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• TITLE: Investigation of Power Supply to Subsea Loads from High Voltage Electric Source Using Modular Direct Current Scheme

  AUTHORS: Biweri Kainga, Roupa Agbadede

  KEYWORDS: Subsea Loads, Risk Analysis, Voltage Loss, Power Systems

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, Vol.8 No.6, June 28, 2020

  ABSTRACT: Subsea power converters have been identified in recent researches as a potential means of supplying power to subsea loads and this technology has been seen as a means to reduce the reliance on offshore platforms. This study analyses all electric subsea high power system for power generation and transmission in the offshore oil and gas industry for sustainable subsea development. In order to accomplish the analysis of power generation and transmission to subsea loads, the MAT lab SIMULINK software was employed to ascertain losses arising from the transmission of power to subsea systems. Data from Agbara and Akpo fields, all located in Nigeria, were analysed using the MSDC model as an alternative power source for power generation and transmission to all subsea loads. When the voltage loss between a step out distance at 30 km and 200 km was compared for the Akpo oil field, the plots indicate a significant loss in voltage. The RMS value of voltage loss increased from 0.8874 at a step out distance 30 km to 0.9449 for 200 km.