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Special Edition Published by Oil Gas Denmark 23 August 2012 The minister: Investment in the North Sea should be attractive page 5 The scientist: Gigantic potential – but major challenges page 10 Nordsøfonden: Ready to explore new ventures page 34 We create value for society Oil Gas Denmark unites the sector in a new organisation. The goal is that revenues from the North Sea should continue for many years, but major challenges await page 4 Martin Næsby:

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In August 2012, the two large industry organizations, Danish Offshore Industry (under the Confederation of Danish Industry) and Danish Operators, gathered forces and formed Oil Gas Denmark. The new and strongly founded organization will take up the task of promoting the best possible conditions for fruitful growth, for the oil and gas industry in Denmark, in collaboration with related industries and society as a whole

Transcript of Oil Gas Denmark Launch Magazine 2012

Special Edition Published by Oil Gas Denmark 23 August 2012

The minister:

Investment in the North Sea should

be attractive page 5

The scientist:

Gigantic potential

– but major challenges

page 10

Nordsøfonden:

Ready to explore new

venturespage 34

We create value forsocietyOil Gas Denmark unites the sector in a new organisation.The goal is that revenues fromthe North Sea should continue for many years, but majorchallenges awaitpage 4

Martin Næsby:

There are still billions to be earned and thousands of new jobs to be filled in the North Sea oil industry. The truth is that the North Sea is far from running out of oil and gas, but it is getting increasingly difficult to extract the energy. This is why the number of years that the Danish oil adventure is yet to continue largely depends on the development of future technology and on corporate willingness to invest.

This encouraging picture is cited from a new report on the develop-ment and significance for Danish society of the Danish oil and gas sector (1992-2022) that has been prepared by Quartz+Co on behalf of Oil Gas Denmark.

We are a newly founded trade organisation for the entire oil and gas industry. With this magazine we invite everybody who is interested in oil and gas to step inside.

As an industry, we are facing major challenges. It requires a focused effort and major investments to extract the potential. With Oil Gas Denmark, the industry has a joint forum to promote this task. If we are to succeed, we need a coordinated effort in order to further de-velop the sector in the areas of technology enhancement, education, safety and environment.

With Oil Gas Denmark, we offer joint access to the sector. The idea is to create more openness about our sector and increase the under-standing of the potentials and challenges we are facing.

We look forward to cooperating with you.

Martin Næsby Managing Director, Oil Gas Denmark

Oil and gas production may continue for many years yet

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Investment in the North Sea should be attractive

Offshore provides the energy of the future

The growth potential

Our goal is to increase value

Scientific research needed

Historically high activity in the North Sea

The industry – at a glance

Gigantic potential – but major challenges

With the world as her workplace

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Licence to operate

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Publisher Oil Gas Denmark

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Project managementKasper Karstensen, Kristian Dickow, Thomas Refdahl

EditorTine Kortenbach

English versionUlla Plon

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In 2012 it is 50 years since exploration began in the North Sea and 40 years since the taps were opened for oil production. “It has been a great success to reach the point where we are now – both technologically and for society,” says Franz Willum Sørensen, Vice Presi-dent of Maersk Oil. He anticipates major opportuni-ties for a successful continuation of the production.

“Everybody in Denmark has an interest in retriev-ing the maximum value from the resources in our subsoil and ensuring an efficient exploitation of the infrastructure and competences we have built up,” he adds.

Franz Willum Sørensen is chairman of the board of the new trade organisation Oil Gas Denmark whose mission it is to create value for the sector and for the whole of Danish society. One of the first tasks is to promote continued development, export and jobs through comprehensive investment, education and the advancement of new technologies. The sector comprises large oil corporations as well as small and large companies. Each of them is an indispensable piece of the puzzle. It is necessary that all these com-panies pull their weight if the Danish oil adventure is to continue. The North Sea is far from close to running out of oil and gas, but it is getting increasingly difficult to retrieve these rich resources.

The time of creating Oil Gas Denmark is not inci-dental: “It is now that we see the opportunities and an interest across the sector for a representation of the industry. We are facing major technical challenges as Danish subsoil is complex. It is becoming increasingly difficult to get hold of the oil. It requires advanced technology and competent experts. We believe it is advantageous to cooperate across the sector and make it more attractive for young people to join the sector.”

Verner Andersen, Vice President of Semco Mari-time is the deputy chairman of the organisation. He agrees: “With the founding of Oil Gas Denmark, all

– the road to continued success

Franz Willum Sørensen (right) is the chairman and Verner Andersen (left) the deputy chairman of Oil Gas Denmark. The trade organisation promotes a continuation of Danish oil and gas production in the North Sea for many years to come.

A new organisation, Oil Gas Denmark, mobilises the companies in the business in efforts to ensure development, exports and jobs. There is still a great potential in the North Sea that requires major technological development and substantial investment

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Trade organisation for all companies in the oil and gas production sector.

The sector includes about 300 companies and 15,000 employees.

It is the goal of the organisation that both the businesses and society reap the maximum value from oil and gas, both directly as income from the North Sea and indirectly in the form of new export opportunities and jobs.

Four focus areas: development of the oil and gas sec-tor, infrastructure, HSE and competence development.

Oil Gas Denmark unites two existing organisations: Danish Operators, whose members include Maersk Oil and DONG Energy, and Danish Offshore Industry which is the member organisation for suppliers and service companies.

Collaboration

pieces have fallen into place. The organisation repre-sents the entire value chain. It handles the interests of operators, suppliers and service companies. We have a lot of common denominators, and we can now speak in one voice.”

Verner Andersen also finds it natural that Oil Gas Denmark has a focus on recruitment. Safety, energy efficiency improvement and environmental issues are some of the issues for which there are also joint interests and synergy between the oil companies and the many suppliers of offshore services and equip-ment.

The Board Franz Willum Sørensen Vice President Maersk Oil

Verner Andersen Vice President Semco Maritime

Flemming Horn Nielsen Country Manager DONG E&P

Anders Nymann Country Manager HESS Danmark John Sørensen

Managing Director Ramboll Oil & Gas

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Martin Næsby:

the goal is to increase valueMartin Næsby is the new front man of the oil business. With him at the helm, the industry wants to draw the attention to the vital importance of the oil and gas sector for Danish society

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“Our ambition is to increase the value for the sector and for society.”

This is how plainly Martin Næsby formulates his vision for the Dan-ish oil and gas sector. He has recently taken up the post as managing director of the new trade organisation Oil Gas Denmark.

Martin Næsby explains that the or-ganisation is to focus on four main ar-eas. First, HSE issues as well as knowl-edge sharing between companies and with other oil-producing North Sea countries will have high priority.

The second area is about the de-velopment of the sector. Oil Gas Den-mark wants to promote cooperation on the major challenges that can help the sector realise the potential of the North Sea and the Danish onshore subsoil.

Thirdly, education and competence development should be in focus. This is vital in order to attract and retain the best employees and generate knowl-edge development. Last, but not least, the goal is to contribute to support-ing the continued development of the service companies that supply the oil industry.

“We want to meet our goals by constantly keep-ing in contact with the industry and in dialogue with our stakeholders in order to address the needs, opportunities and challenges of the in-dustry,” Martin Næsby says.

Martin Næsby ex-pects to work closely with the relevant authori-ties, the Confederation of Danish Industry, Offshore

We want to help identify issues and suggest solutions in order that we can jointly realise the potential we believe existsMartin Næsby, Managing Director Oil Gas Denmark

Center Denmark, the educational sec-tor, including universities, and a long list of partner organisations.

Suggest solutions“Good cooperation with the authori-ties will be central in our work. We want to help identify issues and sug-gest solutions in order that we can jointly realise the potential we believe exists,” he says.

“We should be better at explaining about the sector. By providing factual information we want to extend the un-derstanding of the major significance that the sector has for Denmark. We are an industry that represents 15,000 jobs and nine per cent of Danish ex-ports. After all, the sector provides a

contribution to the public purse of ap-prox. US$ 5 billion.”

“At the same time it is a safe in-dustry. The statistics document that we have few accidents. We are happy to tell that story. But we also want to work for an improved effort in this vi-tal area,” Martin Næsby adds.

Green agendaMartin Næsby does not see the sec-tor as being in conflict with the green agenda:

“Offshore wind and offshore oil/gas complement each other. Several profes-sions can work with both types of en-ergy. And when the wind is not blow-ing, it is necessary to have another type of energy to draw from. Natural gas is an obvious complement.”

