2,178 projects

IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

Safe and Autonomous Subsea Intervention (SAFESUB)

There is an increasing industry push for smart robotic solutions able to operate in complex and unstructured scenarios. To meet this need, we will in the SAFESUB project move beyond the research front and build vital interdisciplinary competence in the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

BEYOND ELASTICITY - How inelastic properties of crustal rocks control the propagation of dykes and sills in volcanic plumbing systems

Understanding the dynamics of volcanoes’ roots is of paramount important to predict volcanic eruptions, assess volcanic hazards, and explore for natural resources (geothermal, ore deposits, hydrocarbons) associated with active and ancient volcanoes. The main conduits transporting magmas in volcan...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Oslo

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Data and models to optimize maritime CO2 transport and offshore injection

By 2030, there is a need to develop a system of large-scale, flexible and cost-effective logistics chains enabling collection, transport, injection and safe storage of many millions of tonnes of CO2 per year. This will include CO2 from a variety of sources around the North Sea, all with varying d...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Exposure Assessment and Prevention of Death, Disease and Injuries among Offshore Petroleum Workers

Reporting period: 01.10.2024 – 30.09.2025 Work Package 1: The expert-based semi-quantitative benzene JEM scores have been linked to the database of personal measurements from 1993–2023, and quantitative estimates have been developed. A manuscript for this work has been in progress and is planned...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Oslo

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

3D geological interpretation for geosteering of wells

Directional steering during drilling is essential for maximizing oil and gas recovery from petroleum reservoirs. Geosteering involves guiding the drill and placing wells in real-time based on geological data. By analyzing measurements taken during drilling—known as Logging While Drilling (LWD)—we...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Non-intrusive separator level monitoring

Nicoustic was founded in June 2022 based on groundbreaking R&D cooperation between Equinor and Fraunhofer IKTS institute (Germany). Our product is a non-intrusive sensor system based on Guided Ultrasonic Waves. Our sensors will be able to detect levels of solids and liquids in separators and tank...

Awarded: NOK 8.6 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Demonstration of a downhole electrolytic cell to reduce the environmental footprint during Plugging & Abandonment of oil & gas wells.

With millions of oil and gas wells requiring to be plugged and abandoned (P&A) worldwide, and thousands in Norway alone, there is an urgent need to develop technology to reduce the environmental footprint and cost of these plugging operations. The standards for well integrity require that for p...

Awarded: NOK 12.2 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Permanent sequestration of gigatons of CO2 in continental margin basalt deposits

To win the fight against climate change, we must reduce the amount of the greenhouse gas CO2 that is in the atmosphere. One way of doing this is by removing the CO2 from the air and putting it underground. However, the issues with todays’ methods are that once in the rock formation, the CO2 can l...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Cost-efficient, Low-Emission, Acquisition of time-lapse seismic for the Petroleum and New energy sectors (CLEAN)

Repeated seismic surveying and data analysis (time-lapse seismic) is a key technique in monitoring and optimizing the depletion of hydrocarbon reservoirs and it will play a similar key role in monitoring future CO2 and energy storage projects. Traditional time-lapse seismic acquisition for reserv...

Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo

FORNY20-FORNY2020

Flowrate Out Sensor

Drilling underground wells is important for extracting energy and natural resources, and now also for the storage of CO2 and potentially Hydrogen. Safe and energy-efficient drilling operations are crucial for more sustainable utilization, to minimize the risk of harm to people and the environment...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Rogaland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Future Drinking Water Levels of Nitrosamines and Nitramines near a CO2 Capture Plant

With the government’s climate initiative, the Longship project, CO2 capture is already underway at the cement plant in Brevik. A similar facility is planned at the waste-to-energy plant at Klemetsrud in Oslo, with operations expected to begin in 2029. In the research project FuNitr, leading resea...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Sparse Passive-Active Reservoir monitoring using Seismic, Electromagnetics, gravity, and surface deformation

Carbon dioxide (CO2) has been recognized as the main cause of global warming, with CO2 levels in the atmosphere rising as a result of human activity. If done on a large enough scale (Gt), Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) can contribute significantly to reducing CO2 emissions by storing captured C...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Rengjøringsrobot for ankerkjetting (SeeMoor)

SeeMoor, a research project between OceanTech, SINTEF and Equinor, is developing a new robot for cleaning and condition monitoring of offshore mooring chains. The condition assessment can be carried out independently of water depth. Floating offshore installations are secured with mooring chains ...

