
Each of the partners will bring its expertise to help develop a collaborative and noncompetitive culture to establish better understanding and best practice sharing around sustainability throughout the industrial chain. Eni will contribute its industrial skills, the quality of its supply chain and its strategic commitment to a fair and sustainable energy transition. BCG will bring its strategic angle on ESG objectives, a valuation and growth model, and the value proposition for the platform. Google Cloud will contribute its excellent competency in cloud computing, Big Data and artificial intelligence.
Collaboration between the firms arrived at an integrated solution that combines Kongsberg Maritime’s energy management systems with NOV’s research into energy optimization. A core principle of the joint solution was to limit and optimize generator usage, and it was soon established that the rig would still be able to carry out full drilling operations using only three of its diesel generators on average. By halving the generator capacity, the engines operate at higher loads, which in tandem with the switch-off of the other units’ results in radically improved fuel efficiency, a sharp decrease in carbon deposits and a concurrent reduction in maintenance requirements. The annual figures are impressive: fuel consumption will be reduced by about 2,300 tons, CO2 emissions by 7,300 tons and NOx by 125 tons, equating to an overall saving in fuel and emissions of more than 25%. The project is approved and supported by the NOx Fund, a Norwegian government initiative for reducing NOx emissions.

(Source: Kongsberg Maritime)

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