IKM Acona can assist you with either numbered licensing rounds or Awards in Pre-defined Areas (APA) in mature areas.
We can assist you with:
Early phase prospect evaluations
Licence applications

All Well Management Services, Studies and Analysis for Exploration
Environmental screening
Environmental surveys
Oil Drift Simulations (ODS)
Environmental Risk Analysis (ERA)
Oil Spill Contingency Analysis (OSCA)
Spill Impact Mitigation Assessment (SIMA)
Net Evironmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA)
Application for Discharge (AfD)
Evaluation of chemicals
Oil Spill Contingency Plans (OSCP)
Remote sensing plan
Site Specific Emergency Preparedness Analysis (SSEPA)
Review of Rig Emergency Preparedness Analysis (ROEPA)
Environmental accounting and reporting
Audits (Envionmental, HSE, Drilling )

Continuous discharges to water from industry, landfills, sewage treatment plants, etc. are a persistent source of pollution and can be harmful to the ecosystem in the receiving recipient. Such discharges must therefore have a permit in accordance with the Pollution Control Act. Emission applications must contain information about the recipient and what effects the emissions may have. It includes information on the state of the environment, expected spread and effect in the recipient, and an assessment of whether the discharge may impair biodiversity.

Acona and Ranold have developed a model that calculates the spread, dilution, storage and calculation of the near zone of one or more discharges to a water body. The model can be used to assess the environmental consequences of a discharge before it is discharged into the recipient. Different scenarios can be analyzed. This provides an opportunity to adjust the discharge and possibly the discharge point up the recipient recipient's vulnerability, and thus reduce the risk of negative impact.

The model provides the company with the information they need in connection with an application for a discharge permit under the Pollution Control Act.

The model is a combined integral and particle tracking model, and has been named CIPMO (Combined Integral and Particle Model). The near zone is built up of an integral model and the distant zone of a modified particle tracking model (LADIM, developed by the Institute of Marine Research). The combination ensures that both the near and far field processes are solved sufficiently. The model collects data from Open Source hydrodynamic models with high spatial and temporal resolution for salinity, current and temperature. Measured data can be integrated into the model.

The model has been developed with support from the Research Council and shows good results in relation to measurements from field studies.

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Let us help you extract more value from your assets.
Our multi-specialist team of professionals can help you build a strategy for your business case and establish proof of concept to make the planning and approval stages more efficient and productive.
Let our technical know-how, commercial insight, cost, weight and schedule calculations, market intelligence and risk input assist you in building a robust business case.

Our main services are:
Early Phase Assessments
Project management and administration
Independant Project Reviews
Project Risk Analysis and Benchmarking
Cost Engineering
Cost, Weight and Scedule Analysis and Calculations (please also check here for our Cost Estimation Tool ACES)
Commercial & Sales Services
Conceptual Engineering
Flow Assurance
Construction and facilities support
Cost control
HSEQ services
Audits

Environmental studies such as:
Oil Drift Simulations (ODS)
Environmental Risk Analysis (ERA)
Oil Spill Contingency Analysis (OSCA)
Spill Impact Mitigation Assessment (SIMA)
Net Evironmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA)
Application for Discharge (AfD)
Evaluation of chemicals
Oil Spill Contingency Plans (OSCP)
Remote sensing plan
Environmental accounting and reporting
 

IKM Acona consultants work for most of the oil and gas companies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf as well as in other sectors.  Our variety of competency goes from young professionals to seasoned experts. We can provide multi-discipline consultants within all engineering and construction disciplines, project administration and management disciplines.

We can assist clients with their shift from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to renewable energy sources