Martin Næsby has previously held several executive jobs at Maersk Oil in Denmark and abroad, including Ka-zakhstan. Most recently he was posted

for five years in Qatar as head of Legal and Corporate Affairs. He

was a member of the team that implemented the Al Shaheen

field. One of his responsi-bilities was to develop a

CSR strategy for the ac-tivities in Qatar.

Martin Næsby, 51, has a law degree and worked with the Bech-Bruun law firm for a number of years. He was born in Esbjerg and

grew up in Aalborg. So in a way he has re-

turned to his roots as a major part of the Danish

energy business is based in Esbjerg.

the oil and gas sector in denmark•  15,000 employees•  9 per cent of exports•  US$ 5 billion  annually in taxes from the North Sea

Source: Quartz+Co, Danish Energy Agency

Potential billionsIf the necessary investments are made,

annual tax income for the state may increase by approx. US$ 1 billion until 2040. In addition, there are the prospects of higher growth and

thousands of jobs.

If just half of the estimated potential in the North Sea is realised, it would mean

additional income for the state of US$ 22 billion.Source: Quartz+Co

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Martin Næsby:

the goal is to increase value

In this interview Martin Lidegaard answers five central questions about the future of the sector.

1. The oil and gas sector has an enormous signifi-cance for Danish economy. It accounts for nine

per cent of our exports. That is comparable to the pharmaceutical industry and the meat sector. More than 15,000 people work in the oil and gas sector. What do you believe we as a society should do to make sure that the success continues and expands?

Martin Lidegaard: We must make sure that it continues to be attractive to invest in exploration and extraction of oil and gas in Denmark. Over the next five years we expect overall investments of US$ 7 billion in the North Sea so there seems to be grounds for optimism. We can still find new oil and gas fields in Denmark and we are preparing the 7th bidding round for oil and gas licences in the North Sea. Hopefully the round will result in new activities.

2. Denmark is in the process of switching to an en-ergy and transport system based on renewable

energy. The conversion will be implemented over the next 40 years. Which role do you see for the many large and small companies in the Danish oil and gas sector in connection with the green readjustment?

Martin Lidegaard: Danish oil and gas production will continue for many years yet, and we have many competent companies that service the oil and gas operations in the North Sea. These companies must follow the trends and en-sure the development of new and energy-efficient solutions for the North Sea operations as well as the rest of the new energy world – then they will also do well in the future.

3. The oil and gas business has a good chance of reap-ing the synergies with other offshore industries

including wind energy production and offshore electric-

ity transmission. Several sides have mentioned the value of a national offshore strategy that unites all offshore-related stakeholders in the Danish business community. How do you view the perspective of a Danish offshore strategy, and what should such strategy consist of?

Martin Lidegaard: We have already seen major syner-gic effects between the oil and gas sector and the offshore wind industry, particularly in the early stages of the devel-opment and installation of offshore wind turbines. There will still be synergic effects, but in recent years we have seen increasing professionalization of the offshore wind industry with the development of technical solutions that are tailored to the offshore wind industry such as transport and installation vessels.This emphasises the need to take a closer look on how we can reap further benefits by focusing on the synergies be-tween the various offshore industries. My predecessor launched the idea of an overall Danish oil and gas strategy. I hope to take this issue up again this autumn.

4. The entire Danish oil and gas sector is now united in the trade organisation Oil Gas Denmark. This

has created the basis for enhanced dialogue and coop-eration between the companies and the rest of Danish society on some of the major challenges for Danish oil and gas, including the continued value creation in the North Sea, jobs, education and research. If you were to pinpoint one or two areas in which both businesses and Danish society would benefit from closer dialogue and cooperation, what would that be then?

Martin Lidegaard: It is positive that the ground has been prepared for dialogue between the various players in the Danish oil and gas sector from oil companies to consultants and suppliers. Hopefully the new organisation can contrib-ute to an increased focus on some of the challenges we are facing in the North Sea. These could be energy efficiency

and the field of education since the sector needs more quali-fied people. All parties must help to solve these issues.

5. If we look back 20 years, we were only able to recover 14 per cent of the oil in the North Sea.

Today the rate is 26 per cent. For each additional per-centage point the Danish oil sector is able to extract we add more than US$ 8 billion to the production value that is created in the North Sea. Oil Gas Den-mark intends to gather all relevant parties on the continued innovation and technological develop-ment with the joint vision of increasing the extrac-tion rate even more. Do you envisage the possibility that the state can be a partner in this work?

Martin Lidegaard: State-owned Nordsøfonden has re-cently stepped in as a partner in DUC with 20 per cent, and the foundation is a commercial partner in all new oil and gas licences. I expect Nordsøfonden to play an influ-ential role along with the other players in the North Sea in order to increase oil extraction through the development and application of technology.

Martin Lidegaard:

it should still be attractive to invest in the North SeaMinister for Climate, Energy and Building Martin Lidegaard hopes that the next bidding round will result in even more activities. He invites an overall strategy

Danish oil and gas production will continue for many years yet, and we have many competent companies that service the oil and gas operations in the North SeaMartin Lidegaard Minister for Climate, Energy and Building

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Professor Erling Stenby has an ambi-tious vision: That the extraction rate for in the North Sea should reach 50 per cent.

This target may seem rather mod-est. Many people imagine that the oil companies simply put a straw into the subsoil and then the oil wells up by itself. But that is not how it really works. The oil in the Danish sector of the North Sea is engrained in dense layers of limestone. It is built up from small cavities with a diameter of only few micrometres. It is quite a job to squeeze the oil out of the holes.

“Each additional percentage of oil that we can pull from the subsoil has a gross value of US$ 10 billion at the cur-rent oil price and dollar exchange rate. If we could increase the extraction rate from 30 to 50 per cent it would corre-spond to a gross value in present value of US$ 200 billion. It does, however, require major technological develop-ment and substantial investment on the part of the companies involved,” says Professor Stenby who is head of the Chemistry Department and direc-tor of Center for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE) at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). CERE cooperates with 28 of the world’s lead-ing oil companies.

National plan of action“We should have a national plan of action for the management of our re-sources. Let us set an ambitious target of 50 per cent and discuss what it takes – technologically, research-wise and financially,” he says adding: “I cannot promise that we will reach a certain target, but I can guarantee you that we will not reach it if we do not try.”

When the Danish oil production started in 1972 from the Dan field, the operators used vertical wells which

were not particularly effective in draining the dense limestone. At that time, the goal was to extract five per cent of the oil.

27 per cent is recoveredAt present, the extraction rate is about 27 per cent. The 27 per cent is the as-sessment of how much oil the oil com-pany expects to have pumped up the day it closes an installation. In other words, the 27 per cent is an estimate of how much oil can be extracted at a profit. Physically, it is possible to ex-tract more, but it would be unprofit-able business. So far, 15 per cent of the known Danish oil has been produced.

The higher degree of extraction is mainly thanks to the drilling of long horizontal wells that can drain a larger portion of the reservoir. Furthermore, the companies are pumping seawater into the wells to press up the oil.

“The Danish Energy Agency esti-mates that, with these technologies plus an undefined technological con-tribution, we may reach 27-30 per cent. They have simply extrapolated the technological development for the next ten years – without relating to how we are going to reach that point. That is our task,” Professor Stenby says.

In cooperation with Maersk Oil and DONG E&P, DTU is currently studying how to improve the injection of water. But we need to discover something that defines a new era if we are to go beyond the 30 per cent, Erling Stenby says.

“The clock is ticking. They have be-gun to plan the closure of some of the fields and once they are closed and abandoned they will not be opened again. That is much too expensive. For this reason we have to accept the challenge and launch a major effort to raise the extraction rate, and that

requires political action,” Professor Stenby says.He finds it paradoxical that not a sin-gle dollar is earmarked for research in oil and gas in Denmark.

“Not one research programme has focus on the fact that the billions of dol-lars in income from the North Sea must continue to create welfare in this country. Unfortunately, Danish energy research policy excludes oil and gas. We have strong competences, but must constantly be on our toes to be able to apply for research funds at all. When the Danish Council for Strategic Research allocates large portions of earmarked funds for energy research, these can explicitly not be used for oil and gas, and we face stiff competition in order to receive funds from the Danish Council for Independ-ent Research or the Danish National Ad-vanced Technology Foundation.”

The development of research envi-ronments with critical mass requires

both the possibility to attract larger and longer-lasting grants and a strong foundation. The task of the universi-ties is to perform basic research and give young scientists the skills they need to solve the challenges once they start their careers in industry.

Professor Stenby believes that we can learn from the British and the Nor-wegians who have major national re-search programmes. In these countries there are also favourable deduction rules for funding that industry spends on research at public institutions. That provides an incentive to enter into public-private partnerships and con-tribute to scientific research.

