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• Oil and gas fields can to a large extent be electrified without power from shore
• Significant emission reductions can be realised with impact already in 2024
• This can lay the foundation for a large export industry based on offshore floating wind for Norway

Mobile Offshore Wind Units are floating wind turbines that can move from location to location as and when there is a need for renewable power. They are ideally suited to provide power to oil and gas installations that require power for a limited period, typically until the production closes on that particular field. The Norwegian oil and gas industry has high ambitions and targets a cut in carbon emissions by 50% before 2030. There are principally four ways of delivering on the ambition: