Equinor ASA has began the electrification of the Sleipner area middle in a bid to chop carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
The Sleipner area middle, together with the Gudrun platform and different related fields, is now partly working on energy from onshore, which can scale back annual CO2 emissions from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) by 160,000 metric tons, Equinor mentioned in a information launch Thursday. The full mission funding price was $100 million (NOK 1.08 billion).
The corporate famous that each one installations on the Utsira Excessive are additionally working on onshore energy, lowering emissions of about 1.2 million metric tons of CO2 per yr. The electrification of the installations on the Utsira Excessive is in keeping with the plan for improvement and operation (PDO) for Johan Sverdrup section 2, which was permitted by the Norwegian parliament in 2019, in accordance with the discharge.
One in every of two operative fuel generators on the Sleipner A platform will step by step be shut down, whereas the opposite will function a back-up energy supply for a run-in section. Equinor mentioned it could absolutely use onshore energy in the long term.
On March 24, the Sleipner area middle began utilizing onshore energy by means of a cable working from the Gina Krog platform, whereas the Gudrun platform was linked to electrical energy by means of the prevailing cable to Sleipner.
“The Sleipner space has delivered huge volumes of power, created long-term ripple results and contributed substantial values to the Norwegian society,” Kjetil Hove, Equinor Government Vice President for Exploration and Manufacturing Norway, mentioned. “With energy from shore, we will develop new discoveries and sources from low-emission manufacturing, and fuel exports from the world could be maintained for a very long time to return”.
“Electrification is the simplest device in our toolbox in our quest to attain the nationwide goal of halving greenhouse fuel emissions from Norwegian oil and fuel manufacturing by 2030,” Geir Tungesvik, Equinor Government Vice President for Initiatives, Drilling and Procurement, mentioned.
“The electrification of the Sleipner area centre has created vital jobs and ripple results for the Norwegian provide trade. I am additionally more than happy that we, our companions, and suppliers, have succeeded in implementing the mission safely, with zero HSE incidents,” he added.
The Sleipner fields are among the many largest fuel producers within the North Sea and function a hub for fuel transport to Europe, the corporate remarked.
The licensees within the Sleipner East license are operator Equinor Vitality AS with a 59.6 p.c stake, Vår Energi ASA with 15.4 p.c, PGNiG Upstream Norway AS with 15 p.c, and Orlen Upstream Norway 2 AS with 10 p.c.
The licensees within the Gudrun license are operator Equinor Vitality AS with a 36 p.c stake, Vår Energi Norge AS with 25 p.c, OMV (Norge) AS with 24 p.c, and Repsol Norway AS with 15 p.c.
In 2020, the Sleipner partnership exercised an possibility with Aibel for an engineering, procurement, building, set up and commissioning (EPCIC) contract for the modification work on the Sleipner area middle. NKT was awarded the contract to fabricate and lay the facility cables, Equinor mentioned. ABB carried out substantial work as a sub-contractor within the set up of high-voltage gear and the updating of the facility management system. The EPCIC contract has a worth of about $65 million (NOK 700 million), in accordance with the discharge.
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