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# SHELL ALASKA January 2015 Community UpdateShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

# Committed to developing Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf in a measured and responsible pace 

# 2013 and 2014  

# Paused exploration 

# activity

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# EXPLORATION 

# PROGRAMShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

# 2015 – planning for a drilling 

# program in Chukchi Sea at Burger site  

# Drilling rigs:  

## Noble Discoverer  

## Transocean’s Polar Pioneer  

# Fleet of support vessels, similar to 2012  

## Anchor handlers, ice 

## management, oil spill response, supply & towing  

# Ninth Circuit – Lease Sale 193

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# 2015 EXPLORATION PLANNINGShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture

Company name appears here 4 Tuesday, June 10, 2014 Footer here Shell Conoco ENI Repsol

Statoil Shell Burger Prospect

Wainwright Barrow

Well Location 

# CHUKCHI LEASESShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

# 2015 PROPOSED OPERATIONS
Wainwright Oil spill response 24 bed space capability Storage, lay down space

Dutch Harbor Storage, lay down space 1 OSR tanker 1 OSR tug Barrow 1 SAR Helicopter 3 Crew Change Helicopters 2 Hangars 175 bed space capability (camps and hotel) Aviation Terminal

BLUE: SHOREBASE & AVIATION Kotzebue Sound 2 OSR barges/tugs 2 resupply barges/tugs 1 landing craft 1 crew boat Storage, lay down space

Burger Prospect 2 drillships 2 ice management vessels 3 anchor handlers 2 tow vessels 1 drill discharge monitoring vessel 1 offshore supply vessel 1 OSR barge and tug 1 OSR tanker 1 onsite OSR vessel

YELLOW: MARINE VESSEL 5

Anchorage Main embarkation Offshore Supply Transit 2 offshore supply vesselsShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

## Vessels in state PPOR location in Goodhope Bay  

## Support for Chukchi drilling operations  

### Oil spill response vessels  

### Emergency Response Material Staging  

## July 10 – October 2015  

## 3 - 4 landing craft/crew boat round 

## trips per week between fleet and Kotzebue Kotzebue footprint  

## 20 crew changing/week  

## 7 - 10 cargo totes groceries/week  

## Up to 25 rooms utilized at Nullagvik Hotel 6 

# 2015 KOTZEBUE OPERATIONSShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

# KOTZEBUE SOUND 2015 TRANSIT

7 Transit Route for Anchor Deployment/Refuel

Transit Route for Crew Boat / Landing CraftShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

# ACS & CORBIN FOSS

• Arctic Challenger (barge) • Length: 310.1 ft • Width: 104.4 ft • Draft: 19.3 ft • Accommodations: 72 • Maximum Speed: N/A • Owner/Operator: Crowley • Corbin Foss (tug) • Length: 141.4 ft • Width: 40.0 ft • Draft: 18.5 ft • Accommodations: 11 • Maximum Speed: 12 knots • Owner/Operator: Foss MaritimeShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

# ARCTIC ENDEAVOR & POINT OLIKTOK

• Arctic Endeavor (barge) • Length: 205 ft • Width: 90 ft • Draft: 15 ft • Accommodations: N/A 

## • Maximum Speed: N/A • Owner/Operator: Crowley • Sea Prince (tug) • Length: 190 ft • Width: 32.0 ft • Draft: 8.5 ft • Accommodations: 8 

## • Maximum Speed: 8 knots • Owner/Operator: CrowleyShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

# TUUQ & LAUREN FOSS

• Tuuq (barge) 

## • Length: 400 ft • Width: 99.5 ft • Draft: 19.33 ft • Accommodations: N/A 

## • Maximum Speed: N/A • Owner/Operator: Foss Maritime • Lauren Foss (tug) 

## • Length: 141.4 ft • Width: 40.0 ft • Draft: 19.5 ft • Accommodations: 11 

## • Maximum Speed: 12 knots • Owner/Operator: Foss MaritimeShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

# AMERICAN TRADER & TUG

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## American Trader (barge)
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## Length: 382.2 ft
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## Width: 105 ft
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## Draft: 20 ft
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## Accommodations: N/A
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## Maximum Speed: N/A
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## Owner/Operator: Foss Maritime • Tug (Barbara Foss) 

## • Length: 126 ft • Width: 34.0 ft • Draft: 14.6 ft • Accommodations: 9 

## • Maximum Speed: 10 knots • Owner/Operator: Foss MaritimeShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

# LANDING CRAFT

• Landing Craft/Crew Boat (TBD) • Length: 134 ft 

## • Width: 32 ft • Draft: 6 ft • Accommodations: 17 

## • Maximum Speed: 10 knotsShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 13 

# MITIGATION MEASURES Collaboration and communication with subsistence users Communication Centers Subsistence Advisors Public community meetings twice a 

# year Protected Species Observers on all vessels 

# Community Liaison Officers Maximizing opportunities to utilize local contracting Northwest Arctic Borough Science AgreementShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

# Extensive training and preparation  

# Drilling the well on paper 

# Bottomhole pressure control  

# Drilling mud Real - Time Operations Center Well design and construction

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# OIL SPILL PREVENTIONShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 15 

