145 projects

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PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Multiphase flow in downward-inclined pipelines

Pipeline networks on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) are highly complex, including downward sections, undulating risers, and other non-standard geometries. These complexities strongly affect flow regimes, phase transitions, liquid accumulation, and overall pipeline performance. Despite thei...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Akershus

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Optimal Mapping of Biodiversity at Arctic–Mid Ocean Ridge Sulfide Deposits

Norway has begun a conditional process to open parts of the deep sea for possible seabed mineral extraction, including areas along the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR). Before any activity can take place, we need much better knowledge of the unique organisms that live on the seafloor and how they mi...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Safe subsea pipelines exposed to hydrogen from cathodic protection

Norway’s petroleum sector relies on an extensive network of subsea pipelines, stretching over 8,900 kilometers, to safely and efficiently transport oil and gas from offshore fields to onshore facilities in Norway and Europe. Ensuring the safety and reliability of these pipelines is critical, as a...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Understanding the mineral-forming processes at the Mohns Ridge

Seabed Minerals Around Arctic’s Slow-Motion Volcanoes: The Secrets of the Mohns Ridge Deep between Norway and Greenland, the Earth is slowly pulling itself apart along the Mohns Ridge, an underwater mountain range where seafloor spreading happens at an exceptionally slow pace. Magma from the deep...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Biofilm Inhibition using Osmotic Pressure as a Novel Strategy for Improved Sustainability: Reducing Biocide Use and Environmental Impact

Biofilms are slimy layers of microorganisms that stick to surfaces and protect themselves with a matrix of sugars, proteins, and DNA. These microbial communities are incredibly resilient and can survive chemical attacks from disinfectants. In the oil and gas industry, biofilms frequently form in ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Intelligent Decision Support for Underwater Infrastructure Monitoring towards Higher Societal Security & REsilience

Beneath the ocean surface lies an invisible network of submarine cables and pipelines that power our lives. They carry electricity, data, and communication signals, connecting continents, enabling global trade, and supporting modern society. Yet these underwater lifelines are increasingly vulnera...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

makeSENSE: Ensemble based data assimilation with exact SENSitivities

The Norwegian petroleum industry must achieve a 50% reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, followed by a transition to near-zero emissions by 2050. At the same time, Norway plays an increasingly vital role as a stable energy supplier to Europe, and the demand for No...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

INFRAPOLITICS: Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Governance for Resilience and Security

INFRAPOL will explore how critical infrastructure – such as ports, data centers, subsea cables, and oil and gas pipelines – should be governed. Critical infrastructure is subject to complex political and economic pressures, often involving cross-border ownership interests. Public and private acto...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Leveraging Distributed Acoustic Sensing for enhanced well operation

Instantaneous and reliable monitoring of the stream of gas, oil and water from a petroleum production wells requires accurate and robust multiphase flow meters that can survive the harsh conditions deep down in the well. Fibre optical sound sensors are good candidates to be used as components in ...

Awarded: NOK 15.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Subsurface Understanding for Robust emissions Forecasting

Understanding the subsurface is essential for reducing energy consumption, lowering CO2 emissions, and improving recovery of resources during the planned transition to net-zero society. Developing better subsurface understanding will enhance efficiency and result in reduced emissions from oil and...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Development of Just-Add-Water Geopolymers for Well Cementing Applications

Cement is essential for well construction, and even more when plugging wells permanently. Today, Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is the industry standard—but it comes at a high environmental cost and faces some durability issues in demanding underground conditions. SafeRock2.0 is exploring a cl...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Improved quantification and abatement of methane and VOC emissions

Methane and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released during storage, loading, transport, and unloading of crude oil and condensate contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions from Norway’s petroleum sector. These gases also represent lost energy and pose health risks—especially b...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Assessing the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules and seafloor massive sulphides

The Mining Impact project was selected as part of the third phase of the successful JPI Oceans Joint Action on the ecological aspects of deep-sea mining. The research consortium brings together experts from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the Unite...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Akustisk sjokkbølge teknologi for in-situ spenningsmåling i 8 ½ brønn seksjon

It is important to have a good understanding of the rock formations and its characteristics to maintain well integrity during drilling operations. Such understanding is also important for other operations, such as permanent plugging and abandonment of wells. It may also be important to enable hig...

Awarded: NOK 18.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

SystematIc Methods for innovating and qualifying underwater cOmmunications and NEtwork protocols

The SIMONE consists in the design and qualification of a novel Dual Channel Acoustic Protocol for the use in the petroleum sector to support in the compelling and urgent need for underwater wireless connectivity. Such mobile connectivity is needed when deploying Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

MAPLES: Multi-fidelity and Probabilistic Lifetime Estimation for Slender Marine Structures

The oceans, with their relentless waves, strong currents, and floating platforms, pose significant challenges for slender marine structures like risers and dynamic power cables. One critical issue is Vortex-Induced Vibrations (VIV), which can affect their safety and longevity. VIV occurs when wat...

