Power play: UK North Sea industry up for the challenge of electrifying oil and gas platforms

Cost, regulatory and cross-sector cultural challenges still to be overcome to get facilities running on greener power but there is optimism emissions reductions goals can be met

Urgent: switching as many UK oil and gas facilities to run on cleaner electricity is widely seen as a minimum requirement for the industry to maintain its so called societal licence to operate
Urgent: switching as many UK oil and gas facilities to run on cleaner electricity is widely seen as a minimum requirement for the industry to maintain its so called societal licence to operatePhoto: EQUINOR
Published 17 February 2022, 10:26Updated 22 February 2022, 07:03
United KingdomNorth SeaElectrificationOffshore Energies UK (OEUK)OGA