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PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

NorSeMin: Unlocking Mineral Processes on the Norwegian Continental Shelf for Sustainable Exploration and Environmental Governance

Modern society depends on a steady supply of metals for renewable energy, electric vehicles, and digital technologies. Many of these metals are becoming harder to obtain from land-based mining, prompting growing interest in the deep ocean as a possible future source. However, the deep sea is one ...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

RockSolid - Dypsatt evigvarende formasjonsbarriere for 9-5/8" brønner på norsk sokkel – støtte til bred implementering og videre utvikling.

Interwell has developed a new technology called RockSolid™, which can be used to permanently and safely plug old oil- and gas wells. Instead of relying on traditional methods, the technology uses a controlled chemical reaction (thermite) that generates extremely high heat. This heat melts the mat...

Awarded: NOK 17.4 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Multiphase flow in downward-inclined pipelines

Pipeline networks on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) are highly complex, including downward sections, undulating risers, and other non-standard geometries. These complexities strongly affect flow regimes, phase transitions, liquid accumulation, and overall pipeline performance. Despite thei...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Akershus

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Licenses to appropriate land for societal ends

The goal of this research project is to get a thorough understanding of how the Norwegian licensing system for land and natural resource management works, and how it can be improved. To achieve this, two main cases – aquaculture and wind power – will be analyzed in relation to the broader context...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Optimal Mapping of Biodiversity at Arctic–Mid Ocean Ridge Sulfide Deposits

Norway has begun a conditional process to open parts of the deep sea for possible seabed mineral extraction, including areas along the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR). Before any activity can take place, we need much better knowledge of the unique organisms that live on the seafloor and how they mi...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

DataMines: Governing data infrastructures and clouds in digitally mediated natural resources extraction and exploitation

Who will own and will be able to use natural resources in the future? Natural resources, such as, for example, plants exist today not only in a physical form but also as data. In the past, if biotechnology researchers and companies wanted to search for some chemical compound that was produced by ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2032

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Next Level Measurement – Pilots

In oil and gas production, large separation tanks are used to separate produced stream into its constituents - oil, gas, water, and solids such as sand. Knowing exactly where these different layers are inside the tank is crucial for safe and efficient operation. Today, this information is often i...

Awarded: NOK 15.4 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Understanding the mineral-forming processes at the Mohns Ridge

Seabed Minerals Around Arctic’s Slow-Motion Volcanoes: The Secrets of the Mohns Ridge Deep between Norway and Greenland, the Earth is slowly pulling itself apart along the Mohns Ridge, an underwater mountain range where seafloor spreading happens at an exceptionally slow pace. Magma from the deep...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Safe subsea pipelines exposed to hydrogen from cathodic protection

Norway’s petroleum sector relies on an extensive network of subsea pipelines, stretching over 8,900 kilometers, to safely and efficiently transport oil and gas from offshore fields to onshore facilities in Norway and Europe. Ensuring the safety and reliability of these pipelines is critical, as a...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

DDS – Distributed Damping Subs against Stick-Slip Vibrations

Drilling deep into the Earth to access underground resources is a huge task that often runs into a major obstacle: how to efficiently transfer drilling energy and torque from surface to bottom? A persistent cause of inefficiency is stick-slip, a widespread phenomenon that manifests in everyday li...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Vestland

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

INVISEA Charting the Seabed Multiple. Knowledge and Values of Norwegian Seabed Areas

Seabed areas around the world are under increasing pressure, and managing the ocean floor in a fair, sustainable, and democratic way is a major challenge. But how do different people actually understand the invisible underwater nature? What values do they associate with it? And to what extent do ...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

High resolution resistivity measurements

ResEnlight will utilize variable high frequency electro magnetic waves to achieve high resolution resistivity measurements of the near well bore zone. The solution will utilize inversion to map electrical properties of the formation as a function of depth, at high vertical resolution. This is imp...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Biofilm Inhibition using Osmotic Pressure as a Novel Strategy for Improved Sustainability: Reducing Biocide Use and Environmental Impact

Biofilms are slimy layers of microorganisms that stick to surfaces and protect themselves with a matrix of sugars, proteins, and DNA. These microbial communities are incredibly resilient and can survive chemical attacks from disinfectants. In the oil and gas industry, biofilms frequently form in ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Optimizing industrial-scale blue H2 production with liquid CO2 capture enabling maritime logistics chains

The project HydroCCS will develop new knowledge and methods for the production of emission-free blue hydrogen (from natural gas) based on a novel carbon capture technology that captures CO2 in liquid form. This methodology can be combined directly with ship transport of CO2 under both current and...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Leveraging Distributed Acoustic Sensing for enhanced well operation

Instantaneous and reliable monitoring of the stream of gas, oil and water from a petroleum production wells requires accurate and robust multiphase flow meters that can survive the harsh conditions deep down in the well. Fibre optical sound sensors are good candidates to be used as components in ...