Awarded: NOK 10.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

iDROP Oceanid Navigator 2.0

The project will develop an overall method with detailed solutions for efficient and accurate installation of large sensor networks at significant water depths, as well as a main focus on hydrodynamic and hydroacoustic control at the final phase of the operation - on-board retrieval of sensors af...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Østfold

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Green water - phenomena, loads and response

The ambition of the Green Water IPN is to increase the safety of floating offshore units prone to green water events. Large waves overtopping the bow or deck of offshore units may represent a threat to the safety of personnel, to structural integrity and to the environment. Experience from the No...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

DiPPER - Differential Pressure Performance: Enhanced and Reliable

The goal of DiPPER is to develop MEMS-based sensor technology for high-pressure applications focusing on accuracy and long-term stability. The project will utilize advanced micromachining techniques to construct silicon sensors that meet the stringent requirements of their intended applications....

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Downhole Centric Reciprocating Pump (dCRP)

Traditional artificial lift methods in the oil and gas industry, such as electric submersible pumps and gas lift systems, face significant challenges in mature fields with increasing gas and water content in the wellstream. To address these challenges, we are developing the new downhole Centric R...

Awarded: NOK 19.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Agder

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Tracer-gas verification of P&A barriers

Thousands of oil and gas wells are permanently plugged each year. The Norwegian Continental Shelf will need to plug approximately 3,000 wells in the coming decades. Globally, it is estimated that between a quarter and a third of these plugged wells leak. A challenge for the industry is the lack o...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Towards Autonomous Coiled Tubing Operations

Norway has several thousand offshore wells that need to be maintained and eventually plugged in the coming years. New wells are being drilled for oil and gas production and other purposes, such as CO2 storage and geothermal energy extraction. Future maintenance and plugging of wells represent a s...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Risk assessment for the potential natural event triggered technical accidents of the offshore oil & gas industry in green transition

Natural disaster-triggered technical events (NATECH) pose significant risks to offshore oil and gas facilities. These events, caused by extreme weather like hurricanes and storms, can severely damage platforms, pipelines, and other infrastructure. These challenges are intensified in the current o...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Developing a control system for a fully automated CML system using a physical base model, AI & Digital Twin technologies in real-time

The project proposal presents an innovative control system for fully automated Controlled Mud Level (CML) operations, merging a physical base model with AI and Digital Twin technologies to facilitate real-time decision-making across various drilling phases, such as drilling, connection, and cemen...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Robust and high-performance membranes for CO2 separation and sequestration from natural gas (MEMCO2)

Natural gas is a vital energy source, and approximately 20% contains excess CO2 that must be removed to meet pipeline specifications. The only viable solution to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions is to develop and implement carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration technologies. The prima...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

MonkeyBot 2.0 – Automatisert Rørinspeksjon for Økt Effektivitet, Sikkerhet og Bærekraft

MonkeyBot 2.0 – The Future of Industrial Inspection In a world where safety, efficiency, and sustainability are becoming increasingly important, KAEFER blu is developing a groundbreaking robotic solution for industrial inspection and maintenance: MonkeyBot 2.0. It is designed to reduce costs, enh...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

FlowHeat - An innovative solution for subsea pipeline heating

FlowHeat: Revolutionizing Subsea Pipeline Heating FlowHeat is an innovative subsea pipeline heating solution that tackles challenges in offshore oil and gas operations, especially in deep, cold waters. Traditional methods like chemical inhibitors or electrical systems such as Direct Electric Hea...

Awarded: NOK 20.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

eXRES Demo

The "eXRES Demo - IPN 2024" project marks a significant innovation in exploration drilling technology. CoreAll, in collaboration with Aker BP, is developing a new resistivity sensor that enables real-time logging of geological resistivity data during drilling and coring operations. The technology...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

WellAware: Real-Time Well Monitoring & Integrity Management Application

By interconnecting two adjacent disciplines – production and integrity monitoring – and their respective data environments, the project aims to develop a new analytics tool for shared situational awareness with interdependencies that will improve decision making from a holistic well management pe...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Bridging Oceans - Advancing wave forecasting and vessel motion predictions

Introduction Accurate weather forecasting is essential for the safety and efficiency of offshore operations. When waves, wind, and currents are not well predicted, it can lead to costly delays, safety risks, and unnecessary emissions from vessels waiting on weather. As the offshore industry incre...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Akershus

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