October 2010 Cam Toohey Shell Alaska

Shell Beaufort and Chukchi Sea
Program
October 2010
Cam Toohey
Shell Alaska
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Shell in Alaska
Shell in Alaska Overview
2011 Proposed Drilling Plans
Arctic Programs and Organizations
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Shell In Alaska
137 Beaufort Leases - $84M
Chukchi Sea
275 Leases
Beaufort Sea
137 Leases
275 Chukchi Leases - $2.1 Billion
Billions of investments with
hundreds of millions with Alaskan
businesses
Trans-Alaska
Pipeline
Conservative estimates place
roughly 25 billion barrels of oil and
over 120 TCF of gas in the Alaska
Arctic
Exceeds East/West Coast OCS
resources combined
Potential has attracted multiple
operators who own hundreds
leases
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Alaska OCS - Benefits To Alaska and the Nation
35,000 jobs each year for 50 years of
project life*
Amounts to $72 billion in payroll*
Extends the life of Trans-Alaska
Pipeline (now two thirds empty)
Opens up “stranded” resources in
National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska
(NPRA)
Gas reserves for gas line to Lower 48
states
Domestic energy security
* 2009-Northern Economics & Institute for Social
and Economic Research, Univ. of Alaska
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Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
Crackerjack
Harrison Bay
Burger
Camden Bay
SW Shoebill
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2011 Proposed Operations
Drill one or two offshore wells
Shallow Hazards surveying
(future drill site clearance)
Ecological Science data
gathering (offshore and
onshore)
Offshore ice gouge surveying
& geo-tech soil sampling to
support needed infrastructure
technology
Marine mammal monitoring
supporting operations
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Baseline Science Supports Exploration In Alaska
$500 Million and growing (Shell $50M)
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5000 independent scientific studies since1973
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5 years of marine mammal monitoring
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Tagging studies – walrus and seals
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First air quality station in OCS – Beaufort
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Ongoing offshore, nearshore, and onshore
ecological characterization studies
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Traditional knowledge studies
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Health impact assessments
Up to $5 million annual science initiative
with North Slope Borough
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Arctic Programs & Organizations
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Ongoing Processes under way
‰ Outer-Continental Shelf Leasing
‰Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
(BOEMRE) current 5-Yr Plan (2007-12) and the next 5-Yr Plan (2012-17?)
‰Lease Sales and Exploration Plans
‰ Threatened and Endangered Species
‰Polar Bear: Designation of critical habitat further delayed – expected Oct 20
‰Draft Fish & Wildlife Service economic analysis on polar bear critical habitat
‰Walrus: Sept 2009, Fish & Wildlife Service began one-year review on listing
‰ National Marine Fisheries Service Arctic Seismic EIS
‰Currently in scoping phase leading to draft Environmental Impact Statement
‰ Environmental Protection Agency ‘s renewal of the 5-YR Arctic general
NPDES Permit
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Ongoing Processes under way
‰ Arctic Council - several active subcommittees
‰ Ocean Policy Task Force
‰Marine Spatial Planning
‰ President Obama’s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Commission
‰Arctic Panel held 9.27.10
‰ Council on Environmental Quality policy on NEPA consideration of
Climate Change
‰ National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska’s new land planning effort
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