Lars Sørum appointed new head at SINTEF Petroleum Research

Mesozoic play types: evaluation and uncertainty

Scandinavian, Finnish and Icelandic experts on the capture, transport and storage of CO₂ are meeting for the first time in a Nordic Centre of Expertise.

Chief scientist Erik Lindeberg of SINTEF Petroleum Research has been awarded the international research prize “The SINTEF and NTNU CCS Award” for his pioneering role in research on storing CO₂ in geological strata.

Forskere kartlegger nå det indre av Svelvikryggen i Hurum for å se om området kan brukes til forskning på CO₂-håndtering. I disse dager starter prøveboring som vil avgjøre om åsryggen kan bli et unikt grønt feltlaboratorium.

SINTEF innviet onsdag 9. september to nye oljelaboratorier i Trondheim til 35 millioner kroner. Laboratoriene vil gi viten som trengs for å få ilandført olje og gass fra framtidige offshorefelt på store dyp og langt fra land.

Ved drift av undervannsfelt på sokkelen, går store beløp med til å holde lumske isliknende krystaller i sjakk. Et kjemisk puslespill som legges i Bergen, har tent håpet om billigere vern mot ”isen”.

Oppstår det lekkasjer ved CO₂-lagring i undergrunnen, lar klimagassen seg stanse før den gjør skade, ifølge reservoarekspert i SINTEF.

Europe is to invest NOK 730 million in joint European laboratories for CO₂ capture and storage – and will use almost a third of the total in Norway. NTNU and SINTEF will coordinate the international effort, which will involve building five CO₂ laboratories in Trondheim.

SINTEF Petroleum Research and the Stavanger-based company Hitec Products Drilling AS are setting up a new company that aims to improve the efficiency of offshore drilling and well operations.

Now completed and immediately deliverable:

This year marks 25 years from the onset of the first large joint industry project (JIP) on rock mechanics at the former IKU. This project was called Formation Mechanics. It was the original brainchild of a number of key persons: Rolf K. Bratli, Rasmus Risnes, Per Horsrud and Tor Hartvig, the former institute director. Four years and 17 MNOK later the Formation Physics laboratory had been instrumented and established as a state-of-the art laboratory for sand prediction and rock acoustics research. These developments laid down the foundations for the Formation Physics department at SINTEF.