NCS2030 Hackathon: Together for Research and Innovation

Wednesday 12 February 10:00 - Thursday 13 February 13:00,
Clarion Energy Hotel.

NCS2030 Centre Management and Innovation Committee invite you to participate in the 2025 NCS Innovation Hackathon.

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Register here by Friday, January 31 at 14:30. (Check this page periodically for updates and more details.)

We will spend two days in presentations, a hackathon, and group sessions in order to kickstart innovation projects. We hope the hackathon will be a fluid place for open discussion, brainstorming innovative ideas, collaborative discourse, and feedback between researchers, industry partners, and the Innovation Committee.

We will focus on four main challenge areas for innovation: tight reservoirs; reservoir modelling tools; energy management; and data utilization.

Due to the nature of the event, we expect NCS2030 researchers to participate in both days. Our industry partners, on the other hand, are invited to attend during Day 1 and as appropriate Day 2. If you have questions or concerns on this, you may contact Ying Guo or Lisa Watson directly.

Bring: laptop or tablet
Via the hotel, you will have pens and notepads

The agenda (subject to change)

Date / Time: Feb 12 and 13, 2025 
Times: 10:00-18:15 and 8:30-13:00
Location: Clarion Energy Hotel
Note: Lunches, dinner, and breaks are provided. Pay your own cocktail hour, hotel and transportation.

Feb. 12 Day 1: Field Presentations and Innovation Hackathon 

  • 9:30-10:00 – Coffee and snacks
  • 10:00-10:10 – Welcome and introduction to the day (Alejandro Escalona)
  • 10:10-10:30 – Innovation process (Ying Guo)
  • 10:30-12:00 – Field presentations data, opportunities and challenges focused on 3 field cases and 4 topics*
    • 10:30-11:00 – Ula Field (Pål Østebø Andersen and Egil B. Petersen, AkerBP)
    • 11:00-11:30 – Victoria Field (Ying Guo and Per Valvatne, NOD)
    • 11:30-12:00 – Norne Field (Randi Valestrand and Frode Martinsen, Equinor)
  • 12:00-12:45 – Lunch 
  • 13:00-15:30 (150 minutes) – Innovation Hackathon
    • 13:05-13:30 – Rotation 1 discussions
    • 13:35-14:00 – Rotation 2 discussions
    • 14:05-14:30 – Rotation 3 discussions
    • 14:35-15:00 – Rotation 4 discussions
    • 4 Topics
      • GHG Emission and Energy management
      • Tight Reservoir and Technology evaluation for cost-efficient field development
      • Reservoir modelling tools to evaluate field potentials from new solutions
      • Digital solutions for subsurface data utilization
    • 15:00-15:30 – Break for participants / Chairs to formulate summaries
  • 15:30-16:30 – Hackathon Group chairs present summary of Hackathon results
  • 16:30-17:30 – Parallel session
    • Participants: Open mingling
    • Innovation Panel: Discuss and select prioritised ideas within NCS2030
  • 17:30-18:00 – Innovation Panel presents top ideas for presentation on Day 2
  • 18:00-18:15 – Closing remarks and Day 2 expectations.
  • 18:15 – Adjournment followed by cocktail hour and mingling 
  • 19:00 – Dinner  

Feb. 13 Day 2: Innovation Sprint 

  • 8:00-8:30 – Coffee
  • 8:30-8:45 – Welcome and introduction to the day (Lisa Watson)
    • Recommended technologies for the future: OG21 Deep dive study 2024 (Ying Guo)
  • 8:45-9:15 – Panel discussion: Funding mechanisms for innovation
  • 9:15-10:00 – Lightning presentations of top ideas from Day 1 (Ying Guo)
  • 10:00-11:45 – Form innovation project groups/ Coffee and snacks
  • 11:45-12:15 – Group summary, Way forward, and Closing remarks (Ying Guo)
  • 12:15 – Adjournment/Lunch