CleanCut pilot - a new approach to treatment of offshore drill cuttings

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

Norwegian Technology (NT) will through a pilot project with two oil operator companies finalize the development and demonstrate a novel and patented approach to offshore treatment of oil-contaminated drill cuttings. The innovation has the potential to provide significant cost savings for oil operator companies on the NCS compared to reinjection or transport onshore for treatment. The technology will also provide high value for drilling operations in areas without ship-to-shore and treatment infrastructures, or in case of a lack of reinjection formations. NT's solution is based on a series of novel features, providing high processing capacity and high oil separation catering to regulatory demands. By incorporating a framework for environmental risk assessment procedures as part of the demonstration project, NT seeks to anchor the approach not only with operator companies for validation and market access, but also with regulators to enable a replicable and fast roll-out after the project period. Novel engineering solutions and new environmental insights go hand-in-hand in the project. Building on previous R&D efforts to mature the technology and complete the R&D cycle, the project focuses heavily on full-scale testing in line with the desires of the oil operator companies.