Oil majors BP , Shell and Total want to connect some of their oil platforms to N...
) want to connect some of their oil platforms to Norway’s onshore power grid to reduce carbon emissions, BP said in a letter to the oil and energy ministry.
Pressure has intensified on fossil fuel companies to curb emissions as investors threaten to withhold funds and public awareness of climate change grows.Offshore installations at BP’s Eastern Trough Area Project , Shell’s Shearwater and Total’s Elgin-Franklin in the British sector of the North Sea could be connected via a 300-kilometres-long subsea cable, BP’s letter said.
It said it had already submitted an application to connect to the Norwegian grid, asking the ministry’s officials to meet to discuss the project further. A number of oil platforms on the Norwegian continental shelf have already been connected to the grid, with more projects expected.
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