP is the periodic integration of project results: - in 2005 and 2006 Petroleum Systems Analysis Studies

by PGS/ACECA and Ternan; - in 2012 the Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Project by GeoArctic. Another petroleum

systems integration project is due in 2017

IS13/07 Monitoring and modelling

acoustic seismic survey noise

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Survey Design� Using national research

infrastructure – Marine

Institute’s Celtic Voyager

� Collaboration with

industry – Polarcus

� New technology – tested

sea glider for passive

acoustic monitoring -

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Polarcus Amani Survey Polygon

Proposed Cross slope Transects

Canyon Station

acoustic monitoring -

Kongsberg

� Capacity building

between industry and

academia – RPS/NUIG

� Addresses current

issues in environmental

monitoring for MSFD

� Active member

company involvement in

planning & execution

Participate

If you have any queries do not hesitate to contact the Secretariat

Nick O’Neill , noneill@pip.ie, +353 1 296 4667, +353 87 2311069

“Company involvement on technical committees ensures that

work programmes are aligned with the oil exploration sector's

requirements in Ireland.” Indecon Report 2009