Offshore Wind Powered Oil and Gas Fields: A Preliminary Investigation of the Techno-Economic Viability for the Offshore Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Shadman, Milad; Estefen, Segen F.; Amiri, Mojtaba Maali; Nunes, Kleber; Rangel, Priscilla; Tavares, Luiz Filipe de Assis; Assad, Luiz Paulo de Freitas

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“…Brazil's offshore oil and gas sector includes exploration and production activities using platforms, wells and pipelines with refineries onshore. The total oil and natural gas production in Brazil [140] was about 47% of the internal energy supply of Brazil in 2018 [139,141]. Offshore production represents 96.9% and 80.8% of the total value of oil and natural gas, respectively.…”

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“…Additionally, intensive oil and gas activities can be observed in the northeast offshore wind hotspot along the coastline of RN state within water depths up to 50 m. The existence of oil and gas activities in high offshore wind potential might lead to ocean space utilization conflicts in the case of large-scale offshore wind farms. On the other hand, different possibilities of synergy, such as the reuse of the deactivated oil and gas platform avoiding its decommissioning [142][143][144] or decarbonization by feeding the oil and gas activities by offshore wind power, especially for mature fields [140]. Additionally, the presence of anthropic activities associated with the the oil and gas industry, environmental data and licensing processes can be made use of to develop offshore wind projects in such areas.…”

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A Review of Offshore Renewable Energy in South America: Current Status and Future Perspectives

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This paper addresses the current status and future research and development perspectives associated with technologies to harness offshore renewable energy, including offshore wind, waves, tides, ocean currents, and thermal and salinity gradient, in South America (SA). It focuses on five countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay. At first, a comprehensive survey presents the number of scientific papers classified based on the resource to show the tendency and importance of such subjects in the academic community. Each country’s electricity matrix and grid connection are shown to understand the region’s renewable source participation situation. The potential of offshore renewable resources is addressed by considering the published technical papers in scientific journals. The main conflicts and synergies associated with ocean space utilization are presented by considering the exclusive economic zone of each country. The status of the regulatory frameworks to promote and development of offshore renewable energies is presented. Two sections are dedicated to presenting the active, decommissioned and planned projects, research groups and laboratory infrastructures to develop the technologies. The last section discusses the future perspectives on the development of this sector in SA. It is observed that SA, with more than 25,000 km of coastline, has a great potential for offshore renewable energy; however, so far, these resources have not been explored commercially. Larger investment in the sector, establishing an adequate legal framework and deploying full-scale demonstration projects at sea are necessary for the commercialization of such technologies in SA.

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