A Danish strategy should stipulate that major funds – in the order of US$ 16.5 million annually – should be earmarked for a period of at least ten years in order that we can main-tain a high level of activity, invest in advanced equipment and signal to the young people that this is an industry where they can get a job and continue to work until retirement.

Discoveries in deep layersThe professor envisages major oppor-tunities in the discoveries that have been made in very deep layers. An ex-ample is Hejre field which DONG has begun to commercialise.

The challenge of the large depths is that the pressure reaches 1,000 atmos-pheres and temperatures can be more than 150 degrees C. It is expensive and complicated to extract these resources. For this reason, researchers from DTU have embarked on a major project entitled Nextoil DK in collaboration with DONG E&P, Maersk Oil and GEO.

“We are very enthusiastic about the support we have received from the in-dustry and the Advanced Technology Foundation with this grant. In addi-

Scientist:

Gigantic potential – but major challengesThere is a potential for extracting additional oil and gas to the tune of many billion dollars in the North Sea, according to Professor Erling Stenby, Technical University of Denmark. Read about his visions for the future and the perspectives for the industry

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We should have a national plan of action for the management of our resources. Let us set an ambitious target of 50 per cent and discuss what it takes – technologi-cally, research-wise and economicallyErling Stenby, professor at DTU

Erling Stenby’s

vision: Extraction rate

should reach 50% That would provide an additional

gross value of US$ 200 billion

The oil business as a continued growth industry

in DenmarkThis requires a major research

effort and focus on relevant studies.

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Similar to what they do in Norway , we ought to have a strategy for the sector and allocate funding to ensure a continued flow of income from the North Sea, says Professor Erling Stenby, DTU. (Photo: Steen Brogaard)

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tion to the opportunity to be able to strengthen the Danish economy sub-stantially in many years to come, the initiative will develop a unique know-how within safe High Pressure High Temperature extraction. We will have a strong facility that will be central in coming years’ global development in oil and gas extraction.”

Shale gas According to Erling Stenby, the devel-opment in shale gas also provides ex-citing challenges.

“Maybe Denmark has a chance there. We do not yet know what the Danish potential for shale gas is, but the French company Total has two exploration licences and is now plan-

ning how they can examine the Dan-ish alum shale which is assessed to be good gas shale,” he explains.

All over the world, the trend is that shale gas is growing fast. The United States has moved from being an im-porter of natural gas to being a natu-ral gas exporter because they have increased the production of shale gas. The International Energy Agency has increased its estimate of the global natural gas reserves by 40 per cent be-cause it has begun to include shale gas as a real resource. China has recently announced that they have shale gas for the next 20 years.

“Shale gas is technologically de-manding, and it requires rules on en-vironmental protection and political

handling. The gas is a complicated re-source as it lies in small porous struc-tures that are cemented in shale, which makes it necessary to split the shale in many parts in order to retrieve the gas. If it is done in the wrong way, it may lead to gas leaks. That is why it must be done carefully – but the technology exists.”

“The gas price in the U.S. has dropped dramatically. Since they have many gas-fired power plants, the elec-tricity prices have also decreased. Gas can also be used as fuel in vehicles so we have a very exciting situation,” Pro-fessor Stenby says.

The Arctic regionsFinally, Professor Stenby mentions the

Arctic regions as containing opportu-nities for the Danish oil and gas sec-tor: “Thanks to our special relations to Greenland, we ought to support this prospect with education and re-search.”

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“A basic problem in the Danish educa-tional system is the lack of attention to the future needs of society. The system is exclusively governed by the prefer-ences of the young people. Often they choose from what they see in the me-dia or talk to each other about. There is very little information about where to find a job in the industry once they finish their studies.”

This broadside comes from Profes-sor Susan Stipp of the Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenha-gen. Professor Stipp is heading an in-ter-disciplinary team of 55 physicists, chemists, geologists, mineralogists, en-gineers, biologists and mathematicians.

The team is specialised in the reaction of liquids with solid material. This knowledge can be used in many areas – including the oil industry. Some of the group’s research projects receive sup-port from Mærsk Oil and the Danish National Advanced Technology Foun-dation to the tune of US$ 9 million over a five year period and from BP with US$ 1 million annually for ten years.

Attract young people“We have to develop interesting re-search in order to attract young peo-ple. There is no doubt that Denmark will need the oil for the next 20-30 years until technologies in wind, solar and geothermic energy have matured and are economically sound,” she says

adding that there is a lot of oil left in the North Sea. “But in the older reser-voirs, 60-70 per cent cannot be recov-ered with our existing technology.”

“If we could just increase the ex-traction rate by one per cent, it would correspond to one and a half year’s oil consumption in Denmark. It would mean many jobs, major income and energy security. So we really need sci-entific research,” says Professor Stipp.

She is convinced that the scientists can produce new solutions if they are allowed to think along new lines. But it requires the allocation of funds.

Susan Stipp’s assessment is that re-search should focus on two fronts: The development of new techniques to re-cover more oil from the old reservoirs, and the development of more efficient methods to evaluate marginal reser-voirs.

“We have many reservoirs that the oil companies have chosen not to ex-

plore. Maybe they are too small. But that does not necessarily mean that they are unsuitable for production. It is just too expensive or difficult to ex-plore them. That is why we need new methods to evaluate these marginal reservoirs that may be profitable.”

The North SeaProfessor Stipp believes that Den-mark has much to gain if we focus on research in the special circumstances that apply to the North Sea. That would guarantee that the research benefited Denmark and Danish jobs. As an exam-ple she mentions the subsoil lime of the North Sea that is a real challenge. Most oil companies prefer sandstone since sandstone pores are at least 100 times larger than limestone pores making it much easier to extract the oil. Maersk Oil, on the other hand, has specialised in limestone and is a world-renowned expert in this field.

Scientific research neededGovernment should focus on research that bene-fits society and creates jobs, according to Professor Susan Stipp, University of Copenhagen

Not a single dollar is earmarked for research in oil and gas in DenmarkErling Stenby, professor at DTU

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Historically high activity in the North Sea

The oil and gas industry has a great need of new employees, but too few young people choose stud-ies that are relevant to the industry. The solution is a greater focus on recruit-ment, according to Oil Gas Denmark Deputy Chair-man Verner Andersen.

Text Mette Hvistendahl Munch & Tine Kortenbach

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While a whole generation of heli-copter mechanics are planning their retirement in coming years, service company Bel Air finds that it has to look still further away to find candi-dates for the vacancies. Among other customers, Bel Air has a shuttle con-tract with Maersk. Too few Danish companies accept apprentices, and in the end that means that service companies have to get much of their skilled labour from abroad.

“We receive unsolicited applicati-

ons weekly from young people who are looking for an apprenticeship, but we are not yet large enough to gua-rantee them that they can complete their education with us. Therefore we still have to tell them thanks, but no,” explains Bel Air Managing Director and Co-owner Susanne Lastein.

The company has found three of its eight mechanics abroad. The company is currently discussing se-veral other long-term contracts and may end with having to take on bet-

ween 15 and 20 new employees. The vast majority of them are likely to be found abroad.

New contracts, however, would enable the company to take on ap-prentices.

“It is rewarding for us to get fresh young people into our organisation, and we also feel that we, as part of the industry, have a duty to help ensure that we also have qualified Danish labour in the future,” says Susanne Lastein.

DONG E&P needs 100 new university graduatesDONG E&P plans to employ 100 new engineers and other university gradu-ates over the next five years in order to keep up with the company’s devel-opment plans, according to DK Coun-try Manager Flemming Horn Nielsen DONG E&P Oil and Gas.

But similar to other players in the business, he has problems seeing

where these employees should come from. As soon as newly graduated en-gineers and scientists specialised in oil and gas receive their diploma, they are handed an employment contract by companies that are competing fiercely to get hold of them.

“Many of us have shortage of man-power, and that is why we try to get them interested as early as possible. For instance by inviting them inside the company in order to give them a taste of the sector while they are still at school,” says Flemming Horn Nielsen.

DONG E&P takes particularly care to mention the major professional

challenges and the opportunity for the graduates to choose their own work tasks in the future. Experience shows that this is particularly appeal-ing to new graduates.

“It is a shame that so few students choose studies that are relevant for our sector – also because our invest-ment spills over to the service indus-try and that helps to get the economy rolling. We already have about 100 non-Danish engineers and scientists at DONG E&P because we cannot get enough Danish candidates,” says Flem-ming Horn Nielsen.

