Hvordan bruker NORSAR geofysikken til å løse de store samfunnsutfordringene?

Norsk Geofysisk ForeningSeptember 2017

Challenges

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PovertyMillions live in extreme poverty. One of the main challenges is to lift more people out of poverty are secure energy access

Urbanization Earthquake hazard and risk. We live closer to each other, and we build more floors. However, the changing climate will be a challenge in the future cities.

Conflicts mountingWe live in a world in which we are divided into alliances. In addition, many countries have nuclear weapons. Monitoring these weapons, and intercept with countries trying to make these weapons are important.

Climate changeThis may be the greatest challenge of our time. We can see more extreme weather and the temperature is rising. Monitoring these changes is important today, and will be even more important in the future.

Safe society• Nuclear monitoring• Rock slopes• Hazard and risk models

Business areas

NORSAR is responsible for operating some of the world’s most advanced monitoring installations for observing earthquakes and nuclear explosions. We take our business further …

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Geoscience softwaresolutions

Weather and climate

Clean energy• CO2 storage• Geothermal

energy

Conflicts mounting

NORSAR provides advice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Monitor and verify events ofconcern.

• Advice on technical issuesrelated to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• Operate the Norwegian stations

• Cooperate with other States Signatories

Part of an International Monitoring SystemTechnologies in use by NORSAR

• Seismological monitoring• Listening to the Earth’s movements,

natural as well as man-made, to detect both surface and underground explosions

• Infrasound monitoring• Detects explosions in the atmosphere

• Radionuclide monitoring• Detects airborne radioactivity (particles

and gases)

Climate change

Our aim is to contribute to improved long term weather forecasts and understanding of atmospheric phenomena

Infrasound may help!

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NORSAR is an innovatorInfrasound for weather and climate• Aim:

– be leading R&D unit to use infrasound to better understand and model middle atmosphere

– Input to climate models– Constrain predictions of medium- to long

term weather forecasts• How:

– investment in people, re-use of modelling competencies and an international advisory board

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Microbaroms from colliding counter-propagating ocean waves

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Urbanization

Earthquake hazard and risk• EU project Liquefaction• Gurahati government

consulting• Cuba, Haiti, Pakistan ….

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Wilder – wetter – warmer at home too

• Increased risk of unstable rock slopes

• Important monitoring– Tsunami or earthquake risk

• Cooperation with NVE

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Energy access for all

Software Portfolio CO2 storage Geothermal

Tilbake

Survey Planning

• Simulate full 3D seismic surveys(Marine streamer / Coil / Land / OBS / VSP)

• Map all offset azimuth combinations

Illumination Studies

• Advanced illumination maps

• Simulated Migration Amplitude functionality

PSDM travel times

• Calculate multi-arrival travel times and amplitudes

NORSAR-3D applications

Microseismic research – basis for monitoring

Generic technology to analyze and interpret microseismic movements in the Earth; induced by humans and natural

– Mining– Rock slides– Subsurface storage– Fracking for oil and gas– Environmental impact– Deep geothermal energy

NORSAR – global footprint

EmployeesField of work and heritage technical staff

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Geophysics /Seismology

Softwaredevelopers

Field engineers

Adm. / IKT

Associates

NorwayGermanySwedenUKFranceNon-Europe

Economy

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R & D Norway

International R&D

Nuclear test ban treaty

Software sales

Basis

Industry

Thank you for your attention!

NORSAR welcomes your collaboration.

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