Awarded: NOK 11.2 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Membrane-assisted Dissolved Oxygen Removal from Amine solution for CO2 capture

Absorption-based post-combustion carbon capture (PCCC) is currently the only technology operational at full-industrial scale, but reduced OPEX and increased operational stability are required to accelerate its deployment. Oxidative degradation is responsible for about 70% of total amine losses, d...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Pre-stack implementation of the AI-based seismic inversion algorithm with artificial constraints

Finding natural resources requires studying the underground, which takes months of qualified specialists’ work and many high-tech technologies. Each available technology has limitations. Integration of them and their analysis help suggest the subsurface content with better confidence. However, th...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2025

Location: Oslo

DEMO2000-Prosjektrettet teknologiutv. petroleumsvirksomhet

Data capture by field test of environmentally friendly fiber-products in well fluids for reduced emissions and increased production.

EMC has developed a product (AURACOAT C) for drilling fractured formations. The product is expected to work equally well in water- and oil-based drilling mud, thus contributing to more wells being drilled with water-based sludge. The product will contribute to strengthening the well wall so that ...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

APOS 2.0 - Digital life cycle management of interoperable safety systems

The importance of maintaining a safe, efficient and reliable energy sector has recently become increasingly clear. In this project, we develop solutions to enable the energy sector to improve follow-up of their safety systems by introducing digital solutions that facilitate sharing and exchange o...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Buskerud

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

REMEDY: Reduced Emissions and Improved Energy Efficiency on the NCS

Ensemble-based closed-loop reservoir management systems are now the standard modeling tool for developing and managing oil reservoirs. REMEDY, a collaborative project, aims to take a significant step towards reaching the industry's 2030 and 2050 climate goals on NCS. By developing ensemble workfl...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Vestland

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - NR

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Awarded: NOK 46.5 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Paleogene Basin Development on the Vøring and Møre Margins (PALMAR)

The geological development of the mid-Norwegian continental margin offshore Trøndelag and Nordland was strongly affected by massive volcanism about 56 million years ago. At this time, Norway and Greenland separated and the Norwegian-Greenland Sea started to form. The massive volcanism likely trig...

Awarded: NOK 12.8 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - IFE

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Awarded: NOK 265.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

RETUREU-RETUREU

RETUR-EU IFE

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Awarded: NOK 74.4 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2030

Location: Akershus

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS (Tekn.-ind.)

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Awarded: NOK 132.4 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Vestland

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - NORSAR

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Awarded: NOK 25.1 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - NGI

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Awarded: NOK 176.5 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Oslo

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - Stiftelsen SINTEF (Tekn.-ind.)

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Awarded: NOK 936.3 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

GRUNNBEVILGNING-GRUNNBEVILGNING

Grunnbevilgning - Stiftelsen SINTEF (Samfunn)

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Awarded: NOK 88.8 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

DeepReservoir – Predicting reservoir properties in deep structures on the Norwegian Continental Shelf: The critical role of chlorite-coats

Most hydrocarbon resources on the Norwegian continental shelf are found in porous sandstone reservoirs. When sandstones are buried deeper than about 3 km, the pore space begins to fill with quartz cement. This reduces the reservoir’s capacity to store fluids such as oil, gas, or CO2. For this rea...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

MUST: MUltiphase flow in STeeply inclined pipes

In recent decades, petroleum production has moved to deeper waters with wells and risers covering depths exceeding 1000 m. In such configurations, the dominating contribution to pressure drop may come from the wells and risers. The pressure drop at full production, together with flow stability at...

Awarded: NOK 12.4 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Primary Flow Reference for CCS

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a promising technology to meet climate goals. In the not-so-distant future, industrial carbon capture processes will evolve into assortments of CO2 industrial sites arranged in capture-clusters. The captured CO2 will subsequently be transported to the permanent...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage