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Adressa highlights the information day of new students at the department yesterday 

(2015-06-02)

The article in today's Adressa emphasizes the optimism expressed by Norwegian oil and gas director Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen during his visit at the department yesterday.

Norsk olje og gass' web pages highlights the information day for the new petroleum students at the department 

(2015-06-01)

Norwegian Oil and Gas boss Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen gave a keynote presentation for the potential new students in Petroleum Sciences at the department today and emphasized the continued large investment level on the Norwegian shelf, and long-term nature of the petroleum industry in Norway.

Geoforskning.no has article on SPE prize 

(2015-06-01)

The web newspaper geoforskning.no highlights the SPE prize awarded to Jon Kleppe

The new applicants to petroleum studies were invited to the department 

(2015-06-01)

All new applicants to the petroleum studies at NTNU this year were invited to an information day at the department today. The program included, inter alia, presentations by Egil Tjåland, NTNU, the new head of Norwegian oil and gas, Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen, Erik Skogen and Ole Torsæter. The purpose of the event was to provide objective information to the potential new students about the Norwegian petroleum industry and long-term nature of the industry and thus the job market ahead.

The King opened an arctic conference in Alaska 

(2015-05-31)

INTSOK together with the Ministry of Industry and Fisheries organized an Arctic conference in Anchorage last week titled "Operations in Arctic Waters". Egil Tjåland attended the lecture "Safe Drilling in the Arctic: Geosteering city Seismic while Drilling".

More oil remaining today than in 2005 

(2015-05-27)

NPD has made a new review of resources on the Norwegian shelf, and it shows that there is more oil remaining today than 10 years ago. The reason is both new discoveries and better utilization of existing fields.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (Post doc) 

(2015-05-27)

The Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is looking for excellent scientists who would like to participate in an application for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSC) Individual Fellowships. Two postdoctoral topics are of interest to IPT within reservoir engineering and applied geophysics.

The newspaper Klassekampen has interviewed our students on the job market ahead 

(2015-05-21)

In the current issue of Klassekampen are some of our students and the department head interviewed about the job outlook. Although few of the students graduating this summer have gotten a job yet, they believe that oil prices will reverse, as in previous similar situations.

SPE Award to Professor Jon Kleppe 

(2015-05-19)

SPE has given the award "SPE North Sea Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty" to Professor Jon Kleppe. SPE Director-North Sea Carlos Chalbaud participated in an event at the SPE Trondheim Section yesterday, where the award was announced. Formal presentation of the plaque will be at the SPE Fall Meeting in Houston at the end of September.

Production numbers for April 

(2015-05-19)

NPD has published production figures for April, which show a daily production of 1963000 barrels of liquid (up 0.4% from March), and a total gas production of 7.3 GSm3 (down 27%).

Tuhin Bhakta has completed final exams for his Ph.D. degree 

(2015-05-18)

His dissertation is entitled "Quantitative time lapse seismic analysis - rock physics, repeatability and inversion aspects". The assessment committee consisted of Professor Mrinal K. Sen, University of Texas at Austin, Principal Researcher Geophysics Ulrich Theun, Statoil R & D Rotvoll and Professor Børge Arntsen, NTNU. The title of his public lecture was "Effects of acquisition and processing on AVO inversion of time-lapse seismic data." Supervisor has been Professor Martin Landrø, NTNU.

Adresseavisen reports about the application to petroleum studies at NTNU in today's newspaper 

(2015-05-18)

Adresseavisen visited the department last Friday related to NTNU's invitation of all of this year's primary applicants to Trondheim in June to inform them about the studies and the good prospects for the petroleum industry forward. They also interviewed 6 of our graduates Johan Holm Østvedt, Mari Albrigtsen, Øyvind Breivik, Jørgen Olsen, Magnus Wingan Wold and Ulrica Nilsen about their future plans.

Meeting with Memorial University 

(2015-05-13)

As part of the planning of the upcoming collaboration between NTNU and Memorial University (MUN), another video meeting was held today between the two working groups. Definition of areas of cooperation and preliminary contents of the projects are under clarification.

Visit from Mozambique 

(2015-05-12)

Alberto Julio Tsamba, Dean of Engineering Faculty, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo, visited the department today for discussions of cooperation related to petroleum education. From NTNU participated Egil Tjåland, Pål Skalle, Sigbjørn Sangesland and Jon Kleppe

Gemini.no highlights the prize from Tanzania's president 

(2015-05-05)

A press release on this award is published by gemini.no

Presidential Award for educational activities in Tanzania 

(2015-05-05)

Statoil Tanzania has received a prestigious award from the president of Tanzania for their CSR efforts related to education. This department has been an important part of the efforts through the EnPe-funded project ANTHEI, where students from Tanzania are taking master's degrees at NTNU in petroleum subjects.

Petroleum students interviewed by Adresseavisen about the job situation 

(2015-05-05)

Petroleum students at NTNU notice that the labor market has become tighter and that it is significantly more difficult to obtain a job after their studies than before. Students Daniel Thoresen, Vinh V. Tran, and Jørgen Silseth are in the last semester of their studies and in today's newspaper they are interview about the prospects for job and their future plans.

The VR Village completed for 2015 

(2015-04-30)

The groups in VR Village presented their projects yesterday, incl. a movie for each group that will be posted on youtube. Statoil in Bergen attended and will be sensors for the technical part.

The Haltenbanken Village completed for 2015 

(2015-04-30)

The 5 groups in the Haltenbanken Village presented their projects last Wednesday. The technical projects are all related to the Heidrun field. Statoil was in the audience, and they will should act as censors for the technical part

Huge drop in the number of applicants for petroleum studies 

(2015-04-29)

After several years of record growth for our petroleum program, the number of applicants fell sharply year. A decline was expected following the cost-cutting campaign that oil companies in Norway started last year, while oil prices have fallen sharply. We have experienced fall in oil prices several times previously, with the consequent fall in the number of applications, but it has picked up again pretty quickly. This is also expected this time. The oil industry in Norway has a long future and our education is important to sustain the activities.

The ROSE seminar 2015 has started 

(2015-04-27)

The annual ROSE seminar (ROck SEsmic) started today. Over 30 presentations are given by invited lecturers, Ph.D and postdoctoral candidates, researchers and NTNU teachers today and Tuesday. On Wednesday a 2-day course at CSEM is given by Rune Mittet and Ståle Johansen.

Poster presentations in TPG4160 

(2015-04-21)

In recent weeks, students in TPG4160 Reservoir Simulation have worked in groups to simulate oil recovery from the K1-K2-area of the Gullfaks field. The 7 groups presented their results in a poster session today.

3rd year student Amalie Holt won over 5000 applicants for the CEO position in Adecco for the summer 

(2015-04-16)

Amalie Holt is petroleum student in the 3rd year, and has competed with 5,000 other applicants to become chief executive of Adecco this summer. This is an annual competition that Adecco organizes, and it is a great accomplishment to win the competition. Congratulations, Amalie!

Former petroleum student becomes new head of Lundin Norge 

(2015-04-16)

Kristin Færøvik graduated with a degree in reservoir engineering from the department in 1985, and has had an impressive international career in the almost 30 years that have passed since. Now she takes over the chief position of Lundin Norway after Torstein Sanness, who becomes chairman of the board. See article in DN below.

Visit from Mexico 

(2015-04-10)

A group from the Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tamasco (UJAT) visited NTNU today for discussions on cooperation related to the development of petroleum education at UJAT. The group consisted of Rector, Dr. José Manuel Piña Gutiérrez, Academic Secretary, Dra. Dora María Frías Márquez, Secretary of Postgraduate, Research and Bonding, Dr. Wilfrido Miguel Contreras Sánchez, Director of the Academic Division of Basic Sciences, Dr. Gerardo Delgadillo Piñón, Director of Academic Building, MD Leticia del Carmen López Díaz, Director of Distance Education, maee. Thelma Leticia Ruíz Becerra and Director of Cultural Diffusion, Ing. Miguel Ángel Ruíz Magdonel. NTNU participated Hilde Skeie, Egil Tjåland and Jon Kleppe

Visit from Schlumberger 

(2015-04-09)

A group of Schlumberger visited NTNU for discussions of research projects related to the cooperation agreement between NTNU and Schlumberger. The group consisted of Najib Abusalbi, Torjer Halle, Jarl Erik Tronerud, Bernt Nilsen and Morten Jensen, and from NTNU Jon Kummen, Patrick Reurink, Egil Tjåland, Hanne Sørgjerd and Jon Kleppe.

