In this Deep Dive podcast with World Oil, Nishant Jha, Director Well Production Systems for Schlumberger, goes deeper into the article “Electrifying Offshore Oil and Gas Production,” published in the February 2022 issue of World Oil. He explains how open collaboration is replacing segmented linear workflows for earlier, more effective decision making, continuing throughout the life of the asset to drive extended high performance. Jha shows how the key enabler for unlocking an asset’s full potential at the lowest possible carbon footprint is electrification in both new developments and brownfields. Agile all-electric energy systems enable operators to reduce total expenditure and carbon intensity in comparison with conventional hydraulically powered production systems, which have distance limits, numerous potential leak points, and four times the size and weight. Jha walks listeners through real-world examples of how all-electric systems facilitate monitoring and control while paving the way to digitalization and the reinvention of the oil field.
