据油气新闻4月23日消息称，作为上游油气田电气化的领导者，Equinor参与了横跨挪威大陆架的正在进行和即将进行的电气化项目。据领先的数据分析公司GlobalData称，该项目管道的成功启动将使该公司到2025年通过陆上电力使其总油气生产基地的35%以上实现电气化。
GlobalData高级油气分析师Daniel Rogers评论道:“上游油气运营商正面临来自政府、股东和金融机构的越来越大的压力，要求他们减少排放和碳足迹。油田电气化是减少生产运营中温室气体（GHG）排放的有效方法。通过取代传统的燃气涡轮和柴油涡轮机进行发电并连接到挪威电网，挪威运营商可以大大减少排放。
“在Equinor参与的海上电气化项目中，Troll和Johan Sverdrup通过电气化每年减少超过60万吨的二氧化碳排放，避免了最大的排放量。Equinor正在通过Utsira High项目积极扩大其电气化工作，该项目包括对Gina Krog、Edvard Grieg和Ivar Aasen海上油田的电气化，以及Sleipner和Gudrun的部分电气化。据估计，该项目每年将减少100多万吨二氧化碳的排放。”
“Equinor在油田电气化方面是一个明显的领导者，它的一些主要开发项目已经从岸上提供电力或部分电力，一个强大的项目管道将推动其电气化生产基地成为该地区最大的。在挪威的其他地方，伦丁能源公司的产量可能无法达到Equinor的规模，但到2025年，该公司将使该地区90%以上的生产基地实现电气化。虽然小型本土企业OKEA目前有50%的生产流实现了电气化，但如果宣布电气化努力继续推进，到2025年，该公司将拥有一个完全电气化的生产基地。”
上游运营商已表示有兴趣为挪威大陆架上在营的或即将建成的20多个油气田是实现电气化，最近实施的二氧化碳税上调可能会鼓励进一步的电气化努力，特别是在排放密集的作业中。对于新的开发项目，尽管前期投资增加，运营成本降低，生产效率提高，但长期来看，油田电气化在经济上是可行的。
Rogers总结说：“挪威可再生能源电网与海上石油作业的互联互通，使得石油和天然气生产效率更高，碳足迹更低。海上电气化的努力可能有助于可再生能源的更快增长，海上可再生能源技术的进步，海上传输基础设施的扩大，并使油气和可再生能源参与者之间建立伙伴关系。因此，挪威正在采取的措施应该促进整个行业的努力，以提高效率和降低排放。”
朱佳妮 摘译自 油气新闻
原文如下：
Equinor As a leader of upstream oil and gas field electrification, Equinor is involved in both active and upcoming electrification projects across the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Successful commencement of its total project pipeline could see the company electrifying over 35% of its total oil and gas production base by 2025 through power from shore, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Daniel Rogers, senior oil and gas analyst at GlobalData comments “Upstream oil and gas operators are under ever-growing pressure from governments, shareholders and financial institutes to curb emissions and reduce carbon footprints. Field electrification is an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from production operations. By replacing traditional gas and diesel burning turbines for power generation and connecting to the Norwegian electricity grid, Norwegian operators can significantly curb their emissions.
“Of the active offshore electrification projects that Equinor is involved in, Troll and Johan Sverdrup have avoided the largest emission volumes through electrification at over 600,000 tons of CO2 per year each. Equinor is aggressively expanding its electrification efforts through the Utsira High project, which entails electrification of offshore fields Gina Krog, Edvard Grieg and Ivar Aasen, as well as partial electrification of Sleipner and Gudrun. The project is estimated to reduce emissions of over “Equinor is a clear leader in field electrification with a number of its major operated developments already being powered/partially powered from shore and a strong pipeline of projects that will boost its electrified production base to be the largest in the region. Elsewhere in Norway, the likes of Lundin Energy may not produce volumes Upstream operators have expressed interest in electrifying over 20 oil and gas fields either active or upcoming across the Norwegian continental shelf, and recent CO2 tax hikes implemented will likely encourage further electrification efforts – particularly at emissions-intensive operations. For new developments, despite greater upfront investment, lowered operating costs and improved production efficiency over the longer term can make field electrification economically viable.
Rogers concludes: “The interconnection of Norway’s renewable-fuelled electricity grid and its offshore petroleum operations allow for more efficient oil and gas production with a lowered carbon footprint. Offshore electrification efforts will likely contribute to faster growth of renewables, advances in offshore renewable technology, expansion of offshore transmission infrastructure and enable partnerships between oil and gas and renewable power players. As a result, steps being made in Norway should foster efforts across the industry to achieve improved efficiency and lower emissions.”