How OG21 could make a difference within PETROMAKS?

Reidar Muller, dr. scientAdvisor in PETROMAKS

Petroleum research in Norway - 2008

OEDOther ministries

The Research

Council of Norway

OG21 – national strategy unit

Univ.R&D

Insti-tutes

CoECRIJIP Demo 200050 MNOK

PETROMAKS244 MNOK

Tax incentives

For

enterprises

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

HSE4 %

Subsea processing and transportation

10 %

Gas technology6 %

IO and real time reservoir

management15 %

Cost effective drilling and

intervention

9 %

Enhanced

recovery

12 %

Exploration and reservoir

characterization

37 %

Environmental

technology

6 %

Projects per Target Area

TTA2-portfolio

Others (gas hydrates, new

exploration methods.); 17,1 mill.

NOKGeophysical

methods; 55 mill NOK

Reservoar geology ; 62 mill. NOK

Regional geology, basin analysis; 94

mill. NOK

Reservoir modelling and simulation; 44

mill. NOK

Thematic area

Number of projects

Totalfunding

Geophysical methods

17

55046393

Reservoar modelling

9

43679500

Regional geology, basseng-analyse

12

93918150

Reservoar geology

7

61513500

Others (gas hydraterets c)

4

17180487

 Totalt

49

271338030

Approx. 80 post.docs and ph.ds within TTA2 supported through the PETROMAKS programme.

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.

PETROMAKS

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.

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 15-20 years from a good idea to commercialization.

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