#Draugen offshore platform verification

#Draugen offshore platform verification

The same month, DNV completed a concept verification review of the WindGrid™ system for Mobile Offshore Wind Units, confirming the technical feasibility of the system.Ī couple of months later, in August, Odfjell Oceanwind secured a pre-project grant from Enova, Norway’s fund for climate and energy technologies, to mature its first commercial contracts for MOWUs and WindGrid™ for the electrification of oil and gas installations. The MOWUs are intended to use Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD or SG 11.0-200 DD offshore wind turbines, featuring either 14 MW or 11 MW capacities, respectively. This June, Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy entered into an agreement with the company to collaborate on the development of MOWUs, with an intention to jointly work on MOWUs in connection with Odfjell Oceanwind’s WindGrid™ hybrid for micro-grids. The company develops, owns and operates a fleet of floating MOWUs with the primary purpose of supplying electricity to “off-grid” or “micro-grid” consumers.Īccording to the Odfjell Oceanwind, MOWUs are ideally suited to provide power to oil and gas installations that require power for a limited period, typically until the production closes on that particular field. Odfjell Oceanwind was created after Odfjell Drilling acquired a controlling stake in Oceanwind last year. This summer, OKEA and partners Petoro and Neptune Energy Norge made the decision to develop the Hasselmus gas discovery off Norway as a subsea tie-back to the Draugen platform and subsequently awarded Aker Solutions with a contract to carry out modifications on the platform to enable the processing of gas from the Hasselmus discovery.Īs for the potential addition of a floating wind farm to the development, the next step for Odfjell Oceanwind, OKEA, and TrønderEnergi is to perform early-stage technical, economical and regulatory evaluations, and study the potential impact on the environment and climate, before moving forward with the project, according to the three partners. Two pipelines connect the facility to a floating loading-buoy. Stabilised oil is stored in tanks at the base of the facility. The field has been developed with a concrete fixed facility and integrated topside and has both platform and subsea wells.

The Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea was operated by Shell until it was sold to OKEA in 2018. Odfjell Oceanwind is also considering using the potential wind farm as a flexible storage location for its Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs), producing renewable energy in between contract periods for off-grid applications. The project’s floating wind turbines would provide renewable power to the Draugen platform and utilise the Draugen infrastructure, including the planned power from shore cable.

Norwegian floating wind technology developer Odfjell Oceanwind, exploration and production (E&P) company OKEA, and utility company TrønderEnergi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly evaluate the potential of developing a floating offshore wind farm that will be connected to the Draugen platform.