sintef petroleum research · • the formation physics laboratory provides laboratory services...
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Provide research for the improvement of safe, environmentally friendly and profitable mapping and recovery of national and international petroleum resources.
• A non-commercial research subsidiary of SINTEF
• Number of employees: 90
• Proportion of doctorates: 52
• Total number of publications: 145
• Gross turnover: MNOK 171
Facts 2016
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About SINTEF Petroleum
Trondheim
Bergen
SINTEF Petroleum AS is certified
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• SINTEF Petroleum AS is certified by DNV GL in accordance with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007 standards.
• SINTEF Petroleum AS shall at all times work to ensure that the organisation's results meet adequately the requirements and expectations of our clients and other stakeholders.
• Our management system ensures that SINTEF delivers products and services in accordance with specified level of quality, safeguards the environment and operates with a systematic approach to occupational health and safety.
Future technologies for efficient, safe and environmentally friendly petroleum operations
Our vision
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Sources of finance (% of gross operating income)
RCN basic grant (8.7 %)
RCN project support (26.5 %)
Public sector (3.8 %)
Business and industry (53.7 %)
International contracts (6.9 %)
Other sources of income (0.5 %)
Total171 MNOK
Our strategic focus areas:• Drilling and well
• CO2 - Storage
• Exploration
• Multiphase Transport
• Improved Recovery
We maintain a high scientific standard and we are world-leading in selected fields
• Strategic and operational cooperation since 1950
• Joint use of laboratories and equipment
• Cooperation covers research projects, research centers and teaching
Partnership with NTNU
Close working relationships generate innovation and high quality
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BUSINESSProduct development and the
application of research results
THE UNIVERSITIESBasic research and
education
SINTEFMultidisciplinary applied
contract research
• The Formation Physics Laboratory provides laboratory services covering a wide variety of aspects within petroleum rock mechanics and related areas.
• The Multiphase Flow Laboratory's main activity is flow assurance related research for the petroleum industry.
• The Reservoir Laboratory provides methods and equipment for performing experiments at reservoir and production conditions.
Laboratories and test facilities
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Organisation
President
Staff
Formation Physics Multiphase FlowDrilling and Well Exploration andReservoir Technology
Three out of four employees are researchers
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Researchers *
Technical personnel
Engineers
Administration
* 52 of our researches have a PhD
SINTEF combines theoretical work with laboratory experiments and field experience, and focuses on making results from the work available for operational team, in order to contribute to faster, safer and cheaper drilling and well operations while also caring for the long term integrity of the wells.
Drilling and well
Photo: SINTEF
Deep underground storage is the only current means of disposing of large amounts of CO2, safely and permanently, thus reducing global-warming.
SINTEF Petroleum Research was among the first to propose dedicated underground storage of CO2 and continues to study storage capacity, long-term behaviour of CO2 underground, monitoring techniques and safety, as well as its use for Enhanced Oil Recovery.
CO2 - Storage
Illustration: Statoil
Applying geological, geophysical expertise and developing our in-house software we can model all elements of a petroleum prospect (from source rock, expulsion, migration, and trap, seal or cap rock). This can be used to evaluate and minimize uncertainties in exploration, development and production risk.
Exploration
Illustration: SINTEF
To ensure safe and economical oil and gas transport through pipelines from the reservoir to point of sale efficient engineering tools are needed. This implies a continuous development and experimental validation of computer simulators for multiphase flow.
Multiphase transport
Illustration: Norsk Hydro
About half of the oil in known North Sea fields has been produced and finding more is becoming increasingly difficult. A good alternative is to find means of extracting the remaining known oil, i.e. Enhanced Oil Recovery.
SINTEF's research in this direction involves lab experiments and simulation of the use of low saline water, polymers, surfactants, CO2, microbes and nanotechnology.
Improved recovery
Illustration: Statoil