Siemens engineers have been working on creating a fully-automated subsea oil platform at the firm's research centre in Norway, Trondheim. 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.
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.