Norway's Equinor and its partners are looking at the possibility of supplying power from land to three offshore platforms that are currently powered by gas turbines, said the Norwegian company on Tuesday.
According to Equinor, the platforms that are considered being powered from land are the Troll C and the Sleipner field center, which includes the Gudrun tie-in platform in the North Sea.
Arne Sigve Nylund, Equinor鈥檚 executive vice president for the Norwegian Continental Shelf said Equinor is looking at the possibility of supplying power from land to Troll C and the Sleipner area by utilizing and expanding existing infrastructure from land.
"Equinor鈥檚 ambition is to maintain our position as one of the world鈥檚 most carbon-efficient oil and gas producers," Nylund said.
"If we succeed, we will further improve our ability to deliver safe operations with high value creation and low carbon emissions from fields we operate on the Norwegian continental shelf,鈥� he added.
According to Equinor, on Troll C, the carbon emission reduction potential is 365,000 tonnes per year by platform electrification.
Electrification of the Sleipner field center and Gudrun, which is powered from Sleipner, has the potential to reduce emissions by 250,000 tonnes per year.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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