1. Midway Evaluation of PETROSENTER   E – Plans for the final three-year period
Randi Valestrand & Aksel Hiorth

2. E – Plans for the final three-year period

3. E – Plans for the final three-year period

4. SAC Report
a clearer statement of the innovations involved in the comparison of core flood data to numerical simulation. (Was this via history matching or was this genuine validation of the numerical model? Have new mechanisms been observed in the experiments or hypotheses concerning recovery mechanisms been tested by those experiments?)
We would urge brainstorming on mechanisms not yet included in the modelling and identification of those to be included.
There is a large effort on identification of new tracers. Tracers may offer only limited insights in highly fractured reservoirs Are fractured reservoirs a dominant portion of the portfolio of reservoirs to be addressed? If so, how would tracers be applied

5. SAC Report cont.
Some members of the committee were sceptical of the efficiency and ultimate usefulness of incorporating Eclipse and IORSim in a single simulation loop
several possible reasons why this ad-hoc approach is the best way forward, i.e.
a) to demonstrate the usefulness of incorporating the mechanisms in IORSim, in order to convince Schlumberger to incorporate those mechanisms into Eclipse, or
b) if Ekofisk, the target reservoir for this work, were a special case not likely to be widely duplicated (and thus not meriting a revision of the larger simulator), we are not sure which explanation applies here.
The greatest challenge to upscaling at each level may be heterogeneity below the scale of the grid block. This requires then incorporating these non-equilibrium effects into an algorithm that represents the average behaviour in the grid block
If this aspect is not currently addressed, we urge its incorporation into the work plan.

6. How to make plans for the future?

7. Status today Technology advances Low growth in energy demand
Increase in energy
Oil, natural gas
Shale gas & Oil in the US
Renewable
Low growth in energy demand
China
 Low Oil Price
 Lower Carbon emission (shift from coal)
IOR
BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2016

8. BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2016

9. UK sector more mature
Norway
Wood report

10. Norwegian sector

11. UK sector
24 Feb 2014
22 July 2016
14 Dec 2016

12. The Wood Report
More actively involvement of government & tailored solutions

14. Resursrapport

20. Need for Large scale Testing?

21. Objectives for the centre and background for changes in the project description
The Centre aims to contribute to the implementation of cost efficient and environmentally friendly technologies to improve oil recovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Secondary objectives
Robust upscaling of the recovery mechanism observed at pore and core scale to field scale.
Optimal injection strategies based on total oil recovered and economical and environmental impact.
Education of 25 PhD students and 15 postdocs during the Centre’s lifetime.

22. Objectives for the centre and background for changes in the project description
Oil price has been reduced by more than 60% since 2013
Two companies merged into one (Det Norske + BP = AkerBP)
One company is sold (Dong)
One new company joined this year (DEA)
Several large EOR projects on British sector
With an increasing focus on EOR from the Norwegian and British governments, and several projects on the way that can demonstrate the potential for EOR, the Centre has an important function of creating a framework where the industry and academia work together to improve technology.

23. Objectives for the centre and background for changes in the project description
One of our main priorities in the years to come is the integration of projects and increased interdisciplinary collaboration:
Roadmap:
a tool to guide us on the way and to make communication between projects as smooth as possible
designed to highlight deliverables and milestones that we need to reach along the way
provides a re-structuring of the Centre’s activities based on R&D activities more than tasks and themes

24. Objectives for the centre and background for changes in the project description
Changes will also be made based on the following:
close cooperation with the industry, focusing on their most important future needs (the interaction with the industry partners is described under 6. Organization);
important political and industrial changes in society ( e.g. even more focus on cost efficiency, environment, digitalization, improved decision making and innovation); and
recommendations from the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and the midway-evaluation panel

25. 1. Status National and international state-of-the-art of the relevant technologies and research topics for the centre.
Based on the Ressursrapport2017, the Centre`s research focus is aligned with the priorities from authorities and strong international research environments.
Need Infrastructure
Need upscaling
Need multiscale integration
Need higher order
Complexity of 4D
Planning of IOR pilot (tracers, optimization, ..)

