Vistnes, Ingunn and Lie, Ivar and Karlsen, Geir Runar and Nygaard, Vigdis and Søreng Ulfsdatter , Siri (2008) Utbygging og drift av Goliat oljefelt Konsekvensutredning samiske forhold Development of and production at Goliat oil field Impacts on Saami conditions Goliat oljoguovllu huksen ja doaimmaheapmi Váikkuhusčielggadeapmi sámi diliid birra. [Project]
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The development of Goliat oil field in the Barents Sea may have both negative and positive impacts on Saami communities and Saami livelihoods. The renewable resource-based trades (reindeer herding, fisheries, use of outlying fields) will experience negative impacts through loss of areas along the Finnmark coast as well as increased traffic in important fishery areas around the Goliat oil field. Positive consequences include increased employment and higher economic activity in the area, even though the number of new, oil-related jobs will be limited in Saami areas and vary little in number between the three alternative development concepts. Reindeer herding will experience the least negative impacts from alternative 1, where the oil is processed and offloaded offshore and few coastal areas are affected. Alternative 2 including an oil terminal at Veidnes at Magerøya Island will lead to large negative impacts for the local reindeer herding business. Alternative 3 including oil processing at Slettnes on the Sørøya Island may also lead to large negative impacts, but this depends on the development at Sandøybotn and if the activity at Slettnes will generate development of new infrastructure on Sørøya with resulting loss of grazing land. The reindeer herding district of Kvaløya will to some degree be negatively impacted through all three alternatives. The area where the Goliat oil field is located is considered to be very important with regards to fisheries activity and as a nursing area for fish and other marine species. Oil development in this area is most likely to be problematic for fisheries. In addition, a development of Veidnes (alternative 2) may have large negative impacts on fisheries in the region due to the broad fisheries activity and ship traffic at or near this site, as well as the close distance to the North Cape bank. A development offshore (alternative 1) seems also to lead to large negative consequences due to the increased traffic of shuttle tankers to the Goliat oil field area and offloading of oil at sea. A processing plant at Slettnes seems to have less negative impacts on fisheries. Agriculture is little affected by the Goliat development. Regarding use of outlying fields, the alternatives 2 and 3 will lead to the removal of several second homes (approximately 18 at Slettnes and 5 at Veidnes). This will end today’s use of the outlying fields around these locations. There is little or no commercial use of the uncultivated land in these areas. During the construction phase, the employment effects of the Goliat project will be limited in Finnmark and Northern Troms if alternatives 1 or 2 are chosen, and the effects in areas with strong Saami interests will be minimal. The choice of alternative 3, including a subsea-to-beach solution and processing onshore, will lead to substantial employment effects in the area, estimated to 350 manyears per year during the six-year construction phase, where around 50 manyears will be in municipalities with strong Saami interests. The differences in employment effects between the three alternatives are less pronounced in the production phase, estimated to be between 250 and 350 manyears per year in 11-12 years in Finnmark and Northern Troms. Alternative 1 (offshore) results in the lowest employment effects, while alternative 3 with processing onshore leads to the highest effects. In areas with strong Saami interests, the employment effects are quite similar between the three development alternatives, estimated to range between 40 and 60 manyears per year given the present commuting pattern
| Item Type: | Project |
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| Keywords: | GOLIAT, Sami, Finnmark, Troms, Oil and Gas, Reindeer Husbandry |
| Subjects: | Natural Resources and Industry > Energy Peoples, Cultures and Societies > Indigenous Peoples |
| Organizations: | International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR) |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2009 10:10 |
| URI: | http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/396 |
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