Helicopter mechanics in short supply

“We draw on everybody. So far we have just succeeded in keeping up with the demand for white-collar staff and skilled workers, but there is major shortage of engineers and university graduates with technical, chemical and geological qualifications,” says Verner Andersen who is deputy chair-man of the new trade organisation Oil Gas Denmark. As vice president of Semco Maritime he feels the recruit-ment challenges of the sector. In the past year, Semco Maritime has em-ployed 100 new people, but it is still not enough. In order to have enough manpower, the company has opened an office in Singapore.

“The need is only growing. The oil is getting increasingly difficult to ex-tract, so more employees are needed per barrel now than previously. This is why we urgently want to interest more young people in the business,” says Verner Andersen.

Copy of society“In many ways, a platform in the North Sea is a copy of society at home. Natu-rally, there are people who take care of the oil or gas production, but they also need cooks, cleaning staff, nurses, peo-ple to handle the installation’s power plant etc. The skills people acquire offshore can easily be transferred to an onshore job – or for instance to the wind power industry. They have also begun to build hotel platforms at wind farms so that the repairmen do not have to sail to and from every day. There is absolutely no need to back away from a career in the offshore business,” says Verner Andersen.

He stresses that the new trade or-ganisation plans an extra effort to

make the sector known to the students of the country’s educational institu-tions and tell them about the good ca-reer opportunities in the sector.

“Several operators have major in-vestment plans, and we are mobilising workers for them. Furthermore, all companies have piles of plans for vari-ous projects in their drawers. These plans need to be prioritised, and the number of beds is often one of the lim-iting factors in the planning process,” says Verner Andersen.

“The number of beds on the North Sea has never been higher, and that reflects the enormous activity. We do not fly people home at the end of the working day so they need a bed to sleep in. They are typically two weeks offshore and then three weeks at home. There is hotel capacity and quite a few beds on the platforms, but at major extensions they simply have to provide more beds in ships or hotel rigs that are on standby out there.”

The sector is screaming for employees with the right qualifications, says DK Country Manager Flemming Horn Nielsen DONG E&P. The company is trying to give young people a taste for a career in the industry by inviting them inside already before they graduate. (foto: DONG)

Bel Air is a Danish-owned offshore helicopter company based at Holsted Heliport and with an offshore base at Esbjerg Airport. Susanne Lastein is co-owner and pilot in the company.

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Semco Maritime must regularly decline new projects because the company is short of qualified staff. The Esbjerg-based company has developed into a major Danish player on the global market, and the shortage of manpower is unfortunate.

Semco Maritime is a project engineering com-pany in the marine and energy sector onshore as well as offshore. The company has 1,650 employees distributed on five continents and 2011 revenue of more than US$ 280 million. Semco Maritime expects to double its revenue over the next three years.

One of the main business areas is the upgrading and maintenance of oil rigs and with a market share of 10-15 per cent in the North Sea, Semco Maritime is a leader in this area. The acquisition of the Scot-tish engineering firm Capelrig and an extension of the capacity in Esbjerg have further enhanced Semco Maritime’s market position in the North Sea.

700 employeesThis summer Semco Maritime has embarked on its largest rig project yet, an upgrade of the “Transocean Leader” in Norway. The US$ 50 million order in-volves nearly 700 employees.

Outside the North Sea area, Semco Maritime is best known for its solutions for power plants, fire fighting equipment, fluid systems and telecommunication.

The company currently earns half of its revenue from non-Danish customers. It expects that its future growth will primarily take place abroad increasing this share to 65 per cent by 2015.

Shortage of manpowerSuch a major expansion naturally give rise to chal-lenges, and one of the greatest is the problem of pro-curing sufficient resources in the form of qualified labour to secure future growth and development. Ac-cordingly, the recruitment and retention of employ-ees is an important element in Semco Maritime’s strategy for the period leading up to 2015.

“There is general shortage of engineers. It is essen-tial that we tell about the potential and future of the sector if we are to succeed in attracting the next gen-eration,” says Semco Maritime CEO Steen Brødbæk.

Semco Maritime has sought to solve its problem by establishing a Global Engineering Centre in Singapore last year. Already this year the centre will be staffed by 30-40 employees – in the long term by at least 100.

Asking Steen Brødbæk what he sees at the main tasks for Danish offshore in the next few years, he says that the challenges of the sector are the same as those facing Semco Maritime.

“As a Danish business in the industry, the chal-lenges include the political agenda here in Denmark. As things stand at the moment, everything that has to do with renewable energy is positive while every-thing with oil and gas sounds more negative. People tend to forget that there is still a lot of economy and

jobs in oil and gas and that there will be so for many years yet to come,” he says.

Many years in oil and gasThere are many good reasons to place your bet on the oil, according to Steen Brødbæk. Despite an increas-ing focus on wind energy, the North Sea still holds a lot of oil and gas. Leaving the oil in the underground would mean a goodbye to proceeds worth billions.

Those proceeds must be retrieved – and perhaps even spent on investment in renewable energy.

“The next 20-30 years will provide lots of oppor-tunity to exploit the oil and gas. There are many jobs and income for the government for many years yet, so from a socio-economic as well as energy perspec-tive we still need an oil production. We need the proceeds and the jobs and we need the oil and gas,” Steen Brødbæk says.

He says that an idea would be to let some of the proceeds go to investment in renewable energy. This investment would mean that Danish offshore wind companies would be able to grow in step with devel-opments in much the same way that offshore busi-nesses in oil and gas developed.

“Offshore wind parks will definitely pull their weight in coming years. There are many jobs in ma-jor parts of the world if we go along. Many of the cur-rent competences in Danish offshore oil and gas can easily be transferred to renewable offshore energy. We have 35 years of experience in building offshore installations for oil and gas, and these competences can easily be moved to renewable energy. We expect to triple our revenue in this area during the next four years,” says Steen Brødbæk.

Offshore provides the energy of the futureThe future growth of Semco Maritime will be abroad, but the Danish company envisages a major potential in transferring its competencies in oil and gas to offshore wind energy

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Semco Maritime is expanding dramaticallyand there is lively activity in the Port of Esbjerg. Over the next three years, Semco Maritime expects to double its revenue to US$ 560 million, says CEO Steen Brødbæk.

We have 35 years of experience in offshore installations for oil and gas. That competence can easily be transferred to renewable energySteen Brødbæk, CEO, Semco Maritime

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Industrial giant MAN Diesel & Turbo is increasing its fo-cus on research and development and plans to take on another 50 employees in the course of 2012. The ma-jority of these will be engineers who will be assigned to the R&D departments at the Danish head office. The assignment is to develop the green engines of the fu-ture in order to comply with new legislation from the International Maritime Organisation. The IMO has es-tablished that emission of nitrogen in the form of NOx

compounds must be reduced by 80 per cent by 2016.

“We are constantly facing new technological chal-lenges, and to that end we have 600 employees in our R&D departments in Copenhagen alone. The 50 new employees will primarily be contributing to the green development of MAN Diesel & Turbo, and we are looking for marine engineers or engineers with similar qualifications,” explains Senior Vice Presi-dent Low-Speed Thomas Knudsen, who is new Dan-ish CEO at MAN Diesel & Turbo.

Solid market positionIn the past 15 years, MAN Diesel & Turbo has worked to enhance its green profile. One of the goals has been to produce the world’s most efficient diesel engine in order to minimise CO2 emissions. The result has been a solid market share for the company, and MAN Diesel & Turbo is proud to announce that half of the world’s cargo is transported on ships equipped with MAN Diesel & Turbo engines.

“Our influence on the market is substantial, and we feel major responsibility for pulling in the right di-rection in the environmental issue. Fortunately, we also find that our customers are focused on develop-ments in that direction, and particularly Danish ship owners are in the forefront in efforts to benefit the environment,” says Thomas Knudsen.

Environmental frontrunner In particular, MAN Diesel & Turbo has been a front-runner in the area of minimising CO2 emission. Last year in July, when the IMO passed new international

rules for a reduction of the CO2 emission of the world’s ships transport by 30 per cent, MAN Diesel & Turbo’s engines were already then the environmen-tally safest choice.“Keywords are efficient and reliable engines. We are already now working towards new goals that reach as far as 2030, and that is the reason why we have chosen to make further investments and employ new people,” says Thomas Knudsen.

Dynamic workplace with rich traditionsThe pride in the company and its innovative pro-file extends to all parts of the organisation, which is domiciled in the southern port district of Copen-hagen. One thousand people work at the head office and 300 in the production plant. The engines are pro-duced in the Far East, but designs and technology are developed in Copenhagen.