Awarded: NOK 15.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Subsurface Understanding for Robust emissions Forecasting

Understanding the subsurface is essential for reducing energy consumption, lowering CO2 emissions, and improving recovery of resources during the planned transition to net-zero society. Developing better subsurface understanding will enhance efficiency and result in reduced emissions from oil and...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

INFRAPOLITICS: Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Governance for Resilience and Security

INFRAPOL will explore how critical infrastructure – such as ports, data centers, subsea cables, and oil and gas pipelines – should be governed. Critical infrastructure is subject to complex political and economic pressures, often involving cross-border ownership interests. Public and private acto...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Intelligent Decision Support for Underwater Infrastructure Monitoring towards Higher Societal Security & REsilience

Beneath the ocean surface lies an invisible network of submarine cables and pipelines that power our lives. They carry electricity, data, and communication signals, connecting continents, enabling global trade, and supporting modern society. Yet these underwater lifelines are increasingly vulnera...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Automated workflow for drilling fluid mixing with modeling and sensor data to efficiently maintain properties.

In modern drilling operations, mixing and adjusting drilling fluid is a crucial but complex task. Traditionally, this job has relied on the expertise of a derrickman, who monitors the fluid’s properties and adjusts its composition as conditions change. A new research project aims to transform thi...

Awarded: NOK 13.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Agder

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

In situ instantaneous integrity assessment of corroded mooring chains using contactless eddy current technology

Offshore installations such as oil platforms and floating wind turbines are secured by massive chains that are exposed to corrosion and wear. Damage can lead to failure with severe environmental and economic consequences. Current inspections are time-consuming and often require chains to be lifte...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Hydrate and Wax transport models for long tiebacks in LedaFlow

Future oil and gas production will depend on subsea tiebacks and multiphase pipelines linking new fields to existing processing facilities. As fluids cool in these flowlines, wax and gas hydrate formation pose major operational risks. HyWax aims to enable safe transport of wax and hydrate as slur...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Eco Leach - An ecofriendly deep sea mining alternative

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP - LogiCCS- Efficient and sustainable maritime infrastructure for CCS logistics in the Nordic and Baltic countries

Companies are adopting various carbon abatement technologies to curb emissions, particularly carbon capture, transportation, and storage (CCS). This method is vital for reducing emissions from heat and electricity production, alongside hard-to-abate sectors like refineries, steel, iron, cement, a...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

CETP - Safeguarding CO2 storages in the greater North Sea region through advanced monitoring

To meet Europe’s climate goals, we need safe and reliable places to store captured CO2. The North Sea offers vast potential, but storing CO2 beneath the seabed requires close monitoring to ensure safety. One of the key challenges is distinguishing between natural earthquakes and tiny tremors caus...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium 2025 - Deep-sea Workshop

Deep-sea science has been one of Bergen´s historically strong research and expertise areas with a number of institutions in the city operating world-class platforms and leading the charge in the exploration and understanding of these environments. However, there has been a need to bridge the wide...

Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Viable and Sustainable Rock-based Alternative to O&G Cement

Cement is the backbone of our modern world, but also one of its biggest polluters. Every ton of traditional cement releases nearly a ton of CO2, accounting for around 8% of global emissions. In the oil and gas industry, cement plays a vital role in sealing wells, yet it often struggles with durab...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Rogaland

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Transforming the Norwegian Continental Shelf on the pathway towards net-zero global emissions

The petroleum activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) holds an exceptional position in the Norwegian economy with a share of 60% of Norway’s total export, 10% of the private workforce in employment (direct and indirect), 25% of the national tax income and 25% of Norway’s total greenhous...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

NCLOS Annual Conference 2025: the Role of Implementing Agreements in the future of the Law of the Sea

The primary legal instrument that currently regulates the world’s oceans is the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). UNCLOS has three key Implementing Agreements that further elaborate and operationalize its provisions: the 1994 Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Development of Just-Add-Water Geopolymers for Well Cementing Applications

Cement is essential for well construction, and even more when plugging wells permanently. Today, Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is the industry standard—but it comes at a high environmental cost and faces some durability issues in demanding underground conditions. SafeRock2.0 is exploring a cl...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Rogaland

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

Improved quantification and abatement of methane and VOC emissions

Methane and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released during storage, loading, transport, and unloading of crude oil and condensate contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions from Norway’s petroleum sector. These gases also represent lost energy and pose health risks—especially b...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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