Ph.D scholarship Deep Sea Mining available 

(2015-04-07)

Post doc scholarship in Seismic and Electromagnetic Surveying available 

(2015-04-07)

The most influential Norwegian CEO internationally graduated from this department 

(2015-04-03)

Paal Kibsgaard graduated from the department with an M.Sc. degree in reservoir engineering at the end of 1991. He is now the chief executive of giant Schlumberger, the world's largest service company for the oil industry. Aftenposten has named him as the most influential Norwegian CEO internationally and presents an interview with him in Friday's newspaper on the web.

Our study program is among the 20 most popular in Norway 

(2015-04-01)

The list was presented by Adresseavisen yesterday, and we are on 19th place when it comes to admission requirement, which was 58.8 points in 2014. Among the technical studies in Norway only the nanotechnology program is ahead of us.

Article in Stavanger Aftenblad on the need for more professionals in the oil and gas industry 

(2015-04-01)

In an article in Stavanger Aftenblad yesterday analyzes Department Head Egil Tjåland the prospects for oil and gas activities in Norway, and is clear in his conclusion: Norway needs to educate many new petroleum engineering and geoscience professionals for the oil and gas operations. Many Norwegians are also working abroad and service companies in Norway are exporting their leading technology to all major production sites in the world. Many generations of Norwegians will be secured jobs in this industry.

Statoil makes a new gas discovery offshore Tanzania 

(2015-04-01)

After 13 wells drilled in deep water outside Tanzania, Statoil has made 8 discoveries, totaling 22 TCF of gas (620 billion Sm3). This corresponds to 2 Ormen Lange fields.

Minister of Oil and Energy annoyed over Norwegian media's coverage of oil and gas industry 

(2015-04-01)

In Stavanger Aftenblad's Saturday edition reported from MPE Minister Tord Lien's irritation of Norwegian media's negative angle of the oil and gas industry. This is the largest industry in Norway, and finances largely our welfare and also our R & D related to renewable energy. Oil and gas will be important for Norway in the foreseeable future, and we need to do more research to exploit harder available resources.

The oil and gas industry need replenishment of experts 

(2015-03-30)

Department head Egil Tjåland has an article in the current Dagens Næringsliv Need replenishment of professionals. He points to the importance of this industry for Norway, and its long-term nature, as evidenced by the Johan Sverdrup Field which will produce until 2070 and the Ekofisk Field which will produce to produce until 2060.

Ashkan Jahanbani Ghahfarokhi has completed final Ph.D exams 

(2015-03-28)

The dissertation is entitled: "Well Test Analysis, Application two Thermal Recovery Processes for Reservoir Characterization". The Evaluation Committee consisted of: Professor Serhat Akin, Middle East Technical University, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Raheleh Salehi Mojarad, BP Canada and Professor Ole Torsæter NTNU. Prøveforelesningens title was: "Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery Techniques in Shale Reservoirs". The main supervisor has been Professor Tom Aage Jelmert, NTNU, and co-supervisors Professor Jon Kleppe, NTNU and Professor Mehran Pooladi-Davish, University of Calgary.

Greetings from Kuala Lumpur 

(2015-03-24)

Students 4th grade field trip goes this year to Malaysia. The program includes visits to Total, Lundin, Aker Solutions, EMGS, Petrobras, Petrobras University, Schlumberger and Baker Hughes, in addition to the Norwegian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Around 40 Norwegian students participate, and from the department participates Egil Tjåland and Jon Kleppe.

High school students in Harstad want to study petroleum at university 

(2015-03-23)

Statoil Harstad hosts an annual science day for students in high schools, and this year around 60 students attended. Harstad Tidende has interviewed some of them and the interest for university studies related to petroleum is great.

Visit by Schlumberger 

(2015-03-20)

As part of preparing a draft research plan within the area geocomputing, which one of there areas in the Schlumberger-NTNU agreement, a workshop between NTNU (IPT, IDI) and Schlumberger was held today. From Schlumberger participated Frode Bratvedt and Jon Øystein Haavig Bakke, from IDI Theoharis Theoharis and Odd Erik Gundersen, and from IPT Egil Tjåland.

Meeting with Memorial University of Newfoundland 

(2015-03-20)

The second video meeting between MUN and NTNU on research and educational cooperation was held today. Specific follow-up points for smaller groups was agreed upon. From MUN attended Tahir Hussain, Bruce Colbourne, Lesley James Dean Walker, Greg Nats; NTNU IMT: Bjorn Asbjørn Light, Roger Skjetne Bernt Leira and NTNU IPT Egil Tjåland Ole Torsæter, Sigve Hovda, Pål Skull, Patrick Reurink, Vidar Hepsø, Sigbjørn Sangesland and Jon Kleppe

Visit from Japan 

(2015-03-19)

A delegation of seven people from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT) led by Director Jota Kanda visited the department today. The purpose of the visit was to discuss possible cooperation related to the exploitation of the oceans. Director Jota Kanda presented TUMSAT and from the institute Egil Tjåland, Ståle Johansen and Jon Kleppe gave presentations.

Production numbers for February 

(2015-03-17)

NPD reports an average daily production for February at 1925000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is a decline of approximately 0.3 percent compared to January. The total gas sales were 10.1 billion cubic meters (GSm3), which is 0.2 GSm3 less than in January.

Visit to Statoil Rotvoll 

(2015-03-16)

On Thursday the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Student Chapter at NTNU organized a visit to Statoil Rotvoll R&D center for Master students and PhD candidates at the department (21 participants in total). The visit included two presentations by Statoil on current projects and an overview of the drilling simulator. Thanks to Ketil Hokstad for help in organizing the trip.

Visit by Baker Hughes 

(2015-03-16)

Nils Kristian Edwards in Baker Hughes visited the department today for discussions of our cooperation in the future. Despite difficult times in the service industry for the time being, they prioritize keeping a continued close contact with NTNU, both with teachers and with students. Central themes of the discussions were guest lectures in courses or more general lectures given by for example Distinguished Lecture at Baker Hughes, software and equipment donations, visits by students and teachers to Baker Hughes in Stavanger, participants of Baker Hughes in industrial boards at NTNU. A follow-up discussion will be done in the spring.

Our sister-department in Stavanger will have a new Chair 

(2015-03-13)

Dr. Hans Borge was recruited from SINTEF Petroleum Research to the position of Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Stavanger for 3.5 years ago. Upon expiry of his first term the position has been advertised, and yesterday UiS' Board decided to hire Ms. May Britt Myhr to replace Borge for the next 4 years. May Britt has been in SINTEF for 28 years, of which the last 7 years as Managing Director for Petroleum Research. Congratulations, May Britt!

The Norskehavskonferansen completed today 

(2015-03-12)

The annual Norwegian Sea Conference was held at Hell today, with around 250 participants. Our Department Head Egil Tjåland is member of the program committee, see the website at: http://www.norskehavskonferansen.no/160.Velkommen.html. Around 50 NTNU students, mainly petroleum students, participated in the conference, which also had a job fair on the program.

Two of our students are interviewed in today's Tidens krav 

(2015-03-12)

Lise Susanne Fredriksen and Ida Hilde Gunleiksrud are petroleum students in 3rd grade. Today the newspaper Tidens krav (Kristiansund) have interviewed them about the prospects of working in the petroleum industry in the future in light of the oil price slump. And the answer is clear: "Not worried for future jobs"

Professor Jon Steinar Gudmundsson has retired from NTNU 

(2015-03-11)

Professor Jon Steinar Gudmundsson opted to retire from NTNU at age 67 on New Year's Eve. He came to the department in 1988 as Associate Professor of production, and was promoted to full Professor in 1990. After his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering at Birmingham University, he was a researcher and United Nations University Coordinator for geothermal energy for five years by the Orkustofnun in Iceland. Then he was head of the program for geothermal energy at Stanford University, while Associate Professor at the same place for a period of 5 years. At NTNU his research and innovation was primarily related to natural gas, transportation of gas in pipes and hydrates. He has established several companies in his 26 years at NTNU, and was a very popular lecturer and student adviser. He has been an important contributor to the development of the department!

Removal of extra points for females in admissions to petroleum studies at NTNU may lead to dramatic reductions in the number of female students 

(2015-03-09)

Wednesday NTNU's Board will discuss whether or not several study programs at NTNU are to remove the so-called female additional points in the admissions starting from 2017. This includes Petroleum Studies. The documentation (below) shows that the proportion of girls admitted can be halved if the 2 additional points are removed

Meeting with NED 

(2015-03-09)

The department is a partner with NED University in Norwegian Centre of Excellence for Petroleum Studies in Karachi, which opened in January 2014. A delegation from the NED, Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), the Ministry of Higher Education and Pakistan Embassy in Oslo will be visiting NTNU mid-May, and a planning meeting with the project manager for the center, Professor Abid Khan, was held via Skype today. Participants from the department was Egil Tjåland, Patrick Reurink and Jon Kleppe

The second Ph.D seminar was held today 

(2015-03-05)

The seminar is held once every semester, and the program includes presentations by Ph.D candidates related to their research, as well as a presentation given by an invited key-note speaker. Around 50 persons participated. The seminar's website is http://www.ipt.ntnu.no/~phdsem/

NPD has published the resource accounts for 2014 

(2015-03-04)

NPD's resource accounts per 31.12.14 estimate the total recoverable petroleum resources to 14.1 billion standard cubic meters (Sm3) of oil equivalents (boe). In 2014, there has been a growth in reserves of 13 million Sm3 oe compared with 102 million Sm3 oe in 2013, mainly explained by the PDO for the Rutile discovery in the Gullfaks Sør, which was submitted in 2014.

