据钻探承包商网6月28日报道，随着应对气候变化的社会压力不断增大，油气行业必须找到新的方法来降低其运营中的碳排放。挪威能源巨头Equinor负责技术、数字和创新的执行副总裁Carri Lockhart表示，尤其是对于大型跨国油气公司而言，必须满足众多利益相关者日益增长的脱碳需求。
她称，这关乎我们的经营许可。世界上从来没有像今天这样关注减少石油和天然气的排放。我们需要探索、开发、生产和提供尽可能低的碳足迹的能源。这就是社会对我们的期望。
在6月15日举行的IADC 2021年世界钻探大会的主题演讲中，Lockhart表示，她的公司计划在未来的新钻井合同中引入更严格的排放要求。该公司还与钻机所有者合作，减少移动钻机的排放，特别是通过移动钻机电气化和实施降低钻井过程能耗的技术。
Lockhart为公司在这方面制定了一个雄心勃勃的目标。她指出无论是通过陆上的碳捕获和存储电力，还是通过可再生的海上电力生产，未来的钻机将能够连接到绿色的海上平台或电力枢纽。
此外，Equinor还在寻找在整个项目生命周期内降低成本的方法，以适应能源结构的变化和油气资产基础的成熟带来的低利润业务。她强调道，这将需要运营效率的逐步改变，特别是在钻探和完井方面。大部分效率将通过采用数字系统来实现，这有助于减少与钻探作业相关的总时间和成本以及钻井平台产生的排放。
Lockhart表示，例如，Equinor专注于通过简化、标准化的油井设计和使用适合目的的技术，以及更智能地使用油井工程软件来减少规划油井所花的时间，从而改进油井施工流程。我们有大量的数据可以整合。工程师应该通过智能系统收集并展示数据，这样他们就可以花更多的时间进行优化和简化，以实现安全高效的油井交付。
运营管理也是一个重点领域。2019年，Equinor推出了两个陆上支持中心，以集中其海上勘探和生产活动:综合运营中心和地质运营中心。其正在试行其他中心，以支持钻井设备的远程操作。
Lockhart称，我们正与供应商密切合作，全面整合远程操作，这对于我们如何合作和进一步整合服务提供商的技术将更加重要。未来的项目将需要更高效的工具、机械和钻机，以改进油井输送，我们必须以比过去更加一体化的方式工作。
郝芬 译自 钻探承包商
原文如下：
Equinor looks to digital systems to generate efficiencies necessitated by low-carbon future
As societal pressure to address climate change continues to grow, the oil and gas industry must find new ways to lower carbon emissions from its operations. Especially for large multinational oil and gas companies, they must meet increasing decarbonization demands from a myriad stakeholders, said Carri Lockhart, Executive Vice President, Technology, Digital and Innovation at Equinor.
“It’s about our license to operate,” she said. “Never has there been more focus in the world to reduce emissions from oil and gas than there is today. We need to explore, develop, produce and provide energy sources with as low a carbon footprint as possible. This is what’s expected from us in society.”
During a keynote address at the virtually held IADC World Drilling 2021 Conference on 15 June, Ms Lockhart said her company is planning to introduce stronger emissions requirements for new rig contracts moving forward. It is also working with rig owners on reducing emissions from mobile drilling units, particularly through the electrification of mobile rigs and the implementation of technologies that reduce energy consumption during drilling.
Ms Lockhart laid out an ambitious goal for the company in this area. “Rigs in the future will be able to connect to power from platforms or power hubs offshore that are green, either through carbon capture and storage power from land or from renewable offshore power production,” she noted.
On top of that, Equinor is also looking for ways to reduce cost across the project lifecycle in order to adapt to the lower-margin business that will arise from a shifting energy mix and a maturing oil and gas asset base. This will require a step-change in operational efficiency, particularly in drilling and completions, she emphasized. Much of this efficiency will come through the adoption of digital systems that could help reduce the overall time and costs associated with a drilling operation and the emissions generated from a rig.
For instance, Ms Lockhart said Equinor is focused on making improvements to its well construction process through simplified, standardized well designs and the utilization of fit-for-purpose technology, as well as smarter use of well engineering software to reduce the time spent planning a well.
“We have an immense amount of data that can be integrated. An engineer should have data gathered and presented through smart systems so they can spend more time on optimization and streamlining for safe and efficient well deliveries,” Ms Lockhart said.
Operations management is also an area of focus. In 2019, Equinor rolled out two onshore support centers to centralize its offshore exploration and production activities: the Integrated Operations Center and the Geo-Operations Center. It is piloting additional centers to support remote operations of drilling units.
“We’re working very closely with our suppliers for that total integration of remote operations, and it’s going to be more important to how we collaborate and further integrate service provider technology,” Ms Lockhart said. “Future projects will demand more efficient tools, machinery and rigs to enable improvements in well delivery, and we have to work in a more integrated fashion than we have in the past.”
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