Exploring Green Energy Applications in the Oil and Gas Industry

In the case of the Venezuelan Maracaibo Lake Basin, the existence of mature represents a good opportunity to recover them using renewable energy, even worldwide exploration efforts become are almost inaccessible and environmentally sensitive places. Therefore, many companies have shifted his strategies to revitalize mature fields, increase their recovery factor and extend their life cycle. This study proposes an integrated approach to revitalize mature fields, but in a sustainable way. by incorporating renewable sources to supply part of the energy field consumption; thus, allowing monetizing more oil (usually used as fuel consumption), and improving asset management by implementing a production monitoring system (based on field automation and remote-control processes). The integrated approach to revitalize mature fields includes the following steps: Reserves management upon best practices recommended in PRMS 2018 and follow up based on performance and sustainability indicators.Artificial lift technologies to optimize production performance.Identification of potential opportunities to substitute fuel consumption with renewable energy sources; incorporated to production optimization, energy efficiency and remote monitoring programs.Implementation of energy transition programs focused on maximizing asset value and improving corporate reputation. It should be noted that Solar and Eolic energy sources were preliminarily identified as the best suited to contribute with revitalization of mature fields, by substituting in between 10 to 15% of fuel consumption; besides this, uncertainty in renewable energy supply, as well as "the state of the art" technologies to extend energy storage should be take into consideration for implementing energy transition programs. In addition, future applications of renewable energy sources in EOR projects may be further investigated considering the benefits in production performance and reservoir management.

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Unconventional Fields Recovery Enabled By Large-Scale Green Power Supply Based on Multi Micro-Grids and Energy Storage Sharing with National Data Centers

Tong,

Wang,

Weng

et al. 2023

SPE/IATMI Asia Pacific Oil &Amp; Gas Conference and Exhibition

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Unconventional oil and gas reserves have drawn considerable attention for petroleum companies over the last two decades. Eco-friendly electric-powered drilling rigs and fracturing fleets have been commercially available instead of diesel-powered equipment. However, Operators were often confronted with challenges of the great demand on electrical power especially fracturing operation. Fossil-energy-powered electricity and existing expensive high-voltage power grids have negative effect on Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) initiatives and CAPEX of shale-oil developing projects. Additionally, although operators concern multi-energy complementary with regard to green energy such as solar energy and wind power, economic and efficiency drawbacks of green electricity caused by power uncertainties could not be ignored. Unconventional reserves have been proved in Western China full of abundant green energy. As demonstrated in the national project of "Channels computing resources from east to west", computing-power data centers are constructed with electrochemical Energy-Storage System (ESS) in Western China and power source mainly stem from local green energy. In this paper one novel green-power supply solution based on capacity leasing and energy storage sharing with data centers was proposed due to electrical power surplus. One hybrid power network, combining 35kV grid with Multi Micro-grids (MMGs) between green-power stations and oil field pads, was planned to be constructed by operators. One ESS-based system integrating MMGs was set up in one case demonstration. Some mobile energy-storage units were used for cost-effective power supply and peak shaving on certain pads due to poor load curves. The solution feasibility was verified and compared with the traditional power supply mode. ESS-based system with MMGs is qualified for affordable green-powered well construction and sustainable development of unconventional oil fields.

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Exploring Green Energy Applications in the Oil and Gas Industry

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Unconventional Fields Recovery Enabled By Large-Scale Green Power Supply Based on Multi Micro-Grids and Energy Storage Sharing with National Data Centers

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