Energy-Optimised Modular Solids Control Systems for Offshore Low-Carbon Operations

Authors: Anthony Igbigbi

Country: Nigeria

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Abstract: Offshore drilling operations are under more and more pressure to drive down energy consumption and carbon emissions and ensuring as high operational efficiency and compliance with environmental protection standards as possible. Solids control systems, critical to the management of drilling fluid quality and waste generation, are traditionally power-demanding and they are designed as fixed, monolithic type, with low adaptability to changing drilling conditions. This paper discusses the new role of energy optimised modular solids control systems as a route to tease out low carbon offshore drilling operations. Combining modular equipment design, sophisticated automation, and energy-efficient engineers optimize process to reduce vast quantities of power required, waste production, and process downtime.
The study is a systems engineering and sustainability-based approach based on offshore drilling case studies, energy performance benchmarks, and the latest development of digital control technologies. The analysis shows that with a clever combination of the modular solids control architectures and smart control strategies, 20-35% reduction of energy consumption can be obtained with respect to conventional systems with better solids separation capability and operational flexibility. The results contain plentiful information for the roles of system modularity, adaptive process control and energy aware equipment selection, in achieving the de-carbonization goals for offshore. The paper concludes with a framework into implementing energy optimised, modular system to control solid as an integral module of low carbon offshore drilling.

Keywords: Offshore drilling; solids control systems; energy optimization; modular design; low-carbon operations; drilling waste management; process efficiency.

Paper Id: 232928

Published On: 2024-01-11

Published In: Volume 12, Issue 1, January-February 2024

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