Meeting with Schlumberger 

(2015-03-03)

As part of the development of the collaboration between Schlumberger and NTNU, as signed by CEO Paal Kibsgaard and Rector Gunnar Bovim, a workshop was held in Stavanger today for discussions of research projects to be included in the collaboration.

Two new Ph.D scholarships in geophysics 

(2015-03-02)

IPT announces two new Ph.D scholarships funded through the Marie Curie Training Networks Innovative project WAVES. These are two of fifteen PhD scholarships that are related to the project where several leading European universities and research institutions are partners, and the goal is to contribute to research training and build a European research network.

Energy Outlook predicts 150 years of oil and 200 years of gas 

(2015-02-26)

ExxonMobil publishes annually its Energy Outlook report, which analyzes the energy situation in the world in the years ahead. In the recent released this year's report. The report predicts that the demand will rise sharply ahead, particularly from countries coming out of poverty. Yet there are enough recoverable reserves to meet demand for a very long time.

The new Schlumberger Geo-Computing Lab is being used for a Petrel course this week 

(2015-02-25)

Although the new Schlumberger Geo Computing Lab is not officially opened by Schlumberger CEO Paal Kibsgaard and NTNU Rector Gunnar Bovim before September 11, a Petrel course is conducted in the room this week in order to test out the functionality. See images below.

New nano project between PFI and NTNU for improved oil recovery  

(2015-02-22)

The Paper and Fibre Institute (PFI) and NTNU have received NOK 12.3 million from the Research Council to investigate whether nanoparticles from wood can help to increase oil recovery. Flooding experiments will be carried out by a Ph.D candidate at IPT, under the leadership of Professor Ole Torsæter.

Production numbers for January 

(2015-02-20)

NPD reports that the average liquids production in January was at 1.931 million barrels/day (oil, NGL and condensate), which is a small decline of 59,000 barrels/day (about 3 percent) compared to December 2014. The total gas sales were 10.3 billion cubic meters (GSm3), which is 0.6 GSm3 less than in December.

Phil Ringrose publishes new book 

(2015-02-19)

Adjunct Professor Phil Ringrose together with Mark Bentley has published the book "Reservoir Model Design: A Practitioners Guide" on Springer publishing house. The book is intended for geoscience and engineering professionals as well as students who work with geoscience, reservoir engineering, mm.

Ph.D student is researching enforcement of well walls using steel nails 

(2015-02-17)

A quick way to reinforce those parts of the well that may be in danger of collapsing during drilling and production may using steel nails. Laboratory tests show that this has a positive effect on porous rocks such as sandstone and chalk. Ph.D student and SINTEF scientist Andreas Nicolas Berntsen has researched this for two years with promising results.

NTNU's petroleum students spends most time on studies 

(2015-02-16)

Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) has again surveyed what students think about the program they attend. Students at the master's program in petroleum at the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics at NTNU has used most hours a week of study, an impressive 49.4, which is most of all geoscience-based studies in Noway.

The spring semester's PhD Seminar will be held Thursday March 5th  

(2015-02-13)

The spring semester's PhD Seminar will be held Thursday March 5th at Scandic-Lerkendal. You may see the program and sign up below.

Visit to Angola 

(2015-02-12)

Egil Tjåland, Dicky Haris Hidayat and Jon Kleppe are visiting Luanda this week for supervision of M.Sc. students, and to meet our ANTHEI partners Universidade Agosthino Neto and Statoil.

Statoil has made large discoveries in the Oseberg area 

(2015-02-09)

Statoil has made several new discoveries in Krafla area, near the Oseberg South field. Altogether they have made five discoveries since 2011 with proven new recoverable resources of between 140-220 million boe just 25 kilometers southwest of the Oseberg South and 150 kilometers west of Bergen.

50 years since the first license round on NCS 

(2015-02-04)

In 1965 the first licenses on the Norwegian shelf were advertised, just days after a royal decree had established rules of business.

Oil price increases sharply 

(2015-02-02)

Today oil prices have risen sharply, without obvious reasons. Meanwhile the Statoil shares has increased by 20 billion NOK.

Guest lecture Thursday  

(2015-02-01)

Professor Evgeny Landa, University of Tel Aviv, is SEG's 2015 Europe Honorary Lecturer. Thursday, Feb. 5 at 13 hrs, in P1, he presents the lecture "Pitfalls and challenges of seismic imaging." Duration of the lecture is 1.5 t. All are welcome and for PhD candidates it is obviously mandatory attendance!

Dicoveries of oil and gas on NCS may account for more than what was produced in 2014 

(2015-01-28)

It was made 22 discoveries on the Norwegian shelf in 2014. Two of these were major discoveries, Arrow & arc and Alta, which together can hold up to 500 million bbls.. oe.

OPEC predicts oil price at 200 dollars/bbl while Goldman Sachs predicts 30 

(2015-01-27)

Oil prices may rise up to 200 dollars a barrel if oil producers do not invest more in production of new oil and gas fields, said Abdalla El-Badri Monday. He is Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). However, Director Gary Cohn at Goldman Sachs Group, who is a former oil trader, says that the oil price is into a spiraling downfall and may reach 30 dollars/bbl.

-The fairytale of the Green Shift 

(2015-01-22)

Professor at University of Bergen attempts to bring reality into the energy debate.

Baker Hughes is reducing number of employees 

(2015-01-22)

Baker Hughes is planning to reduce its workforce by 7,000 employees worldwide. In Norway, where they have 1,400 employees, is likely that 10% are terminated.

The oil companies are offered 54 new production licenses offshore Norway 

(2015-01-21)

The predefined areas (TFO) were announced in 2014, and 47 companies submitted applications. 43 of these are now getting offers of production licenses. Of the 54 licenses 34 are in the North Sea, 16 in the Norwegian Sea and 4 in the Barents Sea.

Former student becomes head of ConocoPhillips in Norway and UK 

(2015-01-21)

Trond Erik Johansen is coming back to Norway from the top job for ConocoPhillips in Alaska to take over the top job at ConocoPhillips Norway and UK after Steinar Våge, who is moving to Houston. Trond Erik Johansen graduated from the department with a M.Sc. degree in petroleum engineering in 1986. He has also previously been head of ConocoPhillips Norway.

The 23rd concession round was announced today 

(2015-01-20)

The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has today announced 57 blocks / parts of blocks, divided into 3 in the Norwegian Sea and 54 in the Barents Sea. It is expected great interest for these, and especially for those in the Barents Sea. Government aims to award new production licenses in the first half of 2016.

Schlumberger cuts 9000 

(2015-01-16)

Schlumberger is the world's largest oil services and assists oil companies worldwide. Now the management expects a significantly lower activity and downsizes comes as a direct result of this. Our former student Paul KKibsgård is CEO of Schlumberger.

Production numbers for December 

(2015-01-16)

NPD has published December figures, and the average daily production was 1.916 million barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is 45,000 barrels per day less than in November. Gas sales totaled 11.1 billion cubic meters (GSm3), which is 0.9 GSm3 more than in November.

Bente Nyland's summary of the offshore year of 2014 

(2015-01-15)

NPD Director Bente Nyland presented today the annual summary of the past year. There are still large remaining resources on the Norwegian shelf, but cost reductions are necessary to ensure robust profitability in the long term. Her presentation can be downloaded from the link below.

Following years of decline, the oil production increased in 2014 

(2015-01-14)

Wood Mackenzie has published an analysis of production and exploration activity on the Norwegian shelf in 2014 which shows that oil and gas production increased for the first time after having fallen steadily for 14 years. Production of oil, NGL and condensate averaged until November last year 1,871,363 boed every day, compared to 1,816,666 boed in 2013.

Petrostreamz is one of 20 start-up companies to follow in 2015 

(2015-01-12)

TU has asked investors, entrepreneurs, NGOs and key people in the entrepreneurial community about what they think is the most exciting new Norwegian technology companies in 2015. Among 20 selected start-ups is Petrostreamz, founded by Curtis Whison a few years back. It is particularly the software Pipe-it that is the company's core technology. The software is also available to students at IPT.

