Techno-Economic Study on Green Power Generation for Soroush Offshore Complex

Iranian offshore oil and gas platforms are mostly located in Persian Gulf. Considering the technical and environmental problems resulted from off-design running condition of processes on a platform and the absence of any strategies to stop or decrease the amount of the greenhouse gas emission production rate in Persian Gulf, which is intensively increasing; modern methods of energy generation from available renewable potentials near offshore platforms are suggested. Integration of renewable energy converters with offshore oil and gas platforms will solve both problems with machinery and environment to an acceptable extend. In this study, the economics of the Soroush offshore complex is subjected with two scenarios. The first scenario defines the present condition in which the total power demand of the complex is supplied by burning the associated extracted natural gas on board the platform in its thermal power plant and the second scenario considers a wind farm located near Bardekhun in Bushehr province to be connected to the complex power network and shares its renewable source generated power with the platform. The economics of both scenarios are compared in terms of total annual power cost. The second scenario is found obviously more beneficial although there are some conservative assumptions included in accordance to shortage of data and limitations which makes it more attractive.

Keywords:

Soroush oilfield , Renewable energy , wind power , environmental pollution , Persian Gulf