Norwegian oil company Equinor is cutting emissions by laying a power cable to its Johan Sverdrup field, rather than using gas turbines. It says the move cuts emissions by about 80% to 0.5 kg of CO2 per barrel, and that total emissions in a year will be 460,000 fewer tonnes of CO2, making the field one of the world's most carbon efficient. Equinor plans to power more of its offshore sites in a similar way. Equinor, which also owns the Hywind floating wind farm in Scotland, wants to cut its carbon emissions by three million tonnes by 365,000.
Norwegian oil company Equinor is cutting emissions by laying a power cable to its Johan Sverdrup field, rather than using gas turbines. It says the move cuts emissions by about 80% to 0.5 kg of CO2 per barrel, and that total emissions in a year will be 460,000 fewer tonnes of CO2, making the field one of the world's most carbon efficient. Equinor plans to power more of its offshore sites in a similar way. Equinor, which also owns the Hywind floating wind farm in Scotland, wants to cut its carbon emissions by three million tonnes by 2030.