Master thesis published in Geophysics 

(2015-01-07)

Our former student Bente Øygarden, has published parts of her thesis in the journal Geophysics. The article is titled "Rock properties of smectite- and ooze-rich Claystone". She is now working in Statoil. Congratulations!

Partner meeting in DrillWell 

(2015-01-06)

DrillWell is an SFI where UiS, IRIS, SINTEF and NTNU are research partners with IRIS as the host institution. Today there is a partner meeting at the department for a status update and discussion of future collaboration with NTNU. From DrillWell attended Sigmund Stokka (center director) and Arild Nystad, and from NTNU Ole Morten Aamo, Lars Imsland and Bjarne Foss (ITK), and Sigve Hovda, Sigbjørn Sangesland and Egil Tjåland (IPT).

Professor Martin Landrø is the most visited news on geoforskning.no in December 

(2015-01-02)

Geoforskning.no compiles a list of the most read news bulletins every month. In December Professor Martin Landrø topped the list. Congratulations!

Most downloaded paper from Geophysics over the past 12 months 

(2014-12-25)

The journal paper "Shot profile threaten amplitude crosscorrelation imaging conditions", published in the July-August edition, with Børge Arntsen as first author and Bjørn Ursin, A. Kritski and Lasse Amundsen as coauthors was the most downloaded article from Geophysics over the last 12 months. In addition, the paper "Rock-physics modeling guided by depositional and burial history in low-to-intermediate-porosity sandstones", with Per Avseth as first author was the 4th most downloaded. Congratulations!

Meeting in the Steering Committee of the Akademia Agreement Statoil - NTNU 

(2014-12-19)

This year's meeting of the steering committee for the Akademia Agreement between Statoil and NTNU was held today at IPT. The purpose of the meeting is to present status of the cooperation in the past year, and decide on projects for next year. From Statoil met Tor Ulleberg and Kjetil Skaugset, and from NTNU Johan Hustad, Ingvar Strømmen, Harald Ellingsen, Egil Tjåland and Jon Kleppe.

Production numbers for November 

(2014-12-17)

NPD reports that liquids production for November was 1.939 million barrels of oil, NGL and condensate per day, which is 1% less than in October. Gas production was 10.2 billion cubic meters (GSm3), which is 0.3 GSm3 less than o October.

Mathias C. Bellout has completed final Ph.D exams 

(2014-12-16)

His dissertation is entitled: "Joint Optimization of Well Placement and Controls Petroleum Field Development". The Evaluation Committee consisted of Professor Jan Dirk Jansen, Delft University of Technology, Research Director Ying Guo, Total E&P Norway and Professor Ole Torsæter NTNU. The title of the public lecture was: "Long- and short-term production optimization under uncertain geological and economic conditions". The main supervisor has been Professor Jon Kleppe and co-supervisor Professor Bjarne Foss.

Visit from Italy 

(2014-12-16)

A group from Instituto Nazionale di e Gefisica Sperimentale visited the department today for discussions of cooperation in geophysics. The group consisted of Jose Maria Carcione, Davide Gei and Riccardo Geletti, and from NTNU attended Egil Tjåland, Børge Arntsen and Alexey Stovas.

Visit by TOTAL E&P Norway 

(2014-12-15)

The annual partnership meeting between TOTAL E & P Norway and NTNU was held today. The purpose of the meeting is to review the status of existing cooperation and decide on new activities. From TOTAL participated Rune Teigland, Vanessa Richon, Christian Pauchon and Ottar Minsaas, and from NTNU Hilde Skeie, Egil Tjåland, Ole Jørgen Nydal and Martin Landrø

Million year old CO2 storage discovered in New Mexico 

(2014-12-12)

In TU discusses Martin Landrø and Kjetil Haavik the significance of this discovery, showing that CO2 can be stored for a long time without leaking out. The dome in New Mexico contains 25 times as much CO2 as the total annual emissions.

Visit to Mexico 

(2014-12-09)

By invitation of the Norwegian ambassador to Mexico, HE Merethe Nergaard, it was today organized a workshop at the Embassy in Mexico City to promote cooperation between Norway and Mexico in the petroleum sector. Participants come from several universities, CNH (analogous to petroleum directorate), IMP (analogous to SINTEF), INTSOK, and various ministries. From Norway; Egil Tjåland, Kjell Arne Jacobsen and Arild Nystad.

Former student becomes CEO of Lundin Norway 

(2014-12-05)

Kristin Færøvik graduated as petroleum engineer from the department in 1985. She worked many years in BP in Norway and abroad, before joining Marathon in 2003. In 2008 she became head of the Marathon Norway. After working as CEO of Rosenberg since 2010, she now replaces Torstein Sannes as CEO of Lundin Norway.

NTNU's Board arranged a workshop discussing the ethics and petroleum 

(2014-12-04)

Tuesday afternoon a discussion meeting on ethics and petroleum was arranged under the auspices of the Board of NTNU. The meeting was held at Lerchendal Gaard and introductory presentations were given by Olav Bjarte Fosso, leader of TSO Energy, Annik Bold, leader of TSO Sustainable Society Development and Christian Tangene, student representative on the Board of NTNU. Then there was an open discussion. As two key persons in petroleum research at NTNU, Egil Tjåland and Jon Kleppe were invited to participate. Universitetsavisa is reviewing the discussion below.

Most read articles at geoforskning.no in November 

(2014-12-03)

Our researchers are popular on geoforskning.no in November. The article about Wiktor Waldemar Weibull and Børge Arntsen who won Best Poster Paper under the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Meeting is the most read. In addition, the article about Kjetil Haavik and Martin Landrø is in second place. They have observed ice throughs in the central part of the North Sea made by icebergs during the last Ice Age. Plowing tracks located in thin sand layers that are filled with gas, which makes the light visible in seismic map.

The job market for petroleum students is being discussed at e24.no 

(2014-12-02)

Our petroleum engineering student Vinh Vuong Tran is among those interviewed by e24.no about developments in the job market as a result of reductions in oil prices, as well as the campaign underway to reduce costs on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Professor Martin Landrø is on OEDIGITAL's list of the most influential people in oil and gas 

(2014-12-02)

The Industry journal oedigital.com publish periodically a list of the most influential persons in oil and gas. At the top of the list are the CEO of ExxonMobil, CEO of Petrobras, CEO of Saudi Aramco, the president of Mexico. On the technology list we find our own Martin Landrø. Congratulations! Also on the list is the newly appointed SPE President Helge H. Haldorsen, who graduated from the department in 1978.

More photos from the ANTHEI Graduation Ceremony 2014 

(2014-11-27)

The Graduation Ceremony Tuesday was arranged in honor of the Tanzanian students in the first cohort in ANTHEI program. The 10 students who were admitted in 2012 have completed Master's degrees at NTNU. Hilde Skeie and Egil Tjåland handed out diplomas in Dar es Salaam

The first 10 students from Tanzania that have completed their M.Sc. degrees from NTNU as part of the ANTHEI Program received their diplomas in a cermony in Dares es Salam yesterday  

(2014-11-26)

ANTHEI is an acronym for the master program in Petroleum Engineering / Petroleum Geoscience that NTNU, supported by NORAD (EnPe) and Statoil Tanzania, have established in partnership with Universidade Agosthino Neto in Luanda, Angola and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania (UDSM). The first 10 students from Tanzania were admitted to the program in 2012, and have all completed master's degrees partly in Trondheim and partly in Dar es Salaam, in a very satisfactory manner, with guidance from NTNU, UDSM and Statoil Tanzania. Egil Tjåland and Hilde Skeie presented diplomas from NTNU to the proud graduates during a ceremony in Dar es Salaam yesterday, with a large number of guests from the Tanzanian authorities, UDSM, Statoil Tanzania, students families and the press. From the Department participated in addition Richard Wilfred Rwechungura, who is instrumental in running the ANTHEI Program.

Visit from Memorial University Newfoundland 

(2014-11-25)

Professors Faisal Khan and Lesley James at the Process Engineering Department visited the department today to discuss possible research collaboration and their new petroleum program. From NTNU participated Ingrid Utne, Vidar Hepsø Jon Lippe and Jon Kleppe.

Curtis Whitson is profiled as a Gaselle grunder in Dagens Næringsliv 

(2014-11-24)

Professor Curtis Hays Whitson has for almost ten years been working on developing Pipe-it technology. The breakthrough came when giant Saudi Aramco gave the assignment to optimize around 600 oil wells to small Petrostreamz in Trondheim.

SUBPRO becomes new Centre for Research Based Innovation 

(2014-11-21)

Departments Chemical Engineering, Production and Quality Engineering, and Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics applied jointly for SFI status within the subsea area. The grant was announced by NFR chief Arvid Hallén today! Center Director is Professor Sigurd Skogestad.

The National Geoscience Council met in Oslo yesterday 

(2014-11-18)

The National Geoscience Council meets regularly to discuss common issues between universities and colleges. An example question is concerning classification of the publication channels 0, 1 and 2. Those who attended were UIO, UIS, UIB, UIT, NTNU, UNIS and Sogn og Fjordane University College. From NTNU attended the May Britt Mørk and Egil Tjåland.

The department's Ph.D Seminar takes place today 

(2014-11-18)

The seminar is organized by the Institute's PhD candidates in collaboration with the Institute, and is the start of annual PhD seminar. Around 80 people are attending, including PhD students, master students and teachers. Seminar leader is Ph.D student Katie Aurand.

The local newspaper Midt-Norge Olje&Gass praises Martin Landrø 

(2014-11-17)

Martin Landrø was awarded NPD's IOR prize earlier this year for his research and development related to the use of 4D seismic to increase oil recovery. He has numerous other awards, and Mid-Norge Olje&Gas highlights his merits in their latest issue.

Tjåland and Kleppe interviewed in Midt-Norge Olje&Gass 

(2014-11-17)

The local oil newspaper Midt-Norge Olje&Gass has focused on falling oil prize and downsizing in the Norwegian oil industry in the last edition of the newspaper. Egil Tjåland and Jon Kleppe interviewed to reveal the academic vision of the future.

Workshop for development of cooperation between Schlumberger and NTNU 

(2014-11-17)

Three groups have been established for the development of the Schlumberger NTNU collaboration and the group for Integrated Operations/IOR met at Schlumberger in Stavanger today. The agenda for the workshop was discussion of possible research areas. From Schlumberger participated Lars Sønneland, Christophe Dupuis, Hans Bjørneli and Jørn Sikkerbol, and from NTNU Bjarne Foss, Brage Knudsen, Mathias Bellout and Jon Kleppe.

Digital Energy Journal (DEJ) reports positively from the IO14 Conference 

(2014-11-15)

The editor of the DEJ, Karl Jeffery, reviews IO14 as "..excellent Integrated Operations conference in Trondheim in October", and provides a broad coverage of the conference's many presentations by researchers and industry representatives.

Production numbers for October 

(2014-11-14)

NPD's report of production figures for October shows 1.949 million barrels of oil, NGL and condensate (151,000 barrels more than in September), and a total gas sale of 10.5 billion cubic meters (GSm3), which is 2.6 GSm3 more than September

This year's record applications to petroleum studies is discussed in today's Dagsavisen  

(2014-11-14)

Dagsavisen points out the paradox of the record application for petroleum studies at NTNU and UiS this year, while oil industry reduces its workforce.

Successful fall fest 

(2014-11-13)

Around 30 of the department's employees gathered at Rica (Scandic) Bakklandet last night for a very nice autumn fest. During the fest, two of the teachers were appreciated for their long and important contributions to the department's development. Helge Langeland has been employed since 1974 and Arild Rødland since 1978. Both retire from NTNU at the end of the year.

Guest Lecture in Seismic Imaging 

(2014-11-11)

Vetle Vinje in CGG Veritas presents a guest lecture in Seismic Imaging tomorrow, November 12th at 12:15 in P12. All are welcome. Contact person Wiktor Weibull.

The Evaluation Committees for Technology Disciplines started their work today 

(2014-11-10)

The Research Council has appointed three international committees to evaluate technology institutes in Norway. They started work today and committee 1, for Energy and Process Technology (including: Oil, gas, CO2, fluid mechanics, metallurgy for the process industry, electrical energy), consists of Professor Emeritus John Derek Fray (chair), University of Cambridge, Professor Gunilla Kreiss, Uppsala University, Emeritus Professor Sten Bay Jørgensen, DTU Chemical Engineering, Professor Ann Muggeridge, Imperial College and Professor Wolfgang Gawlik, Technische Universität Wien. The schedule may be seen below. From the Department met Egil Tjåland and Jon Kleppe.

GEO Magazine profiles Professor Jon Kleppe 

(2014-11-10)

The November issue of GEO Magazine dedicates 3 pages to an interview with Professor Jon Kleppe.

Kjetil Haavik and Martin Landrø i petro.no 

(2014-11-05)

Kjetil Haavik, PhD candidate in geophysics with Professor Martin Landrø as supervisor, has studied ice plowing marks using 2D and 3D seismic data. Under certain conditions the plowing marks may form hydrocarbon traps. The work is published in Quarternary Science Reviews, and is discussed in geoforskning.no and in petro.no.

Gigant development of the Johan Sverdrup Field 

(2014-11-04)

Johan Sverdrup field is among the 4-5 largest finds ever on the Norwegian continental shelf. Now it will be developed to a price tag of around 200 billion NOK. At the top the field will produce around 600 million bbls/day. The field will come on stream in the autumn of 2019 and will produce for at least 50 years, ie. longer than the Norwegian oil history today!

Best Poster Presentation Award at SEG Annual Meeting 

(2014-11-04)

Professor Børge Arntsen and Post Doc Wiktor Weibull Waldemar were awarded Best Poster Presentation under SEG's Annual Meeting in Denver last week. The research presentation is entitled "Reverse time demigration using the extended imaging condition". Congratulations!

Total has completed drilling of appraisal well on the Garantiana oil discovery 

(2014-11-03)

The wells were drilled about 30 kilometres northeast of the Visund field in the northern North Sea. The reserves may be as much as 85 mill. bbls. oil

Exploration Week 44 

(2014-11-03)

Statoil is starting a new well in Norwegian Sea North and Lundin has spudded Lindarormen and Kopervik.

Visit by the Norwegian Ambassador in Mozambique 

(2014-10-30)

The Norwegian ambassador in Maputo, Mozambique, Ms. Mette Masst, visited the department yesterday. The purpose of the visit was to discuss how NTNU could potentially contribute to the development of the petroleum education program at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. From NTNU participated Ole Jørgen Nydal, Hilde Skeie and Jon Kleppe. A follow-up meeting will be held during the EnPe conference in Dar es Salaam last week of November.

Visit to Memorial University 

(2014-10-30)

In connection with the Transatlantic Science Week in Toronto, visited Egil Tjåland, Harald Ellingsen and Invald Strømmen Memorial University at their St. John's campus. Memorial wants assistance from Norway to develop a new program for petroleums education, which was the main topic in the discussions. From Memorial participated Bruce Colbourne (Head, Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering Department), Greg Naterer (Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science), Tahir Husain (Associate Dean, Research), Ahmid Selim and Kelly Hawbolt (both from Process Engineering Department ).

-Much good has emerged from the petroleum ethics debate 

(2014-10-27)

Professor Olav Bjarte Fosso, the new head of TSO Energy at NTNU, and participant in NENT's debate meeting in Litteraturhuset last Thursday, sums up the debate.

Exploration week 43 

(2014-10-27)

An overview of last week's exploration activities is given below, and includes that Statoil discovered oil and gas in D-Structure, Island Innovator is heading to the Kopervik-location and Exxon Mobil postpones Prince indefinitely.

New Knight in the Earth Science Society! 

(2014-10-27)

During the Bergforeningen's 100 year anniversary celebration Saturday night, Egil Tjåland was promoted to Knight of the Society. The picture below shows Egil with the Knighthood star, while he presents 50 kgs of tin to the Society. The tin is to be used for making tin buttons for the ceremonial suit to all new students in the relevant study programss, with an appropriate inscription. Congratulations, Egil!

Alumni meeting in Toronto 

(2014-10-27)

A group from NTNU participates in Transatlantic Science Week in Toronto this week. Sunday evening the rector invited to an alumni meeting at the hotel. From the department participated Egil Tjåland

Visit by UiS 

(2014-10-26)

As a re-visit of the visit as rector at NTNU made to UiS some time ago, a group of UiS visited NTNU last Friday. The purpose of the visits was to exchange information on research and education, existing cooperation and future prospects. From the department participated Egil Tjåland, Milan Stanko, Curtis Whitson and Ole Torsæter.

NENT has conducted a panel debate on ethics in petroleum research 

(2014-10-26)

As a follow-up of the statement on ethics in petroleum research it issued earlier this year, the National Committee on Ethics in petroleum, invited the National Research Ethics Committee for Science and Technology (NENT) invited to an open meeting at the House of Literature last Thursday, where key players were challenged to discuss key issues raised in the debate: 1) Presents universities' cooperation with the oil industry a threat to their independence? 2) What kind of place should research which helps to extend the oil age have at research institutions? 3) What are the consequences statement for universities? From the Department participated Egil Tjåland

Exploration Week 40 

(2014-10-24)

Petro.no publishes each week a summary of exploration activities on the Norwegian shelf. Below is the list for week 40.

Statoil has made a significant oil discovery close to the Grane Field 

(2014-10-22)

The discovery, which can be up to 80 million bbl.. of recoverable oil, is located near the Grane Field in the North Sea, and a development solution can thus be associated with this.

Sissel Grude has completed her final Ph.D exams 

(2014-10-22)

The thesis is entitled: "Geophysical Monitoring of CO2 Injection in Saline Aquifer". The assessment committee consisted of: Professor Christopher Juhlin, Uppsala University, Geophysicist Tom Blanchard, Total Exploration and Production UK, and Adjunct Professor Philip Ringrose, NTNU. The title of the public lecture was: "Next generation permanent reservoir monitoring technology - what will soon be possible". The adviser of Ms. Grude has been Professor Martin Landrø.

Our faculty act aggressively on EU projects 

(2014-10-21)

The entire IVT Faculty governance is these days gathered in Brussels to position themselves better against the EU. From the Department participates Egil Tjåland.

Former student elected SPE President for 2015 

(2014-10-21)

Helge Hove Haldorsen graduated from the department as an engineer in petroleum engineering in 1978, followed by a Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas. He has since held various positions in BP, Sohio and Esso before joining Norsk Hydro, later StatoilHydro and Statoil. He is currently Vice President for Statoil in Houston. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is a major international organization for professionals in the oil and gas sector, and has around 124,000 members, incl. student members.

Olena Tiapkina has completed final Ph.D exams 

(2014-10-20)

Her thesis is entitled: "Methods for Attenuation of Seismic Ground Roll and 4D Travel Time Inversion Using Diving Waves". The assessment committee consisted of: Director Evgeny Landa, OPERA, France, Geophysicist Stig-Kyrre Foss, Statoil, and Professor Børge Arntsen, NTNU. The title of the public lecture was: "Seismic Absorption". The adviser for Olena Tiapkina has been Professor Martin Landrø.

Production numbers for September 

(2014-10-17)

The average liquids production was at 1.834 million barrels per day, which is a slight decrease compared to August (about 1 percent). Gas sales were 7.9 billion standard cubic meters (GSm3), which is 0.6 GSm3 more than for August.

Workshops between NTNU and Schlumberger 

(2014-10-16)

Following the signing of the framework agreement between NTNU and Schlumberger three working groups were created for preparation of project proposals for the cooperation. The groups are within Geocomputing, Subsea and Integrated Operations (IO). Geocomputing had the first meeting a couple of weeks ago, while the Subsea and IO-groups met yesterday. The goal is to have concrete proposals ready by the end of January. A photo from the IO group meeting may be seen below.

The department in the Adresseavisen 

(2014-10-16)

In addition to the article in Stavanger Aftenblad the Adresseaviosen publishes today the interview with our department head.

Stavanger Aftenblad interviews our department head today 

(2014-10-15)

In today's issue of the newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad our department head Egil Tjåland is interviewed on NTNU's petroleum activities and the industry's current challenges. Also the ethical side of petroleum research and NTNU's collaboration with the oil and gas industry is discussed, including the importance of our new ethics course for petroleum students.

Another gas discovery in Tanzania for Statoil 

(2014-10-15)

Statoil is the operator of Block 2 offshore Tanzania and this is the seventh discovery that they have made during the last couple of years. Total reserves have now reached around 21 tcf (600 billion Sm3). NTNU's collaboration with the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is supported by Statoil, and education of personnel in petroleum engineering and -geofag at UDSM becomes even more important after the discovery.

Promising oil and gas discovery in the Barents Sea 

(2014-10-14)

Lundin is completing an exploration well about 20 km. northeast of the former discovery 7120 / 11-1, and has found significant quantities of oil and gas. The oil column is 45 m, overlaid by a gas cap of 10 m. Recoverable reserves may be up to 400 million bbls oe.

The department on NRK's webpage 

(2014-10-14)

In addition to the TV broadcast in Midtnytt last night about the prospects for petroleumstaktivitetene in Norway, and interviews with students and staff, there is also a nice article on the same subject on NRK's website.

The department in today's local TV news 

(2014-10-13)

NRK's Central Midtnytt broadcasted today a program about the oil industry's future prospects in light of cost-cutting and downsizing. It was taped at the department and at the seminar Going North 2014 at Clarion Conference Hotel. Students Marie Birkeland, Uno Brosten Vaaland and Sondre Krogh Johansen, and Professors Egil Tjåland, Ole Torsæter and Jon Kleppe took part in the shooting. The program presented a positive light on the industry's prospects.

The Petrox Field Course 2014 is completed 

(2014-10-13)

The field course Petrox 2014 to southern England was completed during 6.-10. October. 18 of our 5th grade students participated and they also examined the source and reservoir rocks from the Wessex basin. The Kimmeridge oil field and source rock Kimmeridge were also visited (see attached picture). Field guides were Professor Andy Gale, University of Portsmouth, Jan Ivar Jensen, Maarten Felix and Ole Torsæter (field course leader), NTNU.

Ministry of Oil and Energi increases allocation to Research Council 

(2014-10-09)

In the budget proposal for 2014 the funding to the Research Council for research in the areas energy, petroleum and CO2 is set to 950 million NOK, an increase of 21.3 million compared to 2013. The funds go to programs ENERGIX, PETROMAKS 2, DEMO 2000 and CLIMIT.

NTNU's Rector: Oil is both a blessing and a headache for NTNU 

(2014-10-03)

NTNU's Rector is interviewed by Universitetsavisa on the ethical aspects of petroleum-related research, as a follow-up of the NENT statement released in June.

This year's IO Conference is completed 

(2014-10-02)

This year's IO conference is the eighth conference organized by The IO Centre, which is hosted by NTNU. This year 240 people participated, many of whom were foreign. Both Petroleum and Energy Minister Tord Lien and Statoil CEO Helge Lund gave keynote talks. Most of the presentation can be downloaded from the link below.

Visit from Brazil 

(2014-10-02)

The Norwegian Brazil Consortium between SINTEF, NTNU, UiO and IFE has established a research project ReNoBra, with funding from the Research Council. In connection with the IO Conference were several of the project participants in Trondheim, and a project meeting was arranged. From the department participated Egil Tjåland.

Visit from Namibia 

(2014-10-01)

A delegation of 6 persons from Namibia, with participants from the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia, Directorate of Petroleum Affairs, Namibia Energy Institute and the Petroleum Training and Education Fund visited NTNU Wednesday. The purpose was fact finding and discussion of possible cooperation. From NTNU participated Egil Tjåland, Hilde Skeie, Stephen Lippard and Jon Lippe.

Gas discovery in the Barents Sea 

(2014-09-27)

The well was drilled 65 km northwest of the oil and gas discovery 7220 / 8-1 Johan Castberg in the Barents Sea and 300 kilometers northwest of Hammerfest. Preliminary estimates of the size of the discovery is between 5 and 20 billion standard cubic meters (Sm3) of recoverable gas. The discovery will be further evaluated.

- Petroleum researchers are unjustly blamed in the ethics discussion 

(2014-09-24)

The chairman of the Norwegian Science Academy is critical to NENT's statement on research ethics and petroleum research.

Szczepan Piotr Polak has completed final Ph.D exams 

(2014-09-24)

The thesis is entitled: "Laboratory and Numerical Study of Scaling Parameters Used in Modelling of CO2 Storage in Rocks. The Evaluation Committee consisted of Professor Auli Niemi, Uppsala University, Dr. Claus Kjøller, GEUS and Professor Jon Kleppe, NTNU. The title of the public lecture was: "CO2 Injection for EOR." The main supervisor has been Professor Ole Torsæter and co-supervisor Senior Scientist Torleif Holt, SINTEF.

Visit by the Indian Ambassado 

(2014-09-20)

India's new Ambassador to Norway, HE Norman Anil Kumar Browne, visited NTNU yesterday to be informed of NTNU's collaboration with India, and discuss the relationship forward. He is a former Air Chief Marshal and Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force. From the Department participated Egil Tjåland.

Professor Sigbjørn Sangesland discusses the importance of technology development in last issue of Teknisk Ukeblad 

(2014-09-19)

In the Media Planet's supplement to the latest edition of TU, a number of prominent persons are invited to comment on the developments on the Norwegian continental shelf. Sigbjørn Sangesland highlights the importance of technology to reduce costs and to improve recovery.

Ethics debate in Bergen 

(2014-09-16)

TEKNA arranged an ethics debate in Bergen last Friday, with panelists from industry and academia. Former Statoil employee Bjørn Vidar Lerøen says that "As long as we produce and looking for hydrocarbons, we need petroleum." The panel agreed that the age of oil once will end and that we must use oil wealth to position ourselves for the future.

