Siemens engineers have been working on creating a fully-automated subsea oil platform at the firm's research centre in Trondheim, Norway. The benefits of creating such a platform include reduced well pressure, improved flow conditions and a heightened rate of oil recovery. Just 20% of the oil and gas found in deep sea reservoirs can be recovered, according to Bjørn Rasch, Siemens' head of subsea power. But it is not just about reducing costs.
Siemens engineers have been working on creating a fully-automated subsea oil platform at the firm's research centre in Trondheim, Norway. The benefits of creating such a platform include reduced well pressure, improved flow conditions and a heightened rate of oil recovery. Just 20% of the oil and gas found in deep sea reservoirs can be recovered, according to Bjørn Rasch, Siemens' head of subsea power. "There is a huge value potential if you are able to increase the recovery rate by just a few percent”, he said.