Research projects
Here is an overview of the current research projects in the petroleum geoscience group.
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Quantification of geological processes in terms of seismic signatures
This project aims to investigate the connection between physical and mechanical properties of sediment and their seismic expression
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Carbonate geophysics
This project aims to understand the acoustical behaviour of carbonate rocks in response to changing pressure, pore fluid type and mineral composition.
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Source to sink
The source-to-sink (S2S) concept represents a new generation of basin studies that takes into account sediment erosion, transport and deposition from catchment to deep basin.
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Svalbard Palaeogene
Investigation of Palaeogene sandbody geometries in Spitsbergen's Central Basin using outcrop, seismic and LIDAR data
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Turbidites and turbiditic systems
Outcrop studies combined with analysis of subsurface 3D seismic data and numerical CFD simulations, aimed to improve our understanding of turbiditic systems and their deposits
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Colluvium and colluvial systems
Investigation of the sedimentology, depositional processes and climatic proxy record of colluvial deposits
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Dynamic reservoir characterization and monitoring with production, seismic and electromagnetic data
This is a CIPR project in collaboration with the Centre of Mathematics for Application at the University of Oslo and CGGVeritas; sponsored by Statoil, Total, Cevron and Rocksource.
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Monitoring of CO2 storage using seismic and electromagnetic data
Modification of geophysical monitoring methods, originally developed for petroleum industry, for their use in the underground storage of greenhouse gas
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Source-to-Sink Analysis of Rift Basin Tectonics and Sedimentation: Towards Improved Reservoir Prediction
Research on active and ancient fault zones and numerical simulations of rift basins suggest that fault growth, interaction and linkage are primary controls on the evolution of footwall topography, stream networks, hangingwall basin geometry and depositional systems.
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Salt Influenced Rift Basins (SIRB)
The Salt Influenced Rift Basins (SIRB) project, sponsored by Statoil, examines rift tectonics and sedimentation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, focusing on rift basin structural style and evolution and the rift-climax sedimentary response in areas where structure is influenced by the presence of a detachment horizon in pre-rift salt.
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Quantitative Geomorphology of Submarine Channel Networks on Continental Margins
Recent progress in quantitative subaerial geomorphology, coupled with the numerous, high resolution marine geophysical and geological datasets, becoming widely available along continental margins, now suggests major progress can be made at analysing and understanding the margin-scale characteristics and controls on submarine channel and canyon systems.
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The Rift Analogues Project - TRAP
Stratigraphic, sedimentary and structural evolution of extensional depocentres combining traditional field and digital outcrop techniques (LIDAR)
