ERP Projects Funded under ERP
Reference no. 1313/ Project Title Budget Funding Participating Institutions/
DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 Businesses
01-0001 Genetic High-Resolution Stratigraphy of the Upper 6,480 3,723 GEUS, University of
Maastrichtian – Danian Chalk Copenhagen
01-0004 Modelling of Dynamic Fluid Contacts in Chalk 3,808 2,461 GEUS, COWI01-0006 Reservoirs
01-0006 Rock Physics of Impure Chalk Sequences 3,000 1,000 GEUS, DTU-IGG,
Ødegaard A/S, Amerada Hess, DONG E&P 01-0012 Streamline Based Compositional Simulation 4,111 2,953 DTU-IVC-SEP, Mærsk Olie
og Gas AS, DONG E&P, Chevron
01-0019 Reliability Assessment of Wave Response 7,472 3,000 DHI, University of Aalborg,
of Offshore Structures DTU-IMM, Rambøll
01-0022 Geological Correlation of Mesozoic-Palaeogene 1,250 250 GEUS, Phillips Petroleum, Sequences in the Canadian-Greenland Shelf Area Greenland Home Rule
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Total 13,387 26,121
ERP Projects Completed in 2000
Reference no. 1313/ Project Title Participating Institutions/
Businesses
97-0005 Geophysical and Geostatistical Reservoir Characterization of Ødegaard A/S, GEUS, Chalk Fields including Application in Reservoir Simulation COWI
97-0008 Structural Development of the Valdemar Field GEUS, DTU-IGG
(subreport I.4.b) PRIORITY project
97-0008 Equilibrium Mechanisms during the Formation of a Petroleum Reservoir DTU-IVC-SEP (subreport II.2.d)
PRIORITY project
97-0008 Injection Water and Brine Compatibility DTU-IVC-SEP
(subreport II.1.g) PRIORITY project
97-0008 Surfactant Well Treatment DTU-IVC-SEP
(subreport II.3.b) PRIORITY project
97-0014 Requalification of Offshore Structures DHI, Rambøll
97-0020 Wax Deposition in Offshore Pipeline Systems CALSEP A/S
98-0005 Clay Minerals and Silica in Chalk GEUS, University of Aarhus,
Reservoirs with respect to Source Area, University of Scotland - Diagenesis and Reservoir Properties Research and Reactor
Centre, Moscow Geological Institute
99-0013 Free Span Burial Inspection Pig FORCE, DONG E&P
The Danish Energy Agency is an institution under the Ministry of Environment and Energy. The Agency deals with matters relating to the production, supply and consumption of energy. On behalf of the Government, its task is to ensure that the Danish energy sector develops in a manner appropriate to society, the environment and safety.
The Danish Energy Agency prepares and administers Danish legislation, analyzes and evaluates developments in the energy sector, makes assessments and prepares forecasts.
The Danish Energy Agency has 16 divisions, as well as a few staff functions linked to Management. The administration of oil and gas activities is handled by the 9th and 10th divisions of the Agency, assisted by the 3rd and 7th divisions to some extent. How responsibilities between the oil and gas divisions are divided is dealt with in more detail below.
At the turn of the year 2000/2001, the Agency employed about 265 employees, about 31 of whom are involved in the administration of oil and gas activities.
The administration of oil and gas activities is handled by:
9th Division: Safety in the Oil/Gas Sector Head of division: Uffe Danvold
Activities concerning safety, working environment and other environmental issues under the provisions of the Danish Offshore Installations Act, the Subsoil Act and the Continental Shelf Act. Approving mobile and fixed installations as well as pipe-lines. Supervising the safety, working environment and other environmental aspects of offshore installations and pipelines, as well as monitoring drilling operations in terms of safety. Approving and supervising manning tables and organizational charts, as well as undertaking the tasks related to membership of the Action Committee, the Coordination Committee and the Average Commission for Offshore Installations. Monitoring supplies conveyed through the transmission systems belonging to DONG Naturgas A/S and supervising the technical safety aspects of the gas storage facilities established by DONG Naturgas A/S. Considering political and administrative issues related to DONG Olierør A/S and the Danish Oil Pipeline Act. Moreover, the division draws up regulations in this area. Advising the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP) under the Greenland Home Rule Authority on legal and technical issues.
10th Division: Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas Head of division: Søren Enevoldsen
Supervising exploration and production activities in terms of resources, as well as financial and legal aspects. Licensing policy and administration, licensing rounds and the awarding of licences. Approving appraisal programmes and work pro-grammes. Evaluating declarations of commerciality. Approving development plans and production profiles. Addressing matters concerning the obligation to connect production facilities to existing pipelines and exemptions from payment of the pipeline fee. Matters concerning unitization. Geological evaluations and reservoir engineering. Preparing analyses, evaluating the potential and making forecasts of
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Danish oil and gas reserves. Evaluating commercial viability, including work on energy plans. Considering political and administrative issues related to DONG Efterforskning og Produktion A/S. Advising the BMP under the Greenland Home Rule Authority on legal and technical issues related to licensing, as well as providing ad hoc assistance to the Faroe Islands’ administrative authorities. Responsibility for the Danish Energy Agency's oil/gas-related system exports.
3rd Division: Research and Development Head of division: Kai Worsaae
National and international activities regarding energy research, including research related to oil and natural gas. The national activities include administering energy research programmes, research policy proposals and statements, as well as acting as the secretariat of the Advisory Oil and Natural Gas Research Committee. The international activities relate mainly to the EU research programmes, the IEA and the Nordic Energy Research Programme. Administering renewable energy development programmes.
7th Division: Electricity and Natural Gas Supply Head of division: Thomas Bastholm Bille
Legal/administrative and financial issues falling within the scope of the Danish Electricity Supply Act and relating to transmission and grid companies, undertakings with a public service obligation and system operators. Moreover, issuing and super-vising licences and approving regulations, approving applications for expanding the transmission network, including submarine cables, and administering regulations regarding the connection of environmentally friendly electricity works and combined heat and power (CHP) stations, including tariffs. Legal/administrative and financial issues within the framework of the Natural Gas Supply Act. Issuing and supervising licences, approving expansions of the transmission system and natural gas storage facilities and market liberalization issues. Financial, legal and organizational matters related to natural gas supplies and natural gas companies. Matters concerning the DONG group. Acting as the secretariat of the Energy Regulatory Authority in techni-cal and energy-related matters.
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