# MULTIPLE BARRIERSShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 16 

# OIL SPILL RESPONSE Offshore Recovery  

## Subsea Containment System  

## OSR Vessel with Skimming Vessels  

## Arctic Tanker  

## Vessel of Opportunity  

## Booms, Skimmers, and Pumps 

## Nearshore Recovery  

## Oil Spill Response Barge  

## Skimming Vessels  

## Mini Barges  

## Booms, Skimmers, and Pumps 

## Onshore Recovery  

## Pre - staged Equipment and Personnel  

## Booms, Skimmers  

## Landing Craft and Utility VesselsShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 

## Building a strong understanding of the 

## Arctic environment Offshore Oceanographic Studies  

## Integrated ecosystem wide baseline studies (benthos, zooplankton, marine mammals, sea birds) Ice and Metocean buoys  

## Provides critical data for ice and weather forecasting and supports NOAA forecasting  

## Ocean currents 

## Northwest Arctic Borough Science Agreement  

## Addressing community information requests  

## Conducting local and regional science  

## Incorporating traditional knowledge 17 

# 2014 SCIENCEShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture



## Oceanographic Research  

## Using seafloor acoustic devices to record sea mammal calls  

## Deploy sea ice and metocean buoys Environmental Monitoring at drilling rigs  

## Seafloor and seawater sampling program 

## Continue Northwest Arctic Borough Science Agreement  

## Support Subsistence mapping initiative and other science projects Partner with federal agencies to conduct oceanographic research  

## Arctic Marine Biological Observatory Network 18 

# 2015 SCIENCEShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 19Shell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 20 

# DRILLING RIGS

Discoverer • Drilling Rig • Length: 514 ft • Width: 71 ft • Draft: 26 ft • Accommodations: 124 • Owner/Operator: Noble Corporation 

## Polar Pioneer • Drilling Rig • Length : 279 ft • Width: 233 ft • Draft: 30 ft • Accommodations: 100 • Owner/Operator : TransOcean (Panama)Shell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 21 

# ICE MANAGEMENT

Nordica • Ice Management • Length: 380 ft • Width: 85 ft • Draft: 27 ft • Accommodations: 77 • Owner/Operator: Arctia Offshore (Finland) 

## Fennica • Ice Management • Length : 380 ft • Width: 85 ft • Draft: 27 ft • Accommodations: 77 • Owner/Operator : Arctia Offshore (Finland)Shell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 22 

# ANCHOR HANDLERS

Aiviq • Anchor Handler • Length : 360.8 ft • Width: 80 ft • Draft: 28 ft • Accommodations: 64 • Owner/Operator : Edison Chouest 

## Ross • Anchor Handler • Length : 256 ft • Width: 54 ft • Draft: 18 ft • Accommodations: 39 • Owner/Operator : Edison Chouest 

## Tor Viking • Anchor Handler • Length : 274 ft • Width: 59 ft • Draft: 20 ft • Accommodations: 23 • Owner/Operator : Trans Viking (Sweden)Shell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 23 

# FLEET RESUPPLY

Sisuaq • Fleet Resupply • Length: 292 ft • Width: 64 ft • Draft: 19.6 ft • Accommodations: 50 • Owner/Operator : Harvey Gulf 

## Champion • Fleet Resupply • Length : 300 ft • Width: 64 ft • Draft: 19.6 ft • Accommodations: 50 • Owner/Operator : Harvey Gulf 

## Supporter • Fleet Resupply • Length : 300 ft • Width: 64 ft • Draft: 19.6 ft • Accommodations: 50 • Owner/Operator : Harvey GulfShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 24 

# OCEAN - GOING TUGS

Ocean - going Tug (TBN - not contracted) • Tug Support Vessel • Length: 146 ft • Width: 46 ft • Draft: 21 ft • Accommodations: 13 • Owner/Operator: Crowley 

## Ocean - going Tug (TBN – not contracted) • Tug Support Vessel • Length : 146 ft • Width: 46 ft • Draft: 21 ft • Accommodations: 13 • Owner/Operator : CrowleyShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 25 

# OIL SPILL RESPONSE

Nanuq • Oil Spill Response • Length: 301 ft • Width: 60 ft • Draft: 21 ft • Accommodations: 41 • Owner/Operator : Edison Chouest 

## Klamath • Oil Spill Response • Length : 333 ft • Width: 76 ft • Draft: 22 ft • Accommodations: 0 • Owner/Operator : Crowley 

## Guardsman • Tug Support - OSR • Length : 136.2 ft • Width : 36.6 ft • Draft : 20 ft • Accommodations : 11 • Owner/Operator: CrowleyShell Exploration & Production Company, Alaska Venture 26 

# TANKER & DRILL DISCHARGE MONITORING

Tanker (TBN – not contracted) • OSR/Refueling • Length: 748 ft • Width: 105.9 ft • Draft: 46.8 ft • Accommodations: 24 • Owner/Operator : Transpetrol (Singapore) 

## Harvey Explorer • Drilling Discharge Monitoring • Length: 240 ft • Width: 56 ft • Draft: 14.5 ft (max draft) • Accommodations: 42 (includes crew cabins) • Owner/Operator : Harvey Gulf