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BRU21 Conference 2025

 BRU21 Conference 2025


The offshore energy industry is undergoing rapid transformation. It requires sustainable solutions not only from an environmental perspective but also in terms of technology, economics, and competence.  

These challenges require a holistic approach that integrates multidisciplinary research, innovation, and competence development—an approach embraced by the NTNU BRU21 program. Digitalization and automation, including AI, combined with offshore energy expertise, play a central role in addressing these challenges.

These topics will be covered at the 4th BRU21 Conference - a platform for academic and industry experts to share their latest achievements and discuss future research challenges.

Conference scope


Conference venue: Trondheim, Scandic Nidelven Hotel (day 1) and NTNU Gløshaugen campus (day 2).

Date: May 26-27, 2025


BRU21 Conference 2024 program

DAY 1 May 26: Scandic Nidelven Hotel


09:00 – 10:00 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & COFFEE


10:00 – 11:30 CONFERENCE OPENING AND STRATEGIC KEYNOTES


► Conference Opening


► Ellen Waldeland Hoddell, Executive Vice President, Safety & Sustainability, Vår Energi


► Lars Høier, Senior Vice President Yggdrasil, AkerBP


► Arne Jacobsen, Assistant Director Offshore Development and Technology, Norwegian Offshore Directorate 


11:30 – 12:30 LUNCH


12:30 – 14:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS:

12:30 – 14:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS:

Chair: Behzad Elahifar, Associate Professor, NTNU

Co-chair: Eric Cayeux, Chief Researcher, NORCE


12:30 – 12:50 Model for Casing Failure Prognosis and Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Prediction

► David Semwogerere, PhD Candidate, NTNU


12:50 – 13:10 Digital Twins for Real-Time Drilling Data Analytics 

► Behzad Elahifar and Sigve Hovda, Professors, NTNU


13:10 – 13:30 Interoperability Between Drilling Systems at the Rig Site to Improve the Drilling Process (DWIS)

► Eric Cayeux, Chief Researcher, NORCE 


13:30 – 13:50 “One Day I Woke Up, and the Driller’s Control Cabin Was Full of Screens”

► Svein Harald Gabrielsen, Advisor Digital Solutions DW, Equinor


13:50 – 14:00 Presentation of Electronic Posters & Exhibition Stands

Chair: Lars Imsland, Professor, NTNU

Co-chair: Olav Slupphaug, Head of Efficiency Services, ABB


12:30 – 12:50 Automated Optimization of Uncertain Industrial Processes through Perturb and Observe

► Leontine Aarnoudse, PostDoc, NTNU


12:50 – 13:10 Control Architectures Using Simple Tools for Coordinated Decision-Making 

► Dinesh Krishnamoorthy, Associate Professor, NTNU


13:10 – 13:30 An Open-Source Library for Automatically Analyzing Dynamic Systems

► Steinar Elgsæter, Task Lead/Tech Lead, Advanced Analytics, Equinor


13:30 – 13:50 The Process Control Discipline - Real-Life Examples and Tools

► Olav Slupphaug, Head of Efficiency Services, and Andreas Berg, Principal Designer, ABB


13:50 – 14:00 Presentation of Electronic Posters & Exhibition Stands

14:00 – 15:00 ELECTRONIC POSTER/EXHIBITION AND NETWORKING SESSION

14:00 – 15:00 ELECTRONIC POSTER/EXHIBITION AND NETWORKING SESSION

Petronas Innovation Portfolio

   Dr Mahpuzah Abai, CEO, Petronas Technology Ventures 


ProDecs – Decision Making Under Uncertainty

   Semyon Fedorov and Verena Hagspiel-Janssen, ProDecs/NTNU 


ComputerWell – High-Performance Digital Twin for Real-Time Analysis of the Drilling Process

   Sigve Hovda, ComputerWell/NTNU 


DigiWellData – Real-Time Drilling Data Dnalytics for Wired Pipe Drilling Data

   Behzad Elahifar, DigiWellData/NTNU 


DrillFeel – Increasing Driller’s Situational Awareness through Haptic Feedback

   Stefan James Fidje and Alexey Pavlov, NTNU 


Fuel Consumption Optimization for an Offshore Power Plant Using Markov Decision Process

   Mario Marcondes Machado, Petrobras 


Feedback Optimization and Learning for Gas Lift Allocation

   Tore Gude, NTNU 


Research Project Application: Sustainable Energy and Production Optimization in the Petroleum Industry

   Roshan Sharma and Håkon W. Viumdal, University of South-Eastern Norway 


Optimizing Well Placement Design for CO₂ Storage and EOR Using Machine Learning-Based Surrogate Models

   Jinjie Mao, NTNU 


Model-Based Derivative-Free Optimization Methods in Complex Systems with Uncertainty

   Muhammad Iffan Hannanu, NTNU 


Controlling Flow Systems with Physics-Informed Neural Networks

   Luis Kin Miyatake, Petrobras/UFSC/NTNU 


From Data to Decision: Wearable Sensors Transforming Workplace Health

   Roya Doshmanziari, NTNU 


In Situ Observations of the Aperture of a Rough Mode I Fracture

   Jess McBeck, NTNU

15:00-16:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS

15:00-16:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS

Chair: Verena Hagspiel-Janssen, Professor, NTNU 

Co-chair: Arne Jacobsen, Assistant Director Offshore Development & Technology, Norwegian Offshore Directorate


