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Provide research for the improvement of safe, environmentally friendly and profitable mapping and recovery of national and international petroleum resources.

• A non-commercial research subsidiary of SINTEF

• Number of employees: 90

• Proportion of doctorates: 52

• Total number of publications: 145

• Gross turnover: MNOK 171

Facts 2016

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About SINTEF Petroleum

Trondheim

Bergen

SINTEF Petroleum AS is certified

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• SINTEF Petroleum AS is certified by DNV GL in accordance with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007 standards.

• SINTEF Petroleum AS shall at all times work to ensure that the organisation's results meet adequately the requirements and expectations of our clients and other stakeholders.

• Our management system ensures that SINTEF delivers products and services in accordance with specified level of quality, safeguards the environment and operates with a systematic approach to occupational health and safety.

Future technologies for efficient, safe and environmentally friendly petroleum operations

Our vision

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Sources of finance (% of gross operating income)

RCN basic grant (8.7 %)

RCN project support (26.5 %)

Public sector (3.8 %)

Business and industry (53.7 %)

International contracts (6.9 %)

Other sources of income (0.5 %)

Total171 MNOK

Our strategic focus areas:• Drilling and well

• CO2 - Storage

• Exploration

• Multiphase Transport

• Improved Recovery

We maintain a high scientific standard and we are world-leading in selected fields

• Strategic and operational cooperation since 1950

• Joint use of laboratories and equipment

• Cooperation covers research projects, research centers and teaching

Partnership with NTNU

Close working relationships generate innovation and high quality

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BUSINESSProduct development and the

application of research results

THE UNIVERSITIESBasic research and

education

SINTEFMultidisciplinary applied

contract research

• The Formation Physics Laboratory provides laboratory services covering a wide variety of aspects within petroleum rock mechanics and related areas.

• The Multiphase Flow Laboratory's main activity is flow assurance related research for the petroleum industry.

• The Reservoir Laboratory provides methods and equipment for performing experiments at reservoir and production conditions.

Laboratories and test facilities

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We develop technology that creates great values

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Organisation

President

Staff

Formation Physics Multiphase FlowDrilling and Well Exploration andReservoir Technology

Three out of four employees are researchers

69

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8

9

Researchers *

Technical personnel

Engineers

Administration

* 52 of our researches have a PhD

SINTEF combines theoretical work with laboratory experiments and field experience, and focuses on making results from the work available for operational team, in order to contribute to faster, safer and cheaper drilling and well operations while also caring for the long term integrity of the wells.

Drilling and well

Photo: SINTEF

Deep underground storage is the only current means of disposing of large amounts of CO2, safely and permanently, thus reducing global-warming.

SINTEF Petroleum Research was among the first to propose dedicated underground storage of CO2 and continues to study storage capacity, long-term behaviour of CO2 underground, monitoring techniques and safety, as well as its use for Enhanced Oil Recovery.

CO2 - Storage

Illustration: Statoil

Applying geological, geophysical expertise and developing our in-house software we can model all elements of a petroleum prospect (from source rock, expulsion, migration, and trap, seal or cap rock). This can be used to evaluate and minimize uncertainties in exploration, development and production risk.

Exploration

Illustration: SINTEF

To ensure safe and economical oil and gas transport through pipelines from the reservoir to point of sale efficient engineering tools are needed. This implies a continuous development and experimental validation of computer simulators for multiphase flow.

Multiphase transport

Illustration: Norsk Hydro

About half of the oil in known North Sea fields has been produced and finding more is becoming increasingly difficult. A good alternative is to find means of extracting the remaining known oil, i.e. Enhanced Oil Recovery.

SINTEF's research in this direction involves lab experiments and simulation of the use of low saline water, polymers, surfactants, CO2, microbes and nanotechnology.

Improved recovery

Illustration: Statoil

Technology for a better society