“Our history dates back to 1843 and the former B&W so we have a long and proud tradition for produc-ing reliable diesel engines. At the same time we have created a modern and dynamic company offering excellent working conditions in order to attract the most qualified people in the business. Among other amenities, we have a very active and popular sports club,” says Thomas Knudsen.

The first job advertisements have been released and Thomas Knudsen is looking forward to seeing the group of candidates.

“We are looking in all disciplines: mechanical con-struction, electronic construction, technical calcu-lation and production support. As soon as we have found the right profiles, we will get started,” he con-cludes.

Manpower needed:

MaN diesel & turbo invests in new technology NOx emission from diesel engines must be reduced by 80 per cent by 2016. MAN Diesel & Turbo needs 50 new employees to develop the green engines of the future

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New colleagues, new assignments, new surroundings! Lotte Kludt, 40, has tried it before. In June and with husband and two children, she once again pulled up stakes to head for a new place in the world. This time Ab-erdeen, Scotland, offers the new op-portunities.

In the next few years, Lotte Kludt is to help extract the almost inaccessible oil in the British part of the North Sea with a team of engineers and special-ists. As a geologist, her task in the pro-duction chain is to build 3D-models of the large oil reservoirs and assess the geological conditions. On the basis of her work, the engineers can calculate the quantity of oil that can be pro-duced and plan the wells in coopera-tion with the drilling team.

“It may sound abstract, but it be-comes very concrete once the well is bored and begins to produce oil. That is one of the reasons why I like my job. I get to produce results and be part of an industry that creates value for soci-ety,” says Lotte Kludt.

Endless opportunitiesHer career in the industry started in Maesk Oil in 2001. After a few years in Copenhagen she worked with the company in Turkmenistan for six months in order to see how an ex-ploration well is drilled and to under-stand the challenges that occur during planning and execution. In 2006 this experience enabled her to pursue a new job opening as a team leader for a

group of geologists in Qatar, which is a central hub for the oil industry.

“The sector offers endless opportu-nities if you have the ability and urge to explore them. I appreciate the fact that I have been able to work with many different challenges in the in-dustry,” Lotte Kludt says.

The period in Qatar was intense. A team of 400 worked towards the im-plementation of a common develop-ment plan, and with more than 30 dif-ferent nationalities it was challenging at a professional, human and cultural level. Lotte Kludt worked with the op-erational part of the project and had to make decisions all the time. The drill-ing rig worked around the clock, and there was no time to stop and spend days contemplating the next step. The entire production depended on exact planning, precise execution and effi-cient employees.

“Danish specialists are definitely highly appreciated abroad thanks to our ability to act independently and make the necessary decisions. It was enormously interesting to be part of this project because the fact that the whole team worked towards a com-mon goal across functions and back-grounds gave us all pride, unity and great dedication,” Lotte Kludt explains.

Intercultural networkLotte Kludt had her husband and chil-dren with her in Qatar, and the condi-tions of the posting gave the family time to spend more time together. Her

husband did not have to work fulltime, and they had help with the housework so that the family had time to explore the exotic culture and build up a group of friends far from Denmark.

“Living abroad like this ties the family more closely together. It is very special to be an expat because your colleagues become your network, and you get to know each other’s families and extremely many cultures. Once you have been abroad, you want to be posted again,” she adds.

This is also the reason why, a year ago, the family started to look for new opportunities abroad. After a few years in Denmark they were ready for new experiences, and Lotte Kludt had a wish to develop her technical com-petences. The answer was Aberdeen in Scotland. Here several of the large international oil companies are in the process of withdrawing from the Brit-ish sector of the North Sea because it is getting increasingly difficult to extract the oil. The Danish oil companies, on the other hand, are specialised in com-pact reservoirs and in extracting more oil from mature fields. Maersk Oil ex-pects to double its production in the British part of the North Sea over the next five years.

“The oil industry needs thousands of hands and heads. More young peo-ple ought to study natural sciences because the demand for their quali-fications is only growing. It is really exciting to part of a developing indus-try,” Lotte Kludt concludes.

With the world as her workplaceGeologist Lotte Kludt has created a fine career for herself in the oil business. Over the past decade she has worked with challenges in Denmark and experi-enced faraway countries such as Qatar and Turkmenistan. With her husband and two small children she has embarked on her newest adventure: A posting with Maersk Oil in Aberdeen

Text Mette Hvistendahl Munch

The sector offers endless opportunities if you have the ability and urge to explore them Lotte Kludt, geologist, Maersk Oil

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Already as a boy Anders Gravsjø, 31, knew he wanted to be an air mechanic. Three years after graduation and with experi-ence from abroad, he has decided to try his strength against the offshore industry. Today he is working for Bel Air at an off-shore installation in the North Sea servic-ing and maintaining a helicopter that car-ries employees between platforms.

“This job is a major experience al-though I have travelled extensively previously. The working climate is quite different, and I find it a major technical challenge to have the sole responsibility for the helicopter at the platform. Although I can ask for assis-tance from land, I must be able to solve the problems myself.”

a world of job opportunities in offshore Meet three who pursued each their career track at sea on land and in the air

It was the dream of sailing the seven seas that inspired Esben Lau Pedersen, 28, to start at Fredericia Marine Engi-neer College. Today he has completed his bachelor degree and has a job with Maersk Drilling as a driller trainee. The trainee job is to prepare him for a management position. His workplace is a deep-water oil rig outside the coast of West Africa where he works for 28 days followed by 28 days of leave.

“It is a major challenge to cooperate and communicate across nationalities. The rotating shifts give me freedom to travel and be with my family in the home periods.”

When she started her engineering stud-ies at the Technical University of Den-mark, little did 28-year-old Camilla Berg know that her future career would be in the offshore industry. After her bach-elor, she chose to study chemical and bio-chemical technology and that made her realise the major opportunities in oil and gas. Her thesis on oil production led her to a job at DONG Energy where she has now been working for nearly two years.

“The offshore sector is a well-estab-lished industry, and even though there is still a lot of oil and gas in the subsoil, it becomes increasingly difficult to ex-tract it. That gives me the opportunity to work with challenging and innova-tive projects.”

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the industry – at a glanceFor 40 years, the Danish oil and gas industry has contributed greatly to the Danish economy. Here is an overview of the actors and their results

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IllustrationCasper Heiberg

What is the tax revenue?In 2011, the Danish state received more than US$ 5 billion from the oil and gas activities in the North Sea. This means that the government collected 62 per cent of the overall profit from the oil and gas ac-tivities – corresponding to an increase of nearly 30 per cent compared with 2010.

The Danish Ministry of Taxation expects that the government’s annual income from the North Sea will be in the range of US$ 4 billion in the period 2012-2015 at an oil price of US$ 120 per barrel.

The futureNew finds and enhanced extraction, resulting in the recovery of a greater share of the deposits, may sig-nificantly increase the remaining value in the North Sea. This, however, requires investment in new ex-ploration, research and development.

SourceDirector Morten Hahn-Pedersen, Fisheries and Maritime Museum Esbjerg, Oil and gas production in Denmark 2011, Danish Energy Agency. Den Danske Olie- og Gassektors Udvikling og Samfunds-mæssige Betydning (1992-2022), Quartz+Co.

OperatorsThe licensee appoints an operator to head the practical work involving exploration, field development and oil and gas production as well as dialogue with the environmental au-thorities, the Danish Energy Agency and many other stakeholders.

All Denmark’s producing fields are located in the North Sea, and there are 19 fields of vary-ing size. The extraction from these fields is handled by three operators: Hess Denmark ApS (one field), DONG E&P A/S (three fields) and Mærsk Oil and Gas A/S (15 fields).

ProductionThe first oil was recovered from the North Sea in 1972. Production peaked in 2004 and has since then decreased by about 40 per cent. However, increasing oil prices have more than compensated for the fall in quantity in terms of income and tax payment.

In 2011, production amounted to 12.8 million m3 of oil and 5.6 billion Nm3 of gas for sale. Ten companies had part in the production (see fig-ure to the right). Production came from 278 active production wells of which 199 were oil wells and 79 gas wells.

LicenceesThe Danish state owns the subsoil and the resources in it. The state can grant permission to explore for hydrocarbons and a licence to extract the hydro-carbons.

A total of 25 companies have a share in licences to produce or explore in the Danish subsoil.

