Powering Energy Efficiency

Optimizing field recovery to increase efficiency

The key to reducing your environmental impact can be found in optimizing field development. Subsea processing systems enable you to streamline field architecture while significantly reducing your project’s energy consumption, emissions, and operational cost.

Unlocking more gas reserves

There is a significant drive toward introducing more natural gas into the global energy mix. Natural gas is plentiful and provides vast reduction in CO₂ emissions when burned, compared with coal, making it well positioned to grow while supporting global environmental goals. Around one-third of the proven global gas reserves are associated with offshore production. However, the ultralong tieback distances commonly found in most of the world's offshore gas fields require compression for efficient field development and recovery strategies—whether topside or subsea.

Reducing subsea power consumption

A major advantage of subsea compression is that the compressor is located closer to the reservoir. This means the power required to boost the same differential pressure is less, and the potential drawdown of the reservoir is larger. Subsea compression also stabilizes the flow and reduces flowline pressure loss. The award-winning OneSubsea multiphase compressor is the world’s first and only true subsea wet gas compressor, eliminating the need for an upstream separation facility or antisurge system and further decreasing power requirements.