FROM WELLHEAD TO PETROL PUMP: RESEARCH DRIVES ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITHIN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
November 3rd, 2013
THE SIGHT of wind turbines in an offshore oilfield is nothing new. Operators in the Gulf of Mexico have for years used small wind turbines on oil and gas installations to power SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) computerised systems to keep fields operating.Shell’s unmanned Cutter field platform in the North Sea has operated since 2006 as the world’s first offshore natural gas platform powered by wind turbines and solar energy panels. It is a steel monotower standing on just one 65 metre leg sitting on a single 4.25 metre diameter pile sunk 35 ...
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