Power engineers at RN-Vankor (a subsidiary of Rosneft’s oil and gas production complex) have developed a technology to convert a diesel power plant to gas fuel. The technological solution implemented at the Vankor field’s central gathering station has reduced the power plant’s emissions: CO2 by 30%, particulate matter by 90%, and also significantly reduced nitrogen oxide and sulphur oxide emissions.

Thanks to the new dual-fuel technology, the diesel-driven generator, with unit capacity of 5.2 MW, can run on diesel or on a mixed gas-diesel fuel (50 % gas and 50 % diesel). The technical and economic performance of the dual-fuel power plant has proven its efficiency. Economic benefits of 13.3 million roubles were obtained as a result of the tests.

New engineering networks for control and protection systems, gas equipment, a gas reduction unit and gas distribution networks were installed for the project. An automated gas detection and alarm system operates in the diesel-driven generator set room to ensure safe operation of the power plant. Three more dual-fuel power plants will be implemented in the Vankor field in near future.

The Vankor project uses the latest technologies in construction, production, preparation and transportation of commercial products. The enterprise’s employees’ suggestions helped to improve the efficiency and reliability of process equipment, saving more than 53 billion roubles.

The technologies successfully tested at the Vankor cluster fields will be used at the facilities of Vostok Oil, Rosneft’s largest production project in the north of Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Rosneft
Information Division
January 17, 2023

Keywords: Environmental news 2023