BRU21 Conference 2024
BRU21 Conference 2024
The energy transition is far from simple. The last few years demonstrated that we need a sustainable but also secure and affordable energy supply. This requires novel ways of operating the energy infrastructure on the Norwegian Continental Shelf that minimizes CO2 emissions.
The complexity of new energy systems, environmental uncertainties, and market volatility are the challenges we need to solve. Digital and automation technologies play a central role in tackling these challenges.
These are the topics of the 3rd BRU21 conference, which will be held in Trondheim on June 3rd and 4th. The conference is an arena for academic and industrial experts to share their latest achievements and discuss future research challenges.
BRU21 Conference 2024 program
DAY 1 June 3: Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel Trondheim
09:00 – 10:00 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & COFFEE
10:00 – 11:35 WELCOME AND PLENARIES - Meeting room: Olav Tryggvason 2+3
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome to the BRU21 Conference
► Ute Mann, Head of Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, NTNU
10:10 – 10:25 BRU21: Developing Digital and Automation Solutions for the Offshore Energy Industry
► Alexey Pavlov, Professor, BRU21 Program Manager, NTNU
10:25 – 10:55 Technology Implementation - Internal vs External
► Olav Kigen Bjering, Manager Operations and Maintenance Technology and Support Services, Equinor
► Olav Landstad, Team Leader Operations and Maintenance, Equinor
10:55 – 11:15 European Cooperation: Decarbonizing Power and Industry
► Asgeir Tomasgard, Professor, Director NTNU Energy, Director NTNU Energy Transition Initiative
11:15 – 11:35 Does the Norwegian Continental Shelf Contribute to Increased Sustainability?
► Thomas Lerdahl, Lead Advisor Subsurface Quality Management, OKEA
11:35 – 12:30 LUNCH
12:30 – 14:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS:
Chair: Verena Hagspiel, Professor, NTNU
Co-chair: Thomas Lerdahl, Lead Advisor Subsurface Quality Management, OKEA
12:30 – 12:40 Field Development and Economics Research in BRU21
► Verena Hagspiel, Professor, NTNU
12:40 – 13:00 The Offshore Directorate Perspectives of Knowledge Needs for Further NCS Development
► Arne Jacobsen, Assistant Director of Technology, Analyses and Coexistence, Norwegian Offshore Directorate
13:00 – 13:20 Offshore Platform Electrification Assessment Considering Economic and Environmental Objectives: A Multi-Objective Real Options Valuation
► Olga Noshchenko, PhD Candidate, NTNU
13:20 – 13:40 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
13:40 – 14:00 Cabling Optimization in Wind Farms from Economic and Reliability Perspectives
► Ramon Abritta, PhD Candidate, NTNU
Chair: Eric Monteiro, Professor, NTNU
12:30 – 12:35 Introduction
► Eric Monteiro, Professor, NTNU
12:35 – 12:40 OSDU Innovation Lab at NTNU
► Mahdis Moradi, Researcher, NTNU
12:40 – 13:00 DISKOS 2.0: Data Sharing in a New Industrial Setting
► Guttorm Vigeland, Eric Toogood, Norwegian Offshore Directorate
13:00 – 13:20 Lessons Learned from Implementing the OSDU® Data Platform
► Einar Landre, Leading IT Specialist, and Mark Thompson, Senior Advisor Reservoir Geophysics, Equinor
13:20 – 13:40 Liberating Seismic Data in OSDU with Volume Data Store: Challenges and Opportunities
► Aurelien van Welden, Head of Global Customer Success, Bluware Inc.