26. 2. Research methodology Describe the methodology and theories planned used, and explain why they are suitable for generating relevant knowledge in the field and promoting future value creation. Describe plans for publication in scientific peer-reviewed journals as well as plans for conferences and any patents.
All details can be found in the work plan(s), still, we would like to highlight two new research methodologies that were not in our original proposal:
Large scale testing and
The IOR integration activities.
It appears to be difficult to obtain all relevant data for a single field, but there is still a need for testing the numerical and analytical methods on the same field.
generic use cases
realistic (but synthetic) cases
Real field data (Ekofisk/Norne/Snorre)

27. 3. Research tasks Identify and describe the research questions that will be examined. Define key research tasks and research-related targets and explain their significance for future innovation and value creation.
There are several changes to the original application when it comes to specific subtasks within each of the tasks, however, the main objectives within each task are unaltered
Changes are due to collaboration with the researchers involved in the projects and the TC
Task 1
Task 3
Task 4
Task 5
Task 6
Task 7

28. 4. Researcher training and recruitment Describe plans for researcher recruitment. Specify the number of doctoral degrees planned within which research areas. Provide a target figure for the percentage of women fellowship-holders (cf. Point 8).
The Centre has had a total of 18 soon to become 19 PhD students and 11 Post docs since start-up.
plan to educate 25 PhD students and 15 Post docs in total, which means that the number of PhDs and Post docs (still) to be recruited are at least 6 and 4, respectively
Synergies
Integration
Cross discipline
Across themes and tasks
STEP program (STudEnts&Partners)

29. 4. Researcher training and recruitment Describe plans for researcher recruitment. Specify the number of doctoral degrees planned within which research areas. Provide a target figure for the percentage of women fellowship-holders (cf. Point 8).
We aim to hire some of our best PhD students as Post docs. In addition the plan is that at least 6 PhD students will be involved in following prioritized R&D activities:
Upscaling from pore to core and to grid block scale.
Data assimilation using 4D seismic and tracer data.
Non-Newtonian rheology coupled with CFD solvers
Test models against pore- and core-scale data.
Couple electrochemical and fluid flow.
Two PhD positions will be allocated for studying of polymer models and simulation and for studies of impact of higher order numerical methods on decision making, (Task 6,7,5 and 4)
PhD-candidate or Post doc developing new nanoparticle-based and surface-functionalized inter-well tracers

30. 5. Significance for the business sector Describe how the knowledge developed by the centre will be important to future innovation and value creation for the user partners. Describe the potential that the centre’s results may have for generating innovation and value creation in other segments of the Norwegian business sector. Describe the centre’s relevance and benefit to society.
In this Centre many industry partners are part of defining new projects based on their needs, thereby ensuring a value for the business sector. The new initiatives described in this document will also increase the potential of increased extraction rate on the NCS, and hence, contribute to society in terms of a very high revenue gain for the state. At the same time, it has the potential to generate increased profit for the user partners and the infrastructure connected

31. 6. Organisation Describe how the cooperation at the centre will be organised and why this structure has been chosen. Describe how knowledge acquired through research activities at the centre will be transferred to the individual partners to stimulate innovation and value creation.
Management team, task leaders and project leaders
Board TC
SAC
IOR Norway
Work-shops (IOR toolbox)
Use of real data

32. A long list of new international partners since The Centre started :o)
7. International cooperation Describe plans for international cooperation at the centre.
A long list of new international partners since The Centre started :o)

33. 8. Gender equality Describe how gender-related considerations will be incorporated into the centre’s activities as well as plans for increasing recruitment of women. Provide a target figure for the percentage of women fellowship-holders (cf. Point 4).
We will continue to work dedicated and targeted towards 40% recruitment of women.

34. 9. Progress plan with milestones The plan should provide a timeline for and describe the main activities and milestones, including project deliveries associated with the given milestones.

35. New partners Petromaks2 EU Intpart Infrastructure JIP’s
10. Budget General comments on budget situation. Action plans for the final three year period.
New partners
Petromaks2 EU
Intpart
Infrastructure
JIP’s

36. 11. Environmental impacts
Environmental friendly EOR technologies
Energy efficient
Improved decision-making
Cost efficient
Can be used for CO2 storage and other technology areas
Careful integration into the processes ensures a minimized additional energy and resource consumption to reduce the ecological footprint as much as possible.

37. 14. Plans for further activities after the eight year period of financing from RCN
There will definitely be use for the Centre activities after the eight year period:
attract additional industry partners
continue the integrated R&D activities
intend to apply for infrastructure
Many researchers in the Centre are permanently employed at research partners, and therefore we are confident that the core competence of the research team will be in place also after the funding from the Research Council of Norway ends.

38. The 2017 user partners: