Energy Efficiency Improvement of a Gas Compressor Through Process Parameters Adjustments

Abstract

As a global leader in energy supply, Saudi Aramco spares no efforts in maintaining the global energy demand by operating major onshore and offshore oil fields. This comes while ensuring to minimize the carbon footprint that will be resulted oil production, and to maximize the value creation from the operating facilities. The production of crude oil from these oil fields will involve producing associated gas at a facility that is called Gas Oil Separation plant (GOSP) which will be handled through gas gathering trains at the Gas Oil Separation Plants (GOSPs) to accommodate this valuable by-product with the produced crude oil from the connected oil field to increase the value creation and reduce flaring of the associated gas which may negatively impact the surrounding environment which includes but not limited to impacting climate change and air pollution. This is also part of Saudi Aramco commitments toward circular economy by reducing waste the amount of waste at the oil producing facilities. Therefore, Saudi Aramco strives to improve energy efficiency at its premises. In spite of all the exerted efforts, strict policies, challenging targets and investments to achieve a continual improvement in energy efficiency, it would be hard to avoid a performance plateau without breakthrough solutions. This is particularly true in Saudi Aramco, considering the large geographical area in which different facilities are scattered. Energy efficiency and environmental protection are two important parameters that are interconnected, and both are critical for the quality of future generation. Effective power utilization can eventually help sustainability and circular economy.