OPT noted that the study will consider water depths of 1,000m, 2,000m, and 3,000m. Credit: Pexels from Pixabay.

Ocean energy solutions provider Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has secured a contract to study the deployment and operational requirements of using its PB3 PowerBuoy to provide ‘remotely controllable zero-carbon power’ for subsea oil production.

OPT secured the contract from global offshore technology development consortium DeepStar.

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The work will be executed as part of the ‘Remote Zero Carbon Power for Electric Subsea Operations’ initiative.

The initiative is a ‘techno-economic feasibility study’ funded by the DeepStar CORE programme. The study is supported by Total E&P Research and Technology USA.

OPT president and CEO George H Kirby said: “We are excited to work with Total and the DeepStar® member companies to explore the practical cost-saving, low-risk, and zero-carbon benefits of our solutions for deepwater subsea oil production applications.”

According to OPT, the project will explore using OPT’s PB3 PowerBuoy, as well as a subsea battery to reduce the carbon emissions and costs related to conventional means of ‘controlling subsea oil and gas production equipment’.

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OPT noted that the study will consider water depths of 1,000m, 2,000m, and 3,000m.

Total E&P Research and Technology USA Subsea and Deepwater manager Daniel Byrd said: “Total is interested in studying how locally generated electrical power can support its vision of all-electric, low-carbon developments in deep offshore.

“This study is intended to identify which combinations of parameters (water depth, tieback distance) could bring cost savings for a simple subsea architecture using OPT’s PB3 PowerBuoy.”

In July, OPT launched its PowerBuoy surface surveillance solution for security monitoring of offshore areas.