Export of oil and gas – and extraction expertiseSince 1991 Denmark has been self-sufficient with oil and gas. As the only EU country, Denmark is a net exporter of energy. But the crude oil is not the only export. An undergrowth of companies accounts for substantial exports of products and services. The sector accounts for 9 per cent of Danish exports amounting to US$ 8 billion. This is at level with other leading export sectors such as the pharmaceutical and the meat sectors.

did you know

that...109 active water

injection wells and 6 gas injection wells

contribute to the extraction?

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EmploymentThe oil companies directly employ about 1,700 people. 60 per cent of these jobs are placed in Esbjerg and 40 per cent in the Copenhagen area. All in all, 15,000 people work in the oil and gas sector.

SubcontractorsThe operators employ subcontractors to help with exploration and production. These busi-nesses may assist with personnel, drilling, geo-logical experts, personnel transport, standby functions, safety, equipment or catering.

did you know

that...80% of overall pro-duction comes from

the five largest fields: Halfdan, Tyra, Dan, Valdemar and Syd

Arne?

Source: Oil and gas production in Denmark 2011, Danish Energy Agency

Oil PrOduCtiON iN dENMark 2011

39.6% Shell

33.6% A.P. Møller Mærsk

12.9% Chevron

5.5% DONG E&P

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1.4% RWE-DEA

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What potential does Maersk Oil envis-age for the gas and oil exploitation in the Danish sector of the North Sea?The potential is big. So far, we have recovered about a quarter of known oil and gas in-place volumes in the Danish North Sea. It is an astonish-ing achievement as the starting point was that a commercial production was impossible. But together with our partners in the Danish Under-ground Consortium, we have proved the opposite.

Still lot of oil and gas is left, and the Danish Energy Agency estimates that Denmark is expected to be self-suffi-cient the coming 10 years. Maersk Oil wants to be a leading operator of ma-ture fields in the oil industry. When we manage that, entirely new global opportunities will emerge when other fields become mature. The hori-zontal wells we developed in the Dan-ish North Sea paved the way for Mae-rsk Oil’s international expansion in the 1990’s. Now again, we hope that the Danish North Sea and the mature fields can pave the way for a new in-ternationalisation of our business.

How long time will it take to imple-ment the full potential?The oil sector is a long-term business with long-term horizons. 10 years may pass from we made sur-veys of the un-derground which show that sufficient oil and/or gas exists to make it profit-able business, until we have actual pro-duction.

The fields in the Danish North Sea are mature, meaning that production has peaked. We know that it becomes harder and more expensive to extract the remaining oil and gas. The chal-lenge is that the oil is hiding in the tiny veins of the chalk and this requires so-phisticated technology to make the oil flow to the production wells.

How do you take care that the poten-tial is fully implemented?We must concentrate on various areas. It requires new competences, tech-nologies and innovation to get the oil to the fields. Among other things, we must continue to make investments together with our partners in the Dan-ish Underground Consortium. We will continue to optimise the operation

on our platforms and extend their lifetime by servicing and maintaining them. At the same time, we need to develop high-technological solutions that can help us increase the recovery further.

To realise our plan we expect to hire approx. 300 new colleagues by end of 2013. We are looking for academics such as geoscientists and engineers along with marine engineers, in gen-eral we need various professions. The main part, will be working onshore at our offices in Esbjerg and Copenhagen, but there is also a need for employees offshore.

You talk about high technological solutions. Maersk Oil’s CO2 project has been mentioned several times in this connection. What is status on this project?Our ambition is that we in the future will be able to increase the recovery rate by use of CO2. That is why we have a team dedicated to this work. The team is supported with for example techni-cal input from the partners within the Danish Underground Consortium.

It is complicated to introduce CO2

offshore. The availability of CO2 is presently the main challenge. The ex-pectation is that the necessary CO2

for injection and storage in the fields in Denmark must come from either power plants or industrial plants. This technology exists, but so far not on large commercial scale. Furthermore, it is necessary that the logistical cir-cumstances such as how CO2 will be transported to the offshore oil fields are determined.

We hedge our best in the battle of increasing the recovery factor. We look at everything from nanotechnology to the enzymes and the optimisation of our current technologies.

Mark Wallace, Managing Director of Maersk Oil Denmark

Maersk Oil: the North Sea may clear the way for new internationalisation

the growth potential

Danish Underground ConsortiumThe owners are: •  A.P. Møller - Mærsk (31.2%),•  Shell (36.8%)•  Chevron (12.0%)•  Nordsøfonden (20%.)Maersk Oil is operator for DUC.

Maersk Oil, DONG E&P and Nordsøfonden are three important players in the North Sea. In this article each of them offers a few ideas as to how they plan to realise the potential

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Maersk Oil: The North Sea may clear the way for new internationalisationMark Wallace Managing Director of Maersk Oil Denmark

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DONG Energy triples production and digs deepFlemming Horn Nielsen DK Country Manager DONG E&P

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Nordsøfonden wants to  increase the piePeter Helmer Steen CEO, Nordsøfonden

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Flemming Horn Nielsen, DK Country Manager, DONG E&P

dONG Energy triples production and digs deepWhat potential does DONG E&P see for gas and oil production in the Dan-ish sector of the North Sea? “In cooperation with our partners, we expect to invest about US$ 5 bil-lion over the next 6-7 years, and we are facing major growth! DONG plans to triple production in Denmark by 2016. The expansion will primarily take place out of Esbjerg in the form of people who are going to work in the Esbjerg office, but we also need to staff a new platform, Hejre, which will be the technologically most demand-ing platform in the Danish part of the North Sea ever. It is a so-called HPHT platform (High Pressure High Temper-ature) which can operate deeply into the subsoil.”

What are the prospects for your in-vestment?“We are currently producing from the Siri field and its satellites. Along with our operator HESS, we are in the pro-cess of developing South Arne. The next one will be Hejre which we are developing now. The next step on the road will be Solsort, which we have started to mature, and later on it will be Svane. The latter is Denmark’s presently largest gas find, but it offers enormous technological challenges because it is the field with the highest pressure and highest temperature in Denmark. Even at global level it is very high. It will be real pioneering work.

“But all these fields are along our road – with a few years’ staggering.”

How many jobs will your plans create?“Over the next five years we expect to employ around 150 new people. When we have Hejre and hopefully later the promising Solsort licence in production, we will need some 300 people including 100 engineers and science graduates.

“The interesting aspect is that 300 people give rise to far more jobs in Es-bjerg and its environs. Each time we hire an engineer in the oil business eight people will be employed in ser-vice companies and other places.”

What is the time horizon for oil and gas in Denmark?“My assessment is that there will be plenty to do for another 20-30 years. There will be lots of work. We must remember that the oil/gas that is left is far more difficult to extract than the energy that has already been pro-duced. This means that we will need more people per produced barrel of oil. We are talking about an industry that seriously needs manpower. We are screaming for people with the right competences, and we hope that many young people will take educa-tions that qualify them for our indus-try.

“Calculations show that we have produced half of the accessible oil and gas in Denmark. The other half is still there. Part of this potential is in the area that DONG operates in. Looking at the production profile of Hejre, it goes beyond 2030. I believe that is a long time frame. The reason is also that we will be producing at a lower rate than in the 1980s.”

A major part of the electricity that DONG produces comes from wind turbines. Do you see renewable en-ergy and oil/gas as opposites?“On the contrary! Oil and renew-able energy are not opposites. Lots of things are similar in the two sectors including the way we are operating our business. In both sectors, you win a licence to act on behalf of the coun-try in question. In one situation you erect a wind farm and in the other you erect some oil platforms. One situa-tion produces electricity and the other produces oil or gas.

“The two sectors are also similar in terms of project management, lo-gistic and maintenance. For a range of job functions it does not matter whether you were educated for one or the other. Hopefully we will per-suade more young people to be in-terested in our industry when they discover that they can easily switch to another sector.”

The offshore industry is one of the most complex and changeable labour markets you can imagine. Needs and demand change con-stantly and the right employees in the right place at the right time are always a sought-after commodity.

Q-STAR ENERGY has positioned itself right in the middle of it all. For the past 20 years, Q-STAR ENERGY has made it its core business always to be able to supply competent people to serve the needs of the oil, gas and wind industry in the North Sea area.

Even when the need arises at short notice.

“It is not unusual that we are asked on a Friday afternoon to have 20 men standing in the gate ready for Northern Norway Monday morn-ing. Such is the business and we have adapted to that,” says Henrik Hansen, engineer and founder of Q-STAR ENERGY.

Specific competencesBut the 20 men would not just be any men. They could be seven laggers, two welders, four electricians etc.

“Our core competence is to sup-ply whatever is needed at very short notice. Our ambition is to be able to mobilise up to 100 people with spe-cific competences basically from one day to the next,” says Henrik Hansen.