13:40 – 14:00 Discussion
14:00 – 14:40 POSTER AND EXHIBITION SESSION - Conference Hall
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, Stefan James Fidje, 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
Tired Of Waiting on Weather? How to Reduce WOW in Drilling and Completions from Floating Rigs
Dmitri Gorski, CEO, Heavelock Solutions
14:40 – 15:50 PARALLEL SESSIONS
Chair: Ashkan Jahanbani, Associate Professor, NTNU
Co-chair: Alv-Arne Grimstad, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF
14:40 – 14:45 Introduction
► Ashkan Jahanbani, Associate Professor, NTNU and Alv-Arne Grimstad, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF
14:45 – 15:10 The Role of Pressure in Deployment of Gigatonne Scale CO2 Storage on the NCS
► Sarah Gasda, Research Director Computational Geosciences and Modelling, NORCE
15:10 – 15:30 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
15:30 – 15:50 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
Chair: Lars Imsland, Professor, NTNU
14:40 – 14:50 Research on Machine-Learning and Data-Driven Optimization Methods in BRU21
► Lars Imsland, Professor, NTNU
14:50 – 15:10 Navigating the Landscape of Responsible AI and Legal Compliance
► Rialda Spahic, Task Manager of Responsible AI, Equinor
15:10 – 15:30 Unsupervised Machine Learning for Well Log Depth Alignment
► Sushil Acharaya, PhD Candidate, NTNU
15:30 – 15:40 Pragmatic AI Approach for Enhancing Well Planning: How to Make AI Trustworthy While Yielding Tangible Benefits
► Vlad Karen Payrazyan, CEO, Gain.Energy
15:40 – 15:50 The AI Drilling Agent: Continuous Learning to Drill Optimum Wells
► Jie Cao, CTO, eDrilling
15:50 – 16:00 CONCLUSION OF DAY 1 - Meeting room: Olav Tryggvason 2+3
18:30 – 20:30 DINNER AT RADISSON BLU ROYAL GARDEN HOTEL (Aperitif from 18:00)
DAY 2 June 4: NTNU Gløshaugen, Gamle Elektro
08:30 – 09:00 COFFEE & NETWORKING
09:00 – 10:15 OPENING OF DAY 2 - Auditorium EL5
► Ingrid Schjølberg, Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, NTNU
09:15 – 09:45 PLENARIES - Auditorium EL5
09:15 – 09:45 AkerBP, Here & Now
► Paula Doyle, Chief Digital Officer, AkerBP
09:45 – 10:15 The Importance of Norwegian Energy for Energy Security in Europe
► 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
Chair: Ashkan Jahanbani, Associate Professor, NTNU
Co-chair: Alv-Arne Grimstad, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF
10:30 – 10:50 Intelligent Multi-Well Placement Optimization for CO2-EOR and Storage
► Jinjie Mao, PhD Candidate, NTNU
10:50 – 11:10 Improving Injectivity in CO2 Injection Wells by Reducing Formation Damage
► Sina Madani, Product Manager, WellSoft
11:10 – 11:30 Generative Neural Network-Driven Full Waveform Inversion for CO2 Storage
► Bhargav Boddupalli, Research Scientist, SINTEF
Chair: Lars Imsland, Professor, NTNU
10:30 – 10:50 Distributed Detection and Localization of Leakages in Energy Applications
► Pierluigi Salvo Rossi, Professor, NTNU
10:50 – 11:05 Anomaly Detection in Multivariate Time Series of Drilling Data
► Mehmet Cagri Altindal, PhD Candidate, NTNU
11:05 – 11:20 Extreme Efficiency: Industry-Oriented Data-Driven Optimization
► Mark Haring, Research Scientist, SINTEF
11:20 – 11:30 Closed-Loop Reservoir Management Framework Under Uncertainty using Derivative-Free Methods
► Muhammad Iffan Hannau, PhD candidate, NTNU
11:30 – 11:40 BREAK
11:40 – 12:20 PANEL DISCUSSION - Auditorium EL5
THE INNOVATION CHALLENGE: FROM ACADEMIA TO INDUSTRY
Participants:
► Kerstin Bach, Research Director, NorwAI SFI, NTNU
► Ying Guo, Special Advisor, Business Development Subsurface Flow Laboratory, NORCE
► Yngve Bolstad Johansen, Principal Advisor R&D, AkerBP
► Carl Jörg Petersen, Digitalization and Technology Lead Norway, Wintershall DEA
► Egil Tjåland, Secretary General of The Norwegian Forum for Marine Minerals, NTNU
12:20 – 12:30 CONCLUDING REMARKS - Auditorium EL5
12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH - Kjelhuset NTNU
13:30 – 14:30 BONUS PROGRAM - Auditorium EL5
DISCUSSION: FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES
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