The goal of this project is to determine the feasibility of adopting technology to reduce the size of the power generating equipment and to provide “peak loading” energy through the use of new energy generating and energy storage devices. This project is part of a larger Proposed GPRI/Crisman Study to develop theoretically and empirically an energy inventory of the drilling process from a rig perspective. There are a number of current technologies that can be used to partially provide power to a rig and reduce fuel consumption and emissions. These need to be evaluated technically and economically to determine the feasibility of application to a drilling rig (e.g., diesel additives, types of fuels (gas, dual fuel system, synthetic fuels etc, wind energy, solar cells, fuel cells, power management, and gas turbine generators). Together with these technologies, new energy storage technology (specifically energy storage compatible with drilling operations) will be required |