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Electrification of subsea project
SLB OneSubsea will provide a groundbreaking all-electric subsea project for Equinor . The twelve-well campaign will enable accelerated global adoption of electric subsea technology and reduce emissions from subsea operations .
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SLB OneSubsea has been awarded a contract award from Equinor for the front-end engineering design ( FEED ) of a 12-well , all-electric Subsea Production Systems ( SPS ) project in the Fram Sør field , offshore Norway . The project will fast-track wide-scale global adoption of electric subsea technology , setting new standards for increased operator control , subsea operational efficiency and reduced offshore emissions . As part of the agreement , future engineering , procurement and construction will be directly awarded to SLB OneSubsea conditional on a final investment decision . Key benefits :
• Improved control
• Live monitoring
• Lower expansion costs
• Improve production
First application This project is the first application to be implemented resulting from a joint industry project , which commenced in 2018 and involved close collaboration across major industry players to accelerate the development of breakthrough electrification technology through a standardised industry solution . Basing the design on an established standard enables efficient and economic scaling of subsea electrification for operators worldwide , bringing associated capex and opex benefits . “ Electrification is vital to the future of subsea operations in the energy transition ,” said Mads Hjelmeland , chief executive officer of SLB OneSubsea . “ This technology has effectively created the IoT for subsea trees , providing operators with improved control through live performance and condition monitoring .”
Upgrade to standard design The Fram Sør solution will use SLB OneSubsea ’ s standard subsea tree design , upgraded with a fully electrified power , control and actuation system . Electrification and digitalisation of subsea production systems ( SPS ) provide a reliable , scalable conduit that eliminates the constraints , high expansion costs , and failure modes common to complex hydraulic or multiplexed electrohydraulic control systems . The elimination of highpressure hydraulic systems will enable operators to go further and deeper , improving production and making even marginal fields more viable .
SLB OneSubsea global jv
SLB , Aker Solutions , and Subsea7 have come together to create SLB OneSubsea . Headquartered in Oslo and Houston , with 10,000 employees across the world , the joint venture is focused on accelerating innovation to create a step change in subsea production economics and reduce emissions in subsea operations . The jv brings together deep reservoir domain expertise , broad front-end and system design knowledge . The partnership includes an extensive field-proven subsea production and processing technology portfolio , manufacturing scale and capacity , and unique pore-to-process integration capabilities .
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