Two veterans met today's oil leader in Stavanger 

(2014-09-16)

Many dignitaries attended the ceremony at the opening of the new oil archive in Stavanger today. Arve Johnsen, who was the first chief of Statoil at its founding in 1974, and Fredrik Hagemann, who was the first chief of NPD at its founding in 1974, were both in attendance, and it was also our department head, Egil Tjåland.

Visit from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

(2014-09-16)

State Secretary Morten Høglund with Kristin Sverdrup and Trine Radmann from UD visited NTNU today for information and discussion, especially related to international cooperation and industrial cooperation. Olav B. Fosso presented TSO Energy, and Jon Kleppe international and industrial cooperation in the IO Centre, collaboration with Brazil, and our development projects in the south.

Production number for August 

(2014-09-16)

Liquids production in August was at 1,842,000 bbls/day, a decrease of 79,000 compared with July. Gas production was 7.3 Sm, which is 0.7 less than in July

Large investments planned offshore Mid-Norway 

(2014-09-15)

Oil companies plan to invest in Mid-Norway in størresesorden 250 billion kr. the next few years. The outlook for local suppliers is good.

See photos from the ceremony for the Darcy Award to Professor Ole Torsæter 

(2014-09-14)

The ceremony was held in the Pope's reception room (!) in Avignon, and Ole Torsæter was presented with The Darcy Award of the Society of Core Analysts (SCA) with professional colleagues and former award winners as audience. Congratulations again, Ole!

Former student interviewed in newspaper Dagens Næringsliv 

(2014-09-14)

Kristoffer Tellefsen graduated from the department in Petroleum Engineering in 2011, and began as a drilling fluid engineer at Baker Hughes. After one year there, he moved to Shell, where he has worked with challenging drilling operations worldwide. Today he Wells Supervisor in Training. In Friday's DN he is interviewed about career development.

Our students made a bronze medal in EAGE's FIELD Challenge 2014 

(2014-09-14)

The EAGE FIELD Challenge (Fully Integrated EvaLuation and Development) is a multidisciplinary competition between university student groups in the geosciences and petroleum engineering, organized annually by the EAGE. Laura Sihaloho, Zaenuddin Ar Rofiqi, Dicky Harishidayat and Togi Yonathan from the department participated this year, and achieved third place in the competition. Congratulations!

Visit from Uganda 

(2014-09-12)

Joseph Kadoma Byaruhanga and Sali Godfrey from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Makerere visited the department for an initial discussion of possible collaboration between Makerere and NTNU related to a planned Petroleum Engineering program at Makerere. They were in Trondheim as part of an existing cooperation in industrial innovation with Department of Industrial Economy at NTNU. Professor Arild Aspelund is their host. From IPT met Allan Katende (M.Sc. student from Uganda) and Jon Kleppe.

Professor Ole Torsæter received The Darcy Award 

(2014-09-12)

Society of Core Analyst (SCA) is arranging its annual conference this week in France. During a ceremony yesterday, Professor Ole Torsæter was presented the prestigious The Darcy Award. Congratulations, Ole!

Can Svalex continue after all? 

(2014-09-10)

This year's Svalex was the last one with Statoil as the main sponsor, and it may be the last of all, if no other means of financing is found. Geoforskning.no discusses the possibility of continuation, eg. through Academia agreements that all participating universities have signed with Statoil.

Stiff competition for EU projects 

(2014-09-09)

The WAVES project in which Børge Arntsen and Martin Landrø are partners, has been awarded in stiff competition with other applications, also from NTNU.

Børge Arntsen and Martin Landrø are partners in a new EU project 

(2014-09-08)

The EU project WAVES has just been granted and NTNU is partner in the project along with a number of European universities, as well as Shell and Schlumberger (Cambridge). The total budget for the project is approximately NOK 28 million., And NTNU's share is 4.7 million. The project will develop new knowledge and educate researchers in seismology, atmospheric physics and oceanography.

Record number of females to this year's class of Petroleum Studies at NTNU 

(2014-09-03)

The front page of today's Adressa shows a picture of 4 of our new female students, with the headline "The girls coups oil studies". The next two pages are also devoted to the large increase in the proportion of female student, not only for Petroleum but for technology studies in general at NTNU. For Petroleum Studies the proportion of girls in this year's class was as high as 56,9%, according to Adresseavisen, which is the highest ever.

The Svalex field course is profiled on geoforskning.no 

(2014-09-02)

This year's Svalex is the 14th field course in the series, and so far it seems to be the last. Geoforskning.no has devoted a great article on the matter. Egil Tjåland has been leader of the field course since its inception.

Svalex 2014 is completed 

(2014-09-01)

Svalex 2014 was arranged 14.-25. August, with a total of 88 students from NTNU, UiO, UiB, UiS and UiT. Svalex is a field course arranged annually at Svalbard. The objectives of the course is to allow graduates from majors in geology, geophysics and petroleum engineering work together in groups to solve problems in the exploration and production of oil and gas. The first part of the course was held in the premises of the University Centre at Svalbard (UNIS). There, theory was given by teachers from the participating universities. Thereafter students embarked the ship MS Expedition to study geology around Svalbard's many fjords. Svalbard is an uplifted part of the continental shelf of the Barents Sea, and one can therefore study exposed geology along the fjords that would otherwise only be observed in drill cores from oil wells. Half of the students were also given the opportunity to acquire seismic data from the seismic ship MS Håkon Mosby. Statoil and the five cooperating universities financed Svalex for the 14th consecutive year. The project leader for the field course is Egil Tjåland.

Statoil presents new drilling method 

(2014-09-01)

Research director Lars Høier in Statoil has presented a new and time-saving method of drilling that can save two days drilling per well. The first generation of the system makes it possible to drill a borehole and feed at once. The tool was first used commercially in the Grane field in 2012

Professor Martin Landrø received the IOR Award for 2014 

(2014-08-26)

Under ONS in Stavanger today, Martin Landrø awarded NPD's IOR prize for 2014, he received the award for his efforts to develop 4D seismic for mapping, production management and monitoring of reservoirs. Director General Bente Nyland presented the award. Congratulations Martin!

10 bill. bbls oe. in new reserves on NCS 

(2014-08-26)

In a new analysis conducted by Wood Mackenzie it is estimated that the new resources in 206 discoveries are 10 billion bbls. oe., of which 4.8 to 6.4 can be recovered.

Network meeting Stanford U-Schlumberger-NTNU 

(2014-08-21)

On the initiative of Schlumberger, a joint network meeting at Stanford was held Monday and Tuesday. Stanford's Earth Science School presented research activities Schlumberger actively contribute to. Under the new partnership agreement between Schlumberger and NTNU is it an objective to exploit the huge academic network that Schlumberger has including some of the leading universities in the world to create more international cooperation. From Stanford attended Tony Kovscek, Lou Durlofski, Biondo Biondi, Tchelepi Hamdi, Tapan Mukerji and Jerry Harris; from Schlumberger Najib Abusalbi; and from NTNU Jon Kleppe.

Production numbers for July 

(2014-08-14)

In July the liquids production per day was 1.935 million barrels, which is 153,000 barrels per day more than in June (about 8 percent). Gas production was 8.0 billion cubic meters (GSm3), which is 0.6 GSm3 more than in June.

Visit from Australia 

(2014-08-13)

Professor Keith Hampson, who leads a national center for Sustainable Built Environment at Curtin University, visited the department today for discussions on cooperation and student exchange. He also visits BAT and International Office. From the department participated Jon Kleppe

New students are enrolled 

(2014-08-13)

After participating in ceremonies at Gløshaugen, the newly enrolled students visited the department after lunch yesterday, where Sigbjørn Sangesland welcomed and briefed them on the department's activities. Around 55 Norwegian students are enrolled in the first year of the 5-year program, while around 50 foreign students are starting in the international M.Sc. programs

The VR students' Oculus FPV project is presented at the Maker Faire festival at the end of August 

(2014-08-13)

The student group in Egil Tjåland's VR Village that developed controlling a helicopter using Oculus glasses, which was seen by nearly 400,000 on Youtube, are demonstrating the project at the inventor festival Makers Faire in Trondheim 29.-30. August.

Upstream Technology Magazine covers the department as well as the petroleum ethics discussion in Norway 

(2014-08-01)

In the latest edition of Upstream Technology Magazine three pages are devoted to a description of the department's activities in addition to the ethical discussion on petroleum research taking place in Norway.

Production numbers for June 

(2014-07-29)

NPD reports that Norway produced 1.744 million barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is 100,000 barrels per day more than in May 2014. Gas sales were 7.4 billion cubic meters (GSm3), which is 0.7 GSm3 less than in May.

"Oilman of the year" is profiled on Upstream's back page 

(2014-07-27)

Upstream's last page is dedicated to individuals in the oil and gas business. In the edition dated July 25, 2014, Jon Kleppe is profiled.