In order to deliver, Q-STAR EN-ERGY has a comprehensive network of offshore specialists. There are con-tinuously between 400 and 600 peo-ple on contracts, and the database counts more than 1,000 specialists.

“Our specialists have more than 500 different qualifications and we can combine them in thousands of ways. That is why we can always sup-ply the desired combinations,” says Henrik Hansen.

All employees naturally carry up-dated certificates and screenings.

The core competency of Q-STAR ENERGY is to supply the specialists needed by the oil, gas and wind industry for offshore projects. Often from one day to the next.

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On 9 July 2012, Nordsøfonden became the third largest oil and gas producer on the Danish shelf with oil produc-tion of about 35,000 barrels per day and natural gas production of 1 billion m3 per year.

The occasion was that Nordsø-fonden, on behalf of the state and cost-free, took over 20 per cent of all Danish Underground Consortium’s installations in the North Sea. With CEO Peter Helmer Steen at the helm, Nordsøfonden also receives 20 per cent of the produced oil and gas.

The takeover was part of a 2003 agreement between the government and A.P. Møller - Mærsk on the contin-ued rights for exploration and produc-tion of oil and gas until 2042. Nordsø-fonden was established in 2005 as the Danish state’s oil and gas company, and it is a partner with 20 per cent owner-ship in all newer Danish licences.

Partners in Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) are now A.P. Møller - Mærsk (31.2%), Shell (36.8%), Chev-ron (12.0%) and Nordsøfonden (20%).

Along with the other partners, Nord-søfonden holds seats in DUC’s techni-cal and decision-making bodies and

is to work in favour of decisions that increase oil production. As an active participant, Nordsøfonden wants to “increase the pie” in order to maximise income for the state. The assignment is to create the maximum value from the North Sea in an energy-efficient, safe and environmentally responsible way.

The oil and gas will be sold at mar-ket prices, and Nordsøfonden’s ex-pected revenues will be in the order of US$ 1-1,3 billion per year. Nordsø-fonden will similarly have to invest ap-prox. US$ 300-500 million annually in operation, maintenance and develop-ment of oil and gas fields.

The model is state-owned oil com-panies such as Norwegian Petoro and Dutch EBN. Nordsøfonden is 100 per cent state-owned and is only focused on Denmark.

Play opener“In many of the licences we take part in we have made discoveries in new formations that we were not so in-terested in before,” says Peter Helmer Steen and continues:

“It would be interesting if we could find some so-called play openers that

could open for new opportunities. So far we have concentrated on lime-stone, but we also have deeper layers that could be interesting. It now turns out that there are also layers above the limestone that contain oil and gas in considerable amounts. As an example, last year we and the Swedish-owned company PA Resources made discov-eries only 800 metres down in Little John. They are known formations, but so far we have believed they contained gas and accordingly avoided to drill in them because we thought they might give problems. Now it turns out that they contain oil of a good quality that is expected to be commercially viable.”

New eyes spot new opportunitiesPeter Helmer Steen dismisses the idea that finds like these are the sole merit of Nordsøfonden, but he believes that, similar to many other countries such as Norway, what will happen is that new eyes can see opportunities that the old eyes did not spot. There are new surprises all the time.

“Our forte is that we have an insight into what is going on in many licences,

and have access to all data about the Danish subsoil. That enables us to con-tribute to coordination and the employ-ment of knowledge across the licence.

“In the end, our job is to earn more for the government. Our justification is to demonstrate that it gives more value to be an active part of the licence than if we just collected the tax. Experi-ence shows that the best solutions are not always just to accept the cheque without having a say in the activities. You have a much better chance of in-creasing the value if you participate in the decisions on the bridge and can discuss matters in the engine room.”

Peter Helmer Steen, CEO, Nordsøfonden

Nordsøfonden wants to increase the pieA major government player has entered the scene. Nordsøfonden recently took over 20 per cent of Danish Underground Consortium’s installations and 20 per cent of all future oil and gas production

THE GROWTH POTENTIAL

Source: Danish Energy Agency, Wood Mackenzie, QUARTZ+CO EstimateSource: Danish Energy Agency, UK Oil & Gas, Quartz+CO analysis

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Note: Cash flow is calculated on the basis of estimated production value with deduction for operat-ing, exploration and investment costs and expenditure to the state (taxes and income share). 2011-2018 is based on the five-year forecast by the Danish Energy Agency. 2016-2042 is estimated on the basis of an average cash flow per produced unit from 2011-2015. The projection contains estimated demolition costs. The demolition estimate is based on experiences from Oil & Gas UK. The useful life of the fields is predicted with the assistance of the Danish Energy Agency.

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TOTAL TAX INCOME FROM THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR (ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION)US$ BILLIONS

EMPLOYMENT IN RELATED INDUSTRIES (ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION)EMPLOYEES (IN THOUSANDS)

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- På SIMAC giver vi dem en større for-ståelse for de systemer, de arbejder med til hverdag og uddanner dem i selv at håndtere problemer inden for hydraulik, automation samt høj- og lavspænding i stedet for at skulle hente hjælp udefra, forklarer studie-chef Jeppe Carstensen.

Kurserne bliver skræddersyet til den enkelte virksomhed i forhold til hvilke tekniske løsninger, medarbejderne er vant til at arbejde i. Desuden har alle undervisere en maritim baggrund el-ler specialviden for i undervisningen at kunne tage udgangspunkt i netop offshoreindustrien.

- Vores speciale i den maritime industri har betydet, at vi alene sidste år havde tæt på tusind kursister i korte forløb på SIMAC, og flere internationale virk-somheder sender løbende deres med-arbejdere på kursus hos os for hele ti-den at møde de nye internationale krav til sektoren, forklarer Jeppe Carstensen.

Kurserne varer typisk mellem en og seks uger og bliver tilrettelagt, så de passer ind i virksomhedernes virke-lighed med medarbejdere, der er offs-hore i lange perioder.

- På SIMAC uddanner vi fremtidens maskinmestre, skibsførere og skibsof-ficerer, så vi kender kursisternes bag-grund og arbejder ud fra deres præ-misser.

SIMAC sparer offshoreindustrien for millionerI flere år har Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC) efter-uddannet medarbejdere fra offshoreindustrien til at håndtere tekniske problemer i felten. Det sparer virksomhederne tid og penge.

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Each year, technical faults cost the Danish offshore industry millions. A technician has to be flown to the in-stallation to solve the problem while production is at a standstill. This is why an increasing number of offshore companies choose to train their em-ployees to fix the often relatively sim-ple problems in the field.

“At SIMAC we give them a greater understanding of the systems they are working with in their everyday work and train them to handle problems in hydraulics, automation and high and low voltage instead of calling for help from outside,” says SIMAC Head of Maritime Studies Jeppe Carstensen.

SIMAC’s courses are tailored to the individual company and are based on the technical systems that the employ-ees are used to work with. All teachers must have a maritime background or specialist knowledge in the course ma-terial in order to relate directly to the offshore industry.

“Thanks to our specialisation in the maritime industry we had close to 1,000 participants in short courses just last year, and an increasing number of international companies are sending their workers to us on a regular basis so that they can continuously meet new international requirements in the sector,” Jeppe Carstensen explains.

The courses typically take between one and six weeks and are prepared so that they fit into the companies’ everyday lives with workers who are offshore for lengthy periods.

“At SIMAC we train the maritime engineers, shipmasters and ship’s officers of the future so we know the backgrounds of the course par-ticipants and base our work on their premises,” he concludes.

SIMAC saves the offshore industry millionsFor several years, Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC) has trained offshore workers to handle technical problems in the field. The in-service training saves the offshore industry time and money.

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Exploitation of the potential in the Danish oil and gas sector has lifted businesses out onto the global market. ABB is a good example that Danish oil and gas technology possesses compe-tences that are useful to the rest of the world. Two major focus areas of the global power and automation tech-nology group with more than 140,000 employees in 100 countries started with the production of oil and gas on the Danish continental shelf.

ABB has already supplied Danish-developed software to the process in-dustry in more than 100 installations worldwide. The company has raised its ambitions and hopes to double these sales. ABB also develops engineer-de-signed instrument packages, which are

central in oil and gas processing plants. Each plant has an estimated value of be-tween US$ 8 and 33 million.

“Denmark is in the forefront of competences in these two areas and we now have global responsibility for the development of solutions for the oil and gas industry in our group,” says Carsten Sørensen, Vice President, Pro-cess Automation at ABB A/S.

He is particularly enthusiastic about promoting the Danish offshore sector in the role as a driver of developments.

