Oil & gas


FIVE CONSIDERATIONS TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF MOTORS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY


According to McKinsey, most oil and gas operators have not maximised the production potential of their assets and offshore platforms are on average, running at only 77 per cent of maximum production potential. Industry-wide, this shortfall represents a whopping USD 200 billion in annual revenue. Here Marek Lukaszczyk, European and Middle East marketing manager at WEG, a leading global manufacturer of motors and drives, explains how optimising motor performance can contribute to more efficient and effective production processers in the oil and gas industry.


nergy efficient oil and gas processing begins with efficient facility design and this includes the choice of each piece of equipment in each individual process. More and more, we are seeing an increasing number of oil and gas companies adopting a wider range of technologies that are helping them become more efficient and minimising costs. While efficiency improvements should be considered as a facility-wide strategy instead of limited to one individual asset, electric motors play a key role in the oil and gas production and distribution infrastructure. They are widely used to drive equipment such as pump and compressor systems and thus offer great potential for efficiency gains. Let us explore five considerations to improve the efficiency of motors in the oil and gas industry.


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HIGH EFFICIENCY MOTOR UPGRADES Europe has over eight billion electric motors in use across industry, consuming approximately 63 per cent of the electricity generated across the continent. Many motors used in oil and gas applications are either low efficiency or not properly sized for the application. Incorrect sizing can significantly impact the efficiency of motor performance. Similarly, older motors may have been rewound, reducing their efficiency. For this


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