Enormous value creation for each oil and gas worker in Norway 

(2014-07-23)

While the average value added per man-year in Norway is 830,000 NOK, it is more than 21 millions NOK for each man-year within the oil and gas area.

Record high admission requirement for Petroleum Studies at NTNU 

(2014-07-21)

Although the number of applicants for Petroleum Studies at NTNU fell slightly this year compared with 2013, the admission requirement is record high, and the lower limit is 58.8 points ! Among the technology programs in Norway it is only Nanotechnology at NTNU that have stricter requirements.

Four small oil companies are behind the largest discovery so far this year 

(2014-07-17)

VNG, Spike, Rocksource and Faroe Petroleum are behind the discoveries Pil and Bue in the Norwegian Sea. The two fields arecontaining between 80 and 200 million barrels of oil.

NTNU's petroleum program among the best 

(2014-07-11)

Rigzone, an industry website, has selected seven universities from five countries (Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and the UK), which they believe are the best in Europe for petroleum engineering and petroleum geoscience education. Emphasis is on close ties to the industry and that they offer petroleum education in English.

VISTA announces research funds for 2015 

(2014-07-08)

VISTA calls for applications within the four priority areas: exploration, improved recovery, future development and operations, and environment. VISTA also encourages projects that are relevant to several of the priority areas. Application deadline August 15.

High exploration activity offshore Norway 

(2014-07-03)

In the first half of the year 23 exploration wells and 10 delineation wells have been completed. 13 discoveries have been made, reports NPD.

Milan Edvard Wolf Stanko has completed the final defence for the Ph.D. degree 

(2014-06-27)

The title of the dissertation is: "Topics in Production Systems Modeling: Separation, Pumping and Model Based Optimization". The committee consisted of: Professor Neima Brauner, Tel Aviv University, Manager for Offshore Heavy Oil Ruben Schulkes, Statoil and Professor Curtis H. Whitson, NTNU. The title of the public lecture was: "Optimized Integration of Reservoir and Network Models". Main supervisor has been Professor Michael Golan, and co-supervisers Professor Ole Jørgen Nydal, NTNU and Professor Miguel Asuaje, Universidad Simón Bolivar.

Statoil's new center for improved oil recovery was opened today 

(2014-06-26)

Statoil's new center for improved oil recovery at Rotvoll was opened today by Oil and Energy Minister Tord Lien, Trondheim's Mayor Rita Ottervik and Statoil's CEO Helge Lund, by symbolically mixing key ingredients for success, including seeds from Gløshaugen, in a container. Statoil's research director Lars Høier was very pleased with the new center, and aims to improve recovery from Statoil's oil fields to 60%.

Our student Cerina Augdal is profiled in the TEKNA Magazine 

(2014-06-25)

Cerina Augdal has just delivered her master thesis in drilling at the department and will start working for Schlumberger in Equtorial Guinea. The TEKNA Magazine has made ​​a great profile article about her.

ANTHEI Steering Committee meeting in Zanzibar 

(2014-06-23)

This year's steering committee meeting for the ANTHEI educational collaboration project was held at Zanzibar last week with representatives from Universidade Agosthino Neto, Angola, University of Dar es Salam, Tanzania, and from the Ministry of Energy and Mining, TPDC, Statoil in Tanzania and NTNU. From NTNU participated Egil Tjåland and Jon Kleppe, in addition to Richard Rwechungura (Statoil/NTNU).

Statoil makes new gas discovery in Tanzania 

(2014-06-20)

In its sixth well offshore Tanzania, Statoil has made another gas discovery. Overall, the company now has gas reserves in Tanzania at around 20 Tcf

The ethical evaluation of petroleum research has been completed 

(2014-06-19)

The main conclusion is summed up as "NENT believes petroleum research may be ethical questionable if its framework conditions and research activities prevent the required adjustment processes in order to meet the UN climate targets that Norway has committed to can not be reached". NENT asks universities and research institutions to review their petroleum-related research activities in this regard.

Production numbers for May 

(2014-06-18)

Liquids production for May was 1.665 million barrels of oil, NGL and condensate per day, which is 282,000 barrels per day less than in April. Gas sales were 8.2 billion cubic meters (GSm3), which is 0.8 GSm3 less than in April.

The annual department seminar was held in Reykjavik 

(2014-06-12)

Around 35 of the department's employees participated in this year's department seminar in Reykjavik. The seminar reviewed the department's activities last year and discussed the strategy for research and education forward.

Board Meeting in the IO Center 

(2014-06-12)

Board Meeting # 22 since the start of IO Centre in 2007 was held today. The main items on the agenda were the status and progress of ongoing projects and a wrap-up plan for the center, as well as a discussion of a proposal to extend the center as a JIP for three more years.

Schlumberger and NTNU sign frame agreement 

(2014-06-09)

Following a long preparation time, Schlumberger and NTNU met today for a signing ceremony at NTNU today, where Schlumberger's CEO Pål Kibsgaard and NTNU's Rector Gunnar Bovim signed a frame agreement defining the foundations for research over the next five years. In addition to the two signers participated from Schlumberger Najib Abusalbi, Lars Sønneland, Morten Jensen and Torjer Halle, and from NTNU Johan Hustad, Geir Øien, Hanne Sørgjerd and Jon Kleppe. The focus areas Integrated Operations, Subsea and Geocomputing, with emphasis on the multidisciplinary between the faculties IVT, NT and IME, 3 working groups are established for defining research projects to be realized in the period of collaboration. Kibsgaard and Bovin be conducting annual meetings for review of progress of the co-operation.

MCG and the department starts new research collaboration 

(2014-06-03)

The project will use MCG's database with 38,000 km og seismic from the Barents Sea and interpret the data for evaluation of hydrocarbon potentioal of the South-Western part of the Barents Sea. Professor Ståle Johansen is the project leader, and Post doc researcher Kamaldeen Omosanya will work with Ståle for the next 4 years.

Det norske purchases Marathon Oil Norway 

(2014-06-02)

Det norske buys Marathon Oil Norway for 12.6 billion NOK. Thus, the company increased its oil production by 80,000 barrels/day and oil reserves soar to over 200 million barrels. Det norske will have 450 employees after the acquisition.

Mansour Soroush has completed final Ph.D. exams 

(2014-05-27)

The dissertation is entitled: "Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Different Phenomena in CO2 Storage in the Saline Aquifers". The evaluation committee has consisted of: Associate Professor Yannick Peysson, IFP Energies Nouvelles, Associate Professor Gillian Pickup, Heriot-Watt University and Adjunct Professor Philip S. Ringrose, NTNU. The title of the public lecture was: "Potential for global growth in CCS technology and key technical barriers to deployment". The main advisor has been Professor Jon Kleppe and the co-supervisor Senior Researcher Dag Wessel-Berg, SINTEF.

Jon Kleppe is elected "Oilman of the Year" for 2014 

(2014-05-24)

Under SPE's BBQ party in Stavanger Friday night, Jon Kleppe was promoted to "Oilman of the Year" for 2014. This award was initiated in 1988 and is given out annually.

NPD publishes a new atlas for CO2 storage sites on NCS 

(2014-05-20)

The atlas brings together the three previous publications in a combined edition with additional information about the methodology behind the selection of sites. The atlas may be download below.

Irene Rummelhoff an Kjetil Hove gave keynote presentations under teh Statoil Energy seminar in Bergen 

(2014-05-20)

Irene Rummelhoff and Kjetil Hove were presenters during Statoil's annual energy seminar in Bergen last week. Their presentations may be seen below. Both graduated with master degrees from the department in 1992, Irene in Petroleum Geosciences and Kjetil in Petroleum Engineering, and both have had a number of important positions in Statoil and Hydro. Irene has been with Statoil since she graduated, and has had many international positions for Statoil, mostly in the U.S., and is now head of exploration for the Norwegian continental shelf. Kjetil was first in Hydro and later in Statoil. Before he took over his current job as head of the eastern North Sea, he was Statoil's country manager for Brazil.

Production numbers for April 

(2014-05-20)

NPD reports that preliminary numbers show that the average liquid production per day for April was at 1,918,000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is a slight decline from March. Gas production was 9.0 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is 1.4 GSm3 less than in March.

Visit to TU Delft 

(2014-05-20)

NTNU's Rector, Professor Gunnar Bovim, led a delegation from several disciplines at NTNU in a visit to TU Delft in the Netherlands yesterday. The visit is part of regular Rector's visits between NTNU and TU Delft, aiming to strengthen cooperation between the two universities, and the program included a plenum session and parallel visits to selected disciplines. From the department/IO Centre participated Jon Kleppe and together with Johan Hustad he had discussions of collaboration with Kees Wapenaar, William Rossen and Karl-Heinz Wolf at the Department and Geosciences and Engineering.