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Totalistic 4D Seismic Data Analysis for Quantitative Interpretation

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Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SFI-Sentre for forskningsdrevet innovasjon

Statistics for Innovation

Det lages enorme mengder data. Hver dag i samles det data innen teknologi, industri, offentlig forvaltning og forskning for å lage prediksjoner og ta beslutninger. Statistics for Innovation har utviklet nye statistiske metoder for å lære fra data, kvantifisere risiko og ta beslutninger under usik...

Awarded: NOK 80.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Ukjent Fylke

ISPNATTEK-ISP - naturvit. og teknologi

Institusjonsforankra strategisk prosjekt (ISP) ved det teknisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet

Det Institusjonsforankrede Strategiske Prosjektet (ISP) skal styrke områdene Økt oljeutvinning og Risikostyring ytterligere, i tråd med de anbefalinger som gis i Evalueringen av ingeniørfag og Fagplan for ingeniørvitenskap. I prosjektet The ISP- Project o n IOR at UiS vil man undersøke potensiale...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Active use of passive seismics

The oil field of the future will comprise denser installations with temporary and permanent seismic sensors. Already today large arrays consisting of three-component geophones are installed at the surface and at the ocean bottom, and temporary installatio n of boreholes are more and more common. ...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

CO2 Injection For Stimulated Production Of Natural Gas

In this project we focus on stimulated production of hydrocarbons from gas hydrate reservoirs using injection of CO2, based on a patent idea under consideration by the US Patent office. We consider separate gas hydrate reservoirs as well the release and p roduction of additional hydrocarbons from...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Gas Hydrates on the Norway - Barents Sea - Svalbard margin

The main objective is to quantify gas accumulations in the form of hydrates in sediments on the Norway - Barents Sea - Svalbard, including an assessment of their dynamics and impacts on the seabed to provide knowledge; vital for a safe exploitation in oil and gas production. This overall objecti...

Awarded: NOK 10.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Petroleum-related regional studies of the Barents Sea region (PETROBAR)

More than three decades of research and petroleum exploration in the Barents Sea have revealed deep and complex sedimentary basin systems affected by a variety of geological processes. A large hydrocarbon potential has been proven, including multiple sour ce and reservoir intervals. However, ther...

Awarded: NOK 15.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

History Matching with 4D Seismics

History matching is a discipline which requires and involves expertise in different fields: geology, geophysics, rock mechanics, mathematics, computing and reservoir engineering. Early attempts at history matching were primarily based on matching producti on data, ie. well production and pressure...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Reservoir Monitoring and Dynamic Reservoir Characterization with Production, Seismic, and Electromagnetic Data

Reservoir characterization with only production data and prior information suffers from lack of information. 4-D seismic in addition to production data/prior information has the potential to increase the attainable quality of the property model significan tly. 4-D seismic has become a very useful...

Awarded: NOK 19.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Improved pore pressure prediction from seismic

The main objective of the project is to develop methods for improved prediction of pore pressures in sedimentary basins based on seismic data. Knowledge of pore pressures is important for well planning and drilling safety. An understanding of the evolutio n of pore pressures through geologic time...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Integrated analysis of near well region.

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Awarded: NOK 9.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Reduction of turbulence induced flow noise on seismic equipment.

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Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Bayesian Lithology-Fluid Inversion based on Well and Seismic Data

Information about petroleum reservoirs are collected in wells or seismic surveys. Well observations are precise but spatially sparse. Seismic data is indirect and fairly unprecise, but has good spatial coverage. Physical models for these data acquisition procedures are well established. Reservoi...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Geological Evolution of the Barents- and Kara Seas hydrocarbon provinces

The project involves the synthesis of existing geological and geophysical data from the Norwegian and Russian Arctic basins, and their interpretation using an interdisciplinary approach. By combining potential field data with seismic lines, further calibr ated with deep wells, shallow boreholes a...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

GPlates - A Novel Exploration Tool

Plate reconstructions have been an integral part of petroleum-related research since the advent of the plate tectonic paradigm. The GPlates consortium grew from the need to create a new plate motion model that can be linked to commonly used geological dat abases and to geodynamic models. GPlates ...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Enhanced Oil Recovery in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs

A collaboration between 3 University research groups in France, UK and Norway and 3 oil companies will try to improve oil recovery in fractured carbonate reservoirs by establishing a better understanding of the dominant in-situ oil recovery mechanisms dur ing stimulated production; including wate...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Multiscale Simulation of Highly Heterogeneous and Fractured Reservoirs

During the last 2-3 years, SINTEF has in collaboration with NTNU developed new multiscale methods for computing pressure and flow velocities in petroleum reservoirs. In the current project we wish to develop these methods further and demonstrate to the oi l industry that multiscale methods can be...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Improved reservoir forecasting through natural and injected tracer modeling

Natural tracers (geochemical and isotope variation of reservoir fluids) and ordinary tracers are underexploited as a source of data to understand oil reservoirs, and should be used in a better way e.g. to locate and quantify bypassed and un-produced oil v olumes in the reservoirs. The project wil...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Paleokarst Reservoirs: An integrated 3D approach to heterogeneity, reservoir- and seismic modelling

Over 60% of global hydrocarbon reserves lie in carbonate systems, a significant percentage of which contain paleokarst features. Paleokarst carbonate reservoirs have heterogeneous porosity and permeability, complicating efficient hydrocarbon (and groundwa ter) extraction. Paleokarst features rang...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

An Integrated Approach to Interfacial / Surface Processes in Crude Oil Systems

Processes at interfaces and surfaces are very central and important for the whole petroleum industrial value chain from recovery to refining. We need to update and modernize our knowledge about how different surface assemblies influence the wettability in the reservoar (for improved recovery), h...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Framtidens trådløse brønnloggingssystem med miljøvennlige sporstoffer for permanent monitorering av innstrømming i brønner

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Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

TERMINERT! Improved Water Saturation Estimates from Resisitity Logs based on Capillary- and Electrical Properties from Porous Plate Meas

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Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Integrated anisotropic depth imaging and velocity tomography for quantitative interpretation of multicomponent seismic data

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Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

The Jan Mayen micro-continent - Searching for new knowledge on prospectivity, basin evolution and sediment provenance

The Norwegian continental margin has been extensively studied through a large number of seismic surveys and drill holes, and the subsurface geology is therefore generally well known. In comparison, the knowledge on the subsurface geology of the conjugate East Greenland margin is rudimentary. More...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Mapping of residual oil between wells: a combined use of Electromagnetic (EM) logging and e-Core technology

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Awarded: NOK 0.94 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Hydrocarbon maturation in aureoles around sill intrusions in organic-rich sedimentary basins

We have recently completed an extensive five-year academic/industry research project on the geodynamic and petroleum implications of sill intrusions in sedimentary basins. A major achievement of this project was the development of a new hypothesis on the effect of sill emplacement on global clima...

Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Ice ages: subsidence, uplift and tilting of traps - the influence on petroleum systems

The proposed project will model the isostatic response of Cenozoic glaciations in the Barents Sea region and northern North Sea to constrain its potential impact on existing petroleum systems. With greatly improved geological boundary conditions, that is (1) more complete knowledge on timing and ...

Awarded: NOK 12.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Quantification of geological processes that govern basin scale fluid flow

We will assess geophysical characteristics and geological processes of focused fluid flow systems that may go through or connect to potential hydrocarbon reservoirs. The total number of hydrothermal vent complexes in the Norwegian offshore basins is estim ated to be between 2000 and 3000, and we ...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Quantitative interpretation of 4D seismic data for improved reservoir management

Prediction of how a hydrocarbon reservoir is being drained is often based on a numerical flow simulation model. 3-D seismic surveying is the most efficient technique to obtain reservoir information between wells. If seismic acquisition is repeated severa l times over the life of a field, it is p...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Modeling of capillary pressure and phase entrapment in porous media with account for wettability change

The development of efficient IOR technologies relies on understanding and accurate modeling of multiphase flow mechanisms encountered on various scales, from pore-scale to Darcy scale and further to geo-facies and reservoir scale. Such an integrated multi -scale modeling of water-alternating-gas ...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke