Program 2024
BRU21 Conference 2024 program:
DAY 1 – June 3: Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel Trondheim
09:00-10:00 – CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & COFFEE
10:00-11:30 – WELCOME AND PLENARIES
Welcome to the BRU21 conference
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Ute Mann, Head of Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, NTNU
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BRU21: Developing Digital and Automation Solutions for the Offshore Energy Industry
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Alexey Pavlov, Professor, BRU21 Program Manager, NTNU
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Technology Implementation - Internal vs External
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Olav Kigen Bjering, Manager Operations and Maintenance Technology and Support Services, Equinor
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Olav Landstad, Team Leader Operations and Maintenance, Equinor
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European Cooperation: Decarbonizing Power and Industry
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Asgeir Tomasgard, Professor, Director NTNU Energy, Director NTNU Energy Transition Initiative
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Does the Norwegian Continental Shelf Contribute to Increased Sustainability?
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Thomas Lerdahl, Lead Advisor Subsurface Quality Management, OKEA |
12:30 – 14:00 – PARALLEL SESSIONS:
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Chair: Verena Hagspiel, Professor, NTNU |
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Co-chair: Thomas Lerdahl, Lead Advisor Subsurface Quality Management, OKEA |
Field Development and Economics Research in BRU21
Verena Hagspiel, Professor, NTNU
The Offshore Directorate Perspectives of Knowledge Needs for Further NCS Development
Arne Jacobsen, Assistant Director of Technology, Analyses and Coexistence, Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Offshore Platform Electrification Assessment Considering Economic and Environmental Objectives: A Multi-objective Real Options Valuation
Olga Noshchenko, PhD Candidate, NTNU
The Open-Source Tool eCalc for Prediction of Energy and Emission from Oil and Gas Installations
Margrete Hånes, Leader Efficiency Solutions, Efficient Drainage and Production, Equinor
Cabling Optimization in Wind Farms from Economic and Reliability Perspectives
Ramon Abritta, PhD Candidate, NTNU
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Chair: Eric Monteiro, Professor, NTNU |
Introduction
Eric Monteiro, Professor, NTNU
DISKOS 2.0: Data Sharing in a New Industrial Setting
Guttorm Vigeland, Eric Toogood, Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Lessons Learned from Implementing the OSDU® Data Platform
Einar Landre, Leading IT Specialist, and Mark Thompson, Senior Advisor Reservoir Geophysics, Equinor
Liberating Seismic Data in OSDU with Volume Data Store: Challenges and Opportunities
Aurelien van Welden, CEO, Bluware Norway
AkerBP - ADME, Driving Interoperability
Kjetil Ogreid, Data Product Manager, AkerBP
14:00 – 14:40 – POSTER AND EXHIBITION SESSION
PRODECS: Software for Better Project Investment Decisions
Semyon Fedorov, Researcher, and Verena Hagspiel, Professor,NTNU
DigiWellData: Wired Drill Pipe Data Analytics
Behzad Elahifar, CEO DigiWellData, Professor, NTNU
DrillComputer: Ultra-fast Digital Twin for Drillstring Dynamics
Sigve Hovda, CEO ComputerWell, Professor, NTNU
DrillFeel: Upgraded Driller’s Chair for Increased Driller’s Situational Awareness
Ali Hashemi, Student and Alexey Pavlov, Professor, NTNU
UPSTRIMA: AI Assistant for Oil and Gas Engineers Turning Years Worth of Historical Data into Immediate Insights
Vlad Karen Payrazyan, CEO, Gain.Energy
Autonomous Drilling Advisory with Digital Twin and AI Technologies
Jie Cao, CTO, eDrilling
BRU21 Academy: Digitalization Courses for the Industry
Jørn Vatn, Professor, NTNU
NTNU GeoAI: Winners (2nd place) of the 2023 SPE Europe Energy GeoHackathon
Kheireddine Redouane, Postdoctoral Fellow, Jinjie Mao, PhD Candidate, and Ashkan Jahanbani, Professor NTNU
Workover and Inspection Requirements for Subsea Late Life Well Integrity Optimization
David Semwogerere, PhD Candidate, NTNU
Multi-criteria Assessment of Offshore Platforms Powering Alternatives: Sustainable Approach
Olga Noshchenko, PhD Candidate, NTNU
14:40 – 15:50 – PARALLEL SESSIONS
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Chair: Ashkan Jahanbani, Associate Professor, NTNU |
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Co-chair: Alv-Arne Grimstad, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF |
Introduction
Ashkan Jahanbani, Associate Professor, NTNU and Alv-Arne Grimstad, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF
The Role of Pressure in Deployment of Gigatonne Scale CO2 Storage on the NCS
Sarah Gasda, Research Director Computational Geosciences and Modelling, NORCE
Simulation of Large-Scale CO2 Storage in Saline Aquifers and Depleted Reservoirs Using Innovative Modelling Approaches
Bamshad Nazarian, Leading Researcher Reservoir Technology CO2 storage, Equinor
Use of Digital Twins in Decision-support Tools for High-Level Screening of CO2 Storage Sites
Arnt Grøver, Researcher, and Ole-André Roli, Senior Software Engineer, SINTEF
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Chair: Lars Imsland, Professor, NTNU |
Research on Machine-Learning and Data-Driven Optimization Methods in BRU21
Lars Imsland, Professor, NTNU
Navigating the Landscape of Responsible AI and Legal Compliance
Rialda Spahic, Task Manager of Responsible AI, Equinor
Pragmatic AI Approach for Enhancing Well Planning: How to Make AI Trustworthy While Yielding Tangible Benefits
Vlad Karen Payrazyan, CEO, Gain.Energy
The AI Drilling Agent: Continuous Learning to Drill Optimum Wells
Jie Cao, CTO, eDrilling
Unsupervised Machine Learning for Well Log Depth Alignment
Sushil Acharaya, PhD Candidate, NTNU
15:50 – 16:00 – CONCLUSION OF DAY 1
18:00 – 20:00 – DINNER AT RADISSON BLU ROYAL GARDEN HOTEL
DAY 2 – June 4: NTNU Gløshaugen
08:30-09:00 – COFFEE & NETWORKING
09:00-09:15 – OPENING OF DAY 2 & REFLECTIONS OF DAY 1
09:15-09:45 – PLENARIES
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Paula Doyle, Chief Digital Officer, AkerBP |
The Importance of Norwegian Energy for Energy Security in Europe
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Gunnar Lille, Managing Director, OG21- Norwegian National Technology Strategy for Oil and Gas Industry |
10:15-10:30 – COFFEE BREAK
10:30-11:30 – PARALLEL SESSIONS
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Chair: Ashkan Jahanbani, Associate Professor, NTNU |
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Co-chair: Alv-Arne Grimstad, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF |
Intelligent Multi-Well Placement Optimization for CO2-EOR and Storage
Jinjie Mao, PhD Candidate, NTNU
Improving Injectivity in CO2 Injection Wells by Reducing Formation Damage
Sina Madani, Product Manager, WellSoft
Generative Neural Network-Driven Full Waveform Inversion for CO2 Storage
Bhargav Boddupalli, Research Scientist, SINTEF
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Chair: Lars Imslan, Professor, NTNU |
Distributed Detection and Localization of Leakages in Energy Applications
Pierluigi Salvo Rossi, Professor, NTNU
Anomaly Detection in Multivariate Time Series of Drilling Data
Mehmet Cagri Altindal, PhD Candidate, NTNU
Extreme Efficiency: Industry-Oriented Data-Driven Optimization
Mark Haring, Research Scientist, SINTEF
A Framework for Minimizing Emissions and Managing Uncertainty in Power Systems with Gas Turbines and Wind Energy
Lars Imslan, Professor, NTNU
11:40-12:20 – PANEL DISCUSSION
THE INNOVATION CHALLENGE: FROM ACADEMIA TO INDUSTRY
Contributors:
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Kerstin Bach, Research Director, NorwAI SFI, NTNU |
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Ying Guo, Special Advisor, Business Development Subsurface Flow Laboratory, NORCE |
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Yngve Bolstad Johansen, Principal Advisor R&D, AkerBP |
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Carl Jörg Petersen, Digitalization and Technology Lead Norway, Wintershall DEA |
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Egil Tjåland, Secretary General of The Norwegian Forum for Marine Minerals, NTNU |
