The Norwegian company Equinor, formerly Statoil, has identified three offshore oil and gas platforms as candidates for replacing their gas turbines with electric power from land-based sources. According to Equinor, the transition may cut CO₂ emissions by more than 600,000 tons per year.

The platforms include Troll C and the Sleipner field center, which includes the Gudrun tie-in platform in the North Sea. On Troll C, the CO₂ emission reduction potential is 365,000 tons per year by platform electrification, and for the Sleipner field center and Gudrun the CO₂ emission reduction potential is 250,000 tons per year. Electrification may also lead to annual reductions of NOx emissions by around 2,500 tons.

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