Friday 17 April 2026 10:00-14:30,
Kjølv Egelands hus,
KE E-164.
Philosophiae Doctor Disputation – Faculty of Science and Technology.
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On Friday 17th of April 2026, Norman Urrez will defend his PhD thesis at the University of Stavanger, Kjølv Egelands House, room E-164.
- Trial lecture at 10:00: “Locating and appraising sites for subsurface CO2 storage“
- Disputation at 12:15: “Reconstructing the Norwegian Palaeozoic basins: tectonics, sediment-transport routes, basin evolution, and petroleum-system implications”
Both the disputation and trial lecture are open to all interested.
Assessment Committee:
- Michael John Flowerdew, Academic Geology Coordinator, Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme (CASP)
- Gwenn Peron-Pinvidic, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Skule Strand, Associate Professor, University of Stavanger
Supervisors:
- Main supervisor: Carita Augustsson, Professor, University of Stavanger
- Co-supervisor: Alejandro Escalona, Professor, University of Stavanger
- Co-supervisor: Xiaoan Zhong, Associate Professor, University of Stavanger
Chair of the defense is Øystein Arild, Head of Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering, University of Stavanger.
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