The global energy market faces a difficult challenge – how to meet increasing demand while achieving environmental sustainability and meeting the needs of a low-carbon economy and COP21. This challenge is driving significant changes in technology, locations, processes and regulations.
Renewable energy is developing at great speed, but fossil fuels, like oil and gas, remain a significant world fuel source. As the energy map shifts, the locations and the environments become more demanding. Technology is quickly advancing to meet these demands in exploration, production, refining, pipeline, storage and transportation.
Danfoss has considerable expertise in providing high-pressure pumps, specialized instrumentation, hydraulic equipment and first-class AC-drive solutions for the oil and gas industry and is well positioned to help customers enhance their equipment and processes. AC drives provide energy savings to any process in this field through effective speed control of electric motors. They are rapidly replacing the less efficient variable speed mechanical devices in oil pumping, and also bring many benefits in the area of information and diagnostics.
Most of the processes within the oil and gas industry are complex and exposed to harsh environmental conditions, placing a high demand on process equipment. Additionally, the need to reduce lifting costs and optimize production is critical. Achieving a high level of equipment efficiency and availability translates directly into bottom-line benefits: increased production output and improved product quality.