iO08 - 4th International Conference on Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry
Focus: the technologies to integrate people and workplaces. Location: Trondheim Norway. More information and registration - www.ioconf.no
New report: Integrated operations and major accident risk
18.06.08 New report: Integrated operations and major accident risk The report, which present the results of a workshop arranged by the IO Center in collaboration with...
New course for SPRING 2008
A new, regular course “Advanced control in industrial processes” will be offered for 4th year students this coming spring semester (TTK4210 - 7.5 study points), and everty spring thereafter. Responible teacher: Professor Morten Hovd, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, NTNU. Estimated number of students: 50, applicable to students from several disciplines. » Program 2
iO-07 Conference a Success
| NOV 07 | The feedback we have received, both formally and informally, suggests that the IO 07 Conference in Trondheim (held 2.-3. Oct., 2007) was a success. At the IO center we are very pleased with the number of attendees (247), and the positive feedback on the conference content and discussions. All presentations are available on www.ioconf.no and we also refer to a review of the IO conference in the Digital Energy Journal (pdf, Issue 9, pg 20) .
Energy & Petroleum - Resources & Environment (EPRE)
Better resource utilization
Better resource utilization is a hot topic in the petroleum industry. Research and investments in Integrated Operations (IO) could generate billions for society and the Norwegian Oil Industry Association estimates that the profit from the rapid introduction of IO on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) can be NOK 250 billion over the period 2005-2015. The greatest potential lies in increasing the recovery rates from oil fields and rationalizing operations.
The activity at the Center for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry focuses around the development a knowledge bank, as welll as methods and tools that will bring substantial progress and revitalize the technologies and practice in the industry. The added value of adopting IO will be felt as the technology enables additional commercial finds of oil and gas, increased recovery rates, reduced costs, longer life for petroleum fields, reduced environmental loads, and improved safety measures.
Additional information
Full article: Better resource utilization
Website: Center for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry - SFI
Research partners:
NTNU, SINTEF, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) – Halden
Corporate partners:
Statoil, Hydro, Total, Gaz de France, ConocoPhillips, Shell, Petoro, as well as Kongsberg Maritime, Aker Kværner, FMC, and IBM. Several companies are currently considering joining as partners.
BRU Project Report
This unique report summarizes the Better Resource Utilization (BRU) project's fact finding mission of 2005. We asked advice of the petroleum industry, contacting 50 oil companies, many service companies, relevant organizations, and governing authorities. NTNU obtained invaluable insight, input and inspiration, and we felt that the entire Norwegian Petroleum Cluster appreciated this initiative. Having openly discussed the future challenges on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and the needs and priority areas for each individual company, the report, among other things, outlines findings, challenges, strategic conclusions, and recommendations for future R&D priorities in the field of petroleum research.
» download BRU report, 108 pages (pdf 3812 KB) , SEPT 05
COMPERA (ERA-net for Competence research centres (CRC): COMPERA links 17 partner programmes from 12 European countries, endeavoring to increase understanding between programmes designed to enhance co-operation between private enterprises, academica and other innovation focused organizaions. [COMPERA website]
PRESS CLIPPINGS
- Millions worth of cooperation - NTNU and Siemens
14.05.2008 - TU.no - Sponsors NTNU with 40 million NOK
14.05.2008 - Adressa.no - Search yields new oil fortunes
13.05.2008 - digi.no - Technology advances to increase petroleum revenues by 300 million NOK
13.05.2008 - Offshore