“Oil and gas is a global heavy indus-try and we do not have much left of that kind. We must hold on to what we have. We learn incredibly much from these global heavy industries. They generate many competences, much re-search and development, much train-ing and education, many jobs and a

whole lot of tax money. It is important that we in Denmark join the forefront of these global developments as it opens for diversification. This means that other sectors and industries can use the inventions and innovations that result from the offshore industry,” says Carsten Sørensen.

He shakes his head at the claim that oil and gas should be yesterday’s technology and that we are in the process of landing the last reserves while we are looking for alternatives to the fossil fuels.

“I simply do not understand how oil and gas can be viewed as some-thing that is on its way out. There is a long way to the end yet. We are con-stantly working hard to develop new technologies that can increase the de-gree of utilization of the existing fields. Norway is a mega market right on our

doorstep and they are screaming for labour and competences. Offshore oil and gas is in major growth – and so is Danish offshore,” Carsten Sørensen concluded.

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Work at offshore installations differs from land-based jobs in many ways. One of the challenges is that the con-sequences of an accident such as an explosion are often much more seri-ous offshore than on land. This places extremely high demands on offshore safety. At Danish offshore, the number of accidents involving personal injury is already down to 2-5 per 1 million working hours. Even though the num-bers are significantly lower than com-parable land-based sectors, there are ex-amples that the rate of accidents in the oil and gas business is lower in other countries. And one accident is still one too many, according to the chairman of Oil Gas Denmark’s HSE Committee, Finn Brodersen, DONG E & P.

“Although we have a low accident ratio compared with onshore employ-ment, we still feel we can do even bet-ter, and that is the philosophy behind the new cooperation,” he says.

The initiative works broadly with health, safety and environmental is-sues, but the fundamental emphasis of Oil Gas Denmark’s HSE work is to motivate the member companies to maintain a continuous focus on safety and to learn from themselves and each other each time an unintended inci-dent happens.

“The health aspect mainly involves prevention of monotonous work with subsequent physical disabilities, a healthy diet and that the employer encourages the employees to maintain

a healthy lifestyle and high quality of life. Safety is focused on preventing sudden injuries, and the environmen-tal aspect is about reducing the impact on the environment – in this case both air and sea,” says Finn Brodersen.

Safety management One of the most important tasks of the HSE Committee is to teach the mem-bers about safety and environmental management and to promote closer cooperation between member compa-nies. In other words, it is about imple-menting safety issues as a permanent part of management responsibilities in order to prevent personal injuries and more serious accidents such as explo-sions. All companies in the oil and gas sector work systematically with HSE, but the Danish sector will be able to improve the statistics even more if the companies cooperate more actively.

“Safety is the responsibility of man-agement, and the initiative must come from management. Once manage-ment continuously emits signals that this area must be taken very seriously, the attitude will spread to the whole organisation. That is safety manage-ment,” Finn Brodersen says.

Knowledge sharing and networkingFor many companies it is a challenge to establish a common safety culture for offshore and onshore employees, and in the end the different working cultures may result in accidents.

“It is important that people on-shore understand the problems that their colleagues encounter offshore even though they are not exposed to the same risk elements. This is why we need to have the same safety culture all over the sector. Otherwise we have a cultural clash. That happens very eas-ily since Danish offshore installations have so many different corporate cul-

tures, nationalities and traditions that have to cooperate in order to operate the facility,” Finn Brodersen explains.

Several benefits According to Finn Brodersen, organi-sations with focus on safety achieve more benefits than low accident ratios.

“If we take personal safety and environmental considerations seri-ously, then we do not only prevent personal injuries, but we also gain a better business as an added bonus. If we maintain a keen interest in HSE, we are also more interested in our work processes, and increased focus on work processes leads to increased efficiency. So working with safety means a 360-degree attention to the company,” he concludes.

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Offshore safety higher than on landThe accident ratio is markedly lower for offshore than onshore work. At the same time, the level of safety and health on the Danish continental shelf is among the highest in the North Sea. Source: The Danish Energy Agency’s report on Denmark’s oil and gas production 2011.

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“Schlumberger has a long history of implementing HSE management sys-tems. We started more than 20 years ago by identifying and reporting risks, and today all our HSE efforts are based on the HSE management system,” says Schlumberger CTS – Operations Man-ager North Sea Henk Hermelink.

For the company’s management it was as natural to place high priority on employee safety and health then as it is now, and Schlumberger was one of the first companies in the off-shore business to implement the use of safety equipment. The company’s commitment to employee health and safety is also apparent from the fact that Schlumberger ranks its HSE tar-gets as high as its financial targets.

“As any other business, we have var-ious goals for the company and these include a broad range of HSE targets. The HSE efforts are driven by manage-ment, and management’s attention means that everybody in the com-pany is focused on these issues. We are also trying to involve the employees as much as possible because they are the ones who write the reports,” says Henk Hermelink.

Learned from mistakes of the pastEach year, Schlumberger carries out a series of activities with focus on a cer-tain health and safety aspect.

“The topics are chosen on the basis of statistics from the past ten years of

repeated accidents, and we are trying to adjust the messages to the work sit-uation of the employees so that they are relevant for those employees who are exposed to the risk categories in question,” Henk Hermelink explains.

For Schlumberger it is important that everybody knows about the cam-paigns – including office staff and man-agers.

“If we are to maintain general atten-tion to health and safety it is necessary that everybody shows up and takes part in the discussions of those issues,” Henk Hermelink concludes.

HSE has high priority at SchlumbergerThe international oilfield services provider Schlumberger is known worldwide for its advanced technology solutions for the oil and gas industry. But the company is also known for its high standards of employee health and safety.

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Safety-conscious middle managers make a differenceMiddle managers are to be the culture bearers of health and safety.

A safe workplace requires a good HSE culture among its workers. The oil and gas sector is preparing a training programme particularly aimed at mid-level managers and their influence on the HSE culture of Danish offshore in-stallations.

“We have been looking for health and safety approaches with a positive effect on practical offshore work,” says YIT Sector Manager Karsten Krogsøe who is in charge of programme devel-opment.

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effort aimed at improving their man-agement tools,” he says.

The programme is being prepared by AMU Vest, and according to AMU Vest Business Manager Offshore Poul Viggo Fischer it will be ready for a pi-lot course in the autumn.

“Our assignment has been to create a course that makes HSE a fully inte-grated part of the work. The offshore sector spends major resources on making the working environment as safe as possible. Safe behaviour is not something you can study in a book. If thinking in health and safety terms is to be ingrained, the employees must see this way of thinking carried out in practice and work alongside others who do it in the right way. The middle managers must demonstrate the HSE culture,” he concludes.

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Offshore Energy Group in export campaign at ONS“Participation at ONS is an important element in Danish Offshore Energy Group’s strategy to help our members and the Danish contractors win new con-tracts on the Norwegian oil and gas market. Many small and medium-sized companies in Denmark would be able to work as suppliers to the large cor-porations,” says Senior Sector Manager Jørn Hansen who is heading the export campaign of the Danish Offshore Energy Group at ONS in Stavanger. At the end of August, Stavanger will be the energy centre of the world.

The event will attract 1,350 exhibitors and 50,000 visitors are expected to attend the event. Among other exhibitors, visitors can meet 17 Danish compa-nies gathered in the Danish Offshore Energy Group network. All of them have special competencies in the oil and gas sector and are engineering firms or component and service suppliers.

Danish Offshore Energy Group was founded in 2011 and has 77 members. The network is a section of the Danish Export Association which is a private, nationwide association with 500 member compa-nies. The stands in Hall J have been established in co-operation with the Danish Trade Council.

Offshore Denmark Pavilion expects major interest at ONS

“The Norwegians are really out shopping at the mo-ment so I expect major demand for products as well as services and consulting,” says Managing Director Mogens Tofte Koch, organiser of the Offshore Den-mark Pavilion at ONS 2012.

Mogens Tofte Koch is looking forward to a hectic week at the common stand in Hall J where 25 Danish companies will present their best products under a joint brand. The Offshore Denmark brand has been used for exhibitions and other sales activities for several years. The energy exhibition will take place August 28-31 in Stavanger, Norway; and as one of the sector’s leading events, it will be attended by a major part of the international energy community.

The presentation is organised in cooperation with Danish Marine & Offshore Group, which is a sales organisation with 100 Danish offshore suppliers as its members. The goal is to enhance the position of Danish companies in the export markets. The organi-sation has also established an international network, the EUROnet. The Danish Trade Council has contrib-uted financially to the export promotion.

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