Arctic oil and gas field logistics and offshore service vessel capacities : the case of the Norwegian and Russian High Arctic

This report focuses on offshore logistics patterns in an Arctic environment. We provide cases from the northernmost oil and gas fields on the Norwegian and Russian continental shelf. The report provides an understanding of the logistics challenges that oil and gas companies meet when exploring and exploiting offshore fields in the Northern and Eastern parts of the Norwegian Barents Sea and in Arctic Russia. The report also includes the institutional framework and the governmental and industrial regulations for offshore field operations. Further, different requirements for offshore service vessels are discussed in light of challenges related to ice and icing, long distances, and limited infrastructure.