In November 2018, Vår Energi and Simon Møkster Shipping agreed to upgrade the supply vessel Stril Barents to reduce CO2 emissions. The upgrade involves the installation of shore power connection, along with a new battery solution for energy storage on board. Now, the shore power connection has been tested and is operational.
Stril Barents is a supply vessel for the Goliat platform in the Barents Sea, one of the oil fields on the Norwegian shelf with the lowest CO2 emissions.
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Vår Energi and Simon Møkster Shipping informed that the first phase of its upgrade has been completed, and the shore power connection has been tested and is operational. This enables Stril Barents to be connected to shore power, reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions while docked at the supply base Polarbase in Hammerfest. Moreover, the solution contributes to lower noise pollution.
According to the plan, the system for charging the ship’s battery pack will be completed during the summer of 2019. This will limit fuel consumption during transit and field operations. The goal is to reduce the annual CO2 emissions from Stril Barents by 1400 tonnes, as well as 12 tonnes of NOx, when the system is completed.
The Goliat field in the Barents Sea is partly electrified through one of the world’s longest subsea electric cables and places the field amongst the lowest CO2 emitters on the shelf. In 2018, the average CO2 emission from Goliat was around 2 kg per barrel of oil produced. The average for the Norwegian shelf in 2017 was about 8-9 kg per barrel produced.
As for the Stril Barents, it operates with LNG and is one of the most environmentally friendly vessels in the offshore industry.
