Research awards

Martin Landrø awarded prestigious prize for seismic research

Statoil Prize for 2007 was awarded to Professor Martin Landrø, an applied geophysicist with the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics at NTNU. The prize recognizes his work in in four-dimensional seismology, also known as 4-D seismic.

"Proffessor Landrø is one of the pioneers in the development and use of 4-D seismic for monitoring oil and gas production from our reservoirs," says Lasse Amundsen, chief researcher in geophysics at StatoilHydro. "For the past 10 years he has provided important theoretical and practical contributions towards enhancing this technology."

The 4-D seismic method compares data from three-dimensional surveys performed in the same field at different points of time. The fourth dimension, time, gives information about how oil and water have flowed in the reservoir and where remaining oil can be found. By adding the fourth dimension to the interpretation of seismic data we improve the fields' recovery factor considerably.

Professor Landrø is also an active mentor, superviing more than 50 master's degree students studying geophysics at NTNU (see Master's degree in Earth Science and Petroleum Engineering ).

About Statoil's research award

Statoil’s researcher prize was first awarded in 1991. The prize recognizes research work at a high international level. It is awarded annually to an external researcher or institution in Norway that has carried out work of significant importance to StatoilHydro's operations and activities. Nominations for the award are made both by selected research organisations, universities and central R&D staff in Statoil, while final selection is made at the Vice President level in Statoil's Research and Development operation.

Previous award winners 1991 – 2006:

Sources

  1. «Researcher prize for seismic pioneer» by Jorun Hegna, StatoilHydro
  2. Technoport Festival 2007 website
  3. «Utdeling av teknologipriser 17.10.2007», by A.Borstad, Adressa.no