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  • The PETROMAKS programme
    PETROMAKS is the umbrella for most of the petroleum-oriented research supported by the Research Council of Norway. The programme covers both long-term basic research and applied research, resulting in the development of new competence and innovation.
    PETROMAKS thematic areas for research and innovation include environmental technology for the future, exploration and reservoir characterization, enhanced recovery, cost effective drilling and intervention, integrated operations and real time reservoir management, subsea processing and transportation, deep water and subsea production technology, gas technology and health, safety and environment (HSE)
    The PETROMAKS programme continues the R&D activities done as part of the HMSforsk programme fro 2002 - 2006 (see below)
    >> Read more about Petromaks (incl list of HSE projects) 
    • OG21 - Oil and Gas in the 21st Century
      OG21 is a Task Force established by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) of Norway in 2001 to help the petroleum industry to formulate a national technology strategy for added value and competitive advantage in the oil and gas industry. The objective is to develop a more co-ordinated and focused approach to research and development throughout the oil and gas industry. The initiative has received strong support from the industry. OG21 is expected to result in a new overall technology strategy, leading to more concerted and focused efforts in research and technology development, and thereby promoting more efficient and timely results.
      >> Read more about the OG21

     

    • HSE, Health, safety and environment in the petroleum sector (2002 - 2006)
      The Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs commited an annual NOK 15 million to Health, Environment & Safety (HSE)-related research for a five-year period until 2006. Based on an initial three-partide prioritization, the main areas of HES research within the programme are "HSE culture", "Change - organisation - technology", "Decision-support tools" and "Physical work environment and health".
      >> Read more about the HSE program

     

    • HSE research under the direction of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA)
      As part of the HSE research in the Oil and Gas Project (see above), the PSA has secured earmarked funds to implement its own research and development projects.
      >> Read more about the PSA's research projects

     

    • ROSS
      ROSS is a network of professors, research groups, and departments at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, working with reliability, safety, and security (ROSS) studies in a rather wide context.
      Resources on the ROSS web site include reports and notes on subjects like Methods for Accident Investigation, note on Acceptable Risk - A Discussion, Reliability Performance and Specifications in New Product Development, Life Cycle Cost (LCC) Analysis in Oil and Chemical Process Industries, PDS: Reliability Quantification of Computer-Based Safety Systems and Reliability Prediction Method for safety Instrumented Systems.
      >> Read more about ROSS
      >> Read more about ROSS' reports and notes

     

    • PROOF - Long-term effects of discharges to sea from the petroleum activities  (2002-2008)
      The main objective of the program is to increase knowledge concerning the long-term effects of discharges from the petroleum activities so as to provide a better basis for the authorities to make decisions when coordinating the petroleum activities with other uses and protection of the marine environment.  The key concern is that the overall impact on the marine environment must not lead to changes in the biological diversity or the marine system.
      >> Read more about the PROOF program

    • Environmental report archive - Norway
      - More than 200 reports have been prepared as a result of impact assessments covering such aspects as the environmental, economic and social effects of exploration drilling and production on other industries and adjacent areas, as well as possible pollution threats from such activities. More than 100 environmental impact assessments, which also describe the effects of expected emissions/discharges, have been prepared by petroleum companies as part of the PDO/PIO process for field installations pursuant to section 4-2 of the Petroleum Act, including transport and landfall pipelines and other petroleum facilities.
      >> Link to list of environmental reports available in English

    • ARCTOS - ARCTic marine ecOSystem research network
      The Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NCFS), The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), Akvaplan-niva (APN), The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) and The University of Tromsø (UoT) (Department of Geology) have agreed to coordinate parts of their marine ecological activities. The intention for establishing the ARCTOS network is to increase the visibility of the marine ecological research being carried out in northern Norway and on Svalbard.
      >> Read more about ARCTOS

      >> Link to list of projects