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Drilling Rig Fuel and Emissions Reduction Through Regenerative Braking, Load Leveling and Grid Drilling
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, IPTC 2009: International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dec 2009, cp-151-00261
Abstract
In this paper, we propose to increase the efficiency of drilling rigs DR, through measurement, modeling, adjustment of DR<br>operation, and incorporating an energy storage flywheel system FW resulting in significant reductions in fuel consumption<br>and pollutant emissions.