15:00 – 15:20 Optimal Project Portfolio Selection under Uncertainty

► Semyon Fedorov, CPO, ProDecs 


15:20 – 15:40 Data-Driven Decision Making in Multi-Asset Field Optimization

► Dinesh Krishnamoorthy, Associate professor, NTNU 


15:40 – 16:00 ManyWells: an Open-Source Project for Simulating Multiphase Flow in Thousands of Wells

► Henrik Andersson, Professor, NTNU/Solution Seeker


16:00 – 16:20 Investing in Carbon Transportation Under Volume Uncertainty and Scaling Flexibility: A Case of Transporting CO2 to the NCS

► Verena Hagspiel-Janssen, Professor, NTNU


16:20-16:30 Discussion

Chair: Eric Monteiro, Professor, NTNU 

Co-chair: Marta Græter, Data manager, Norwegian Offshore Directorate


15:00 – 15:20 The OSDU® Data Platform in the Age of Data Sharing – Why Standardization is Needed

► Einar Landre, Lead Digital Architect, Equinor 


15:20 – 15:40 Diskos Project Management

► Marta Græter and Guttorm Vigeland, Data Managers DISKOS, Norwegian Offshore Directorate


15:40 – 16:00 SLB Exploration and Production Workflow Integration with OSDU Data Platform Learning & Possible Way(s) Forward

► Kjetil Vatland Johansen, Software Program Manager, SLB 


16:00 – 16:20 Empowering Drilling & Well in Equinor with the OSDU Data Platform

► Marius Skadberg, Architect, Subhashree Bal, Lead Architect, Equinor  


16:20-16:30 Discussion

Conclusions day 1


16:30 – 16:40 CONCLUSION OF DAY 1


18:30 – 21:00 DINNER AT SCANDIC NIDELVEN HOTEL



DAY 2 May 27

DAY 2 May 27: NTNU Gløshaugen, Gamle Elektro

How to get to Gløshaugen


08:30 – 09:00 COFFEE & NETWORKING


09:00 – 09:15 OPENING OF DAY 2

► Thomas Tybell, Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, NTNU


09:15 – 10:15 KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS


► 09:15 – 09:45 Peter Eilsø Nielsen, Leader of the OSDU Program, Equinor


► 09:45 – 10:15 Patricia Jaspers, Managing Director, Eindhoven AI Systems Institute, The Netherlands 


10:15 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK


10:30-12:00 TECHNICAL SESSIONS

10:30-12:00 TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Chair: Lars Imsland, Professor, NTNU

Co-chair: Kjetil Westeng, Lead Petrophysicist, AkerBP


10:30 – 10:50 Auto-adaptive Machine Learning for Well Placement Optimization

► Kheireddine Redouane, PostDoc, NTNU


10:50 – 11:10 Automated Depth Alignment of Well Logs Using Siamese Neural Networks

► Sushil Acharya, PhD Candidate, NTNU


11:10 – 11:30 Bio-Based Fluid-Friction Modifier for Well Intervention Applications

► Fadhli Wong, Head of Fluid Technology Solutions, PRSB Petronas


11:30 – 11:50 Exposing the Hidden Earth: Data Science-Driven Subsurface Intelligence

► Kjetil Westeng, Lead Petrophysicist, AkerBP


11:50-12:00 Discussion

Chair: Eric Monteiro, Professor, NTNU

Co-chair: Jasmine Lilleby, Senior Risk Professional, AkerBP


10:30 – 10:50 Digital Hype in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Double-Edged Sword for Effective Knowledge Collaboration

► Nataliia Korotkova, Researcher, NTNU


10:50 – 11:10 Humans and AI. Achieving the Mythical Human Oversight

► Jasmine Lilleby, Senior Risk Professional, AkerBP 


11:10 – 11:30 From Data to Decision: Wearable Sensors Transforming Workplace Health

► Claudio Paliotta, Digital Transformation Lead, Aker Solutions    


11:30 – 11:50 Testing and Monitoring Well Barrier Equipment: Substituting Human Interpretation with High-Efficiency Digital Solutions

► Bogdan Cristian Nitoiu, Manager DW Data Analytics, Equinor 


11:50-12:00 Discussion

12:00-12:40 PANEL DISCUSSION 1

12:00-12:40 PANEL DISCUSSION 1

Participants:  

► Geir Egil Dahle Øien, Prorector Education, NTNU 

► Gunleiv Skofteland, Chief Researcher, Equinor 

► Cathrine Eliassen, Head of Reservoir Management & Subsurface Operations, Harbour Energy  

► Målfrid Rønnevik, Manager Expertise Development, Offshore Norge 

Moderator: Egil Tjåland, Leader of TEKNA’s Expert Committee and Associate Professor at NTNU

lunch day 2


12:40 – 14:00 LUNCH - Kjelhuset NTNU


14:00-14:50 PANEL DISCUSSION 2

14:00-14:50 PANEL DISCUSSION 2

Participants:  

► Jon Atle Gulla, Director, Norwegian AI Research Center, NTNU 

► Patricia Jaspers, Managing Director, Eindhoven AI Systems Institute, The Netherlands 

► Kjetil Westeng, Lead Petrophysicist, AkerBP 

► Alexandre de Oliveira e Sousa, Director of Account Management, Cognite

Moderator: Chiara Caccamo, Research Manager, Sintef Energy 

Day 2


14:50-15:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE


15:00 END OF THE BRU21 CONFERENCE



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