Powering Energy Efficiency
Powered production systems
Improve subsea field development to significantly reduce energy consumption, emissions, and costs.
Uses less energy than topside compression (about 2.9 TW.h or 67% less for a gas subsea tieback of 120 km with 95% uptime across 10 years; savings variable from one application to another)
Decreases CO2e emissions compared with topside compression (about 1.44 million metric tons or 67% less CO2e for a gas subsea tieback of 120 km with 95% uptime across 10 years; savings variable from one application to another)
Lowers your impact with about half the weight of a conventional subsea compression system
While greater recovery, accelerated production, and fast return on investment have been the primary motivators for use of subsea compression technology, it also offers greater energy efficiency and a reduced CO2 footprint. The energy savings potential increases with tieback distance, water depth, and complex production assurance challenges.
Adding compression compensates for the losses generated in the production line between the subsea wells and the topside host. Subsea compression’s role in unlocking gas resources and improving the economics of subsea gas development is becoming more critical with the increasing focus on sustainability.
Compared with the option of lowering the near-end pressure using topside technology, compressing gas near the start of a long production flowline (where gas pressure is higher) can be significantly more energy efficient—with correspondingly lower CO2 emissions—over the productive life of the asset.
Our total system solutions ensure that all risks are identified and mitigated in the early stages of field development planning. These solutions include all the equipment needed to operate the pumps during startup, shutdown, and normal flowing conditions; they are combined with operational support to provide complete system availability.