1. How OG21 could make a difference within PETROMAKS?
Reidar Muller, dr. scient
Advisor in PETROMAKS

2. Petroleum research in Norway - 2008
The Research
Council of Norway
OED
Other ministries
OG21 – national strategy unit
CRI
CoE
Tax incentives
For
enterprises
R&D
Insti-tutes
Univ.
JIP
Demo 2000
50 MNOK
PETROMAKS
244 MNOK

3. Key operating figures in PETROMAKS 2008
150 running projects; total value 2,0 Billion NOK
Budget 2008: 250 million NOK
Approx 60 projects with
international participation
Approx 200 phd and post.doc financed
The Petromaks program has grown into a large program with 230 running projects and a total value 2,1 BNOK
Approx 60 of the projects has international participation.
The program are funding approx 175 phd’s and 30 – 50 preprojects annually

4. Projects per Target Area
The distribution among these thematic categories shows that more than 50% are related to subsurface technologies and this is core for the oil industry and very important

5. TTA2-portfolio
Thematic area
Number of
projects
Total
funding
Geophysical methods 17
Reservoar modelling 9
Regional geology, basseng-analyse 12
Reservoar geology 7
Others (gas hydraterets c) 4
 Totalt 49
Approx. 80 post.docs and ph.ds within TTA2 supported through the PETROMAKS programme.

6. PETROMAKS
Status
PETROMAKS following OG21 target areas in the evaluation of the portfolio.
OG21 incorporated in the program plan of PETROMAKS
OG21 important for PETROMAKS – OG21 arguments for the need of petroleum research to the ministry and increased funding to petroleum research
Communication between the PETROMAKS board and the OG21 board through the administration and meetings.

7. OG21 and PETROMAKS - Challenges:
Find specific research priorites. However, Project quality, innovation, research content and quality must be HIGH.
OG21- as a meeting place: Stimulate to new ideas and projects
Define state of the art and research needs for the future from the companies perspective
Certain research areas are not in the OG21 strategy. Dialogue is needed.

8. How PETROMAKS make a difference for Petroleum research in TTA2?
Competence building – ph.d and post.docs
Stimulate companies, universities and research institutes to carry out petroleum research
Stimulate to cooperation between academia and oil companies through public funding
Long term and basic research. It takes often years from a good idea to commercialization.

9. Overall challenges for PETROMAKS
New talents
More high risk projects/ game changers versus incremental projects
Are the PETROMAKS money important for the research in the companies?
Many projects evaluated as excellent and very good do not get funding because of the budget situation