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Petrick, Sebastian, Riemann-Campe, Kathrin, Hoog, Sven, Growitsch, Christian, Schwind, Hannah, Gerdes, Ruediger and Rehdanz, Katrin (2017). Climate change, future Arctic Sea ice, and the competitiveness of European Arctic offshore oil and gas production on world markets. Ambio, 46. S. 410 - 423. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER. ISSN 1654-7209

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Abstract

A significant share of the world's undiscovered oil and natural gas resources are assumed to lie under the seabed of the Arctic Ocean. Up until now, the exploitation of the resources especially under the European Arctic has largely been prevented by the challenges posed by sea ice coverage, harsh weather conditions, darkness, remoteness of the fields, and lack of infrastructure. Gradual warming has, however, improved the accessibility of the Arctic Ocean. We show for the most resource-abundant European Arctic Seas whether and how a climate induced reduction in sea ice might impact future accessibility of offshore natural gas and crude oil resources. Based on this analysis we show for a number of illustrative but representative locations which technology options exist based on a cost-minimization assessment. We find that under current hydrocarbon prices, oil and gas from the European offshore Arctic is not competitive on world markets.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Petrick, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Riemann-Campe, Kathrin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hoog, Sven UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Growitsch, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schwind, Hannah UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gerdes, Ruediger UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rehdanz, Katrin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-210481
DOI:	10.1007/s13280-017-0957-z
Journal or Publication Title:	Ambio
Volume:	46
Page Range:	S. 410 - 423
Date:	2017
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	DORDRECHT
ISSN:	1654-7209
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21048