Rendering of a floating wind turbine connected to an oil platform Photo: DNV GL

IN DEPTH: 'Win-Win' plan to tap wind for oil extraction

For some supporters of wind energy, the very idea of a floating turbine being used to help bring out oil from offshore fields may seem like arming the enemy — putting off the day when clean energy finally takes over from fossil fuels.

6 March 2015 8:43 GMT Updated 4 May 2016 9:41 GMT

By Christopher Hopson in Zurich

Yet for Oslo-headquartered global risk management specialists DNV GL the whole concept of retrofittable wind-powered injection systems being used to increase reservoir pressure and boost oil production will offer the wind industry a major new business opportunity.

This month, DNV GL launched a Wind-powered Water Injection (Win-Win) joint industry project (JIP), with six of the biggest names from the wind and oil and gas industries signing up.

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