Case Study: Gazprom achieves optimized arctic oil transport planning with AnyLogic

Simulation Modeling of an Offshore Offloading System for an Arctic Oil and Gas Condensate Field

Gazprom, the major oil producer developing the Novoportovskoye field in the Yamal peninsula, needed to plan Arctic oil transport through severe ice conditions. The company had to determine how many Arctic tankers and icebreakers would be required, estimate transport costs, and size shore-based storage so shipments would continue without overflow during the 2016–2017 temporary low-capacity tanker phase and beyond.

Using AnyLogic, a state research center built a GIS-enabled logistic simulation model with ship calculation modules to represent tanker movements, icebreaker support, storage loading, and probabilistic weather and ice-channel freeze-up. AnyLogic helped Gazprom identify the optimal storage volume, plan channel laying and icebreaker support, reduce overflow risk, and define transport and fuel-cost dynamics across different ice scenarios and field-development periods.

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