Wind power minimises decommissioning maintenance costs
Wind power minimises decommissioning maintenance costs
- The Challenge
Reliable, low-maintenance power during offshore platform decommissioning
- The Solution
Innovative application of mini wind turbines to keep generator batteries charged
- The Impact
Significant reduction of maintenance costs for unmanned platform
Client:International Oil Company (IOC)
Location:North Sea
Sectors:Oil and Gas
The Challenge
Reliable, low-maintenance power during offshore platform decommissioning
The Oil Field is a small 3-platform oil field situated off the northeast coast of Scotland. It has been operating since 1980 but was decommissioned in 2017 to be replaced by an 84 turbine wind farm.
As it will take several years to remove all the oil field structures, the IOC need reliable power for this life support phase of the platform until the decommissioning is complete.
Typically, generators installed for this would require batteries to be changed regularly which would incur extra costs as the platforms are unmanned.
The customer asked Aggreko to come up with a solution that would minimise maintenance visits and make the power solution as cost-efficient as possible.