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In a riveting showcase of industry knowledge and teamwork, the inaugural UiS Petro-Games competition proved to be a resounding success.
Carlos Eduardo Lopes da Silva has compared the two oil cities Stavanger and Macaé in Brazil.
Developing a digital toolbox for Special Core Analysis (SCAL).
Nisar Ahmed has developed a workflow for seismic inversion methods to estimate the rock-properties in a reservoir.
The National IOR Centre has provided cost efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for improved oil recovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf through academic excellence and close collaboration with the industry.
Use of histopathology to identify changes in marine species in response to contaminants is a long-known practice.
Prediction of subsurface multiphase or single-phase flow processes is challenging, but important for oil and gas production, carbon storage and hydrogen storage and production.
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Repsol and Vår Energi awarded a total of nine prizes and NOK 350,000 to bachelor and master students at UiS.
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Researchers at University of Stavanger have asked the industry to define their education needs in the years to come.
This year's conference theme: Subsurface for energy security and sustainability.
Drinking juice with a lot of antioxidants, for example from blueberries, can be beneficial in preventing dementia. New research at UiS will examine this in more detail by analyzing gut bacteria from elderly people who are at risk of developing Alzheimer's.
Panagiotis Aslanidis defended his thesis on wettability for core analysis. The purpose of his research was to link reservoir wettability to the properties of the crude oil, rock mineralogy and formation water composition.
The European Union is facing a pressing challenge to transition into a carbon neutral economy by 2050. Researchers from University of Stavanger are participating in a new research project to investigate the key elements of this transition.
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The European Union is facing a pressing challenge to transition into a carbon neutral economy by 2050. Researchers from UiS are participating in a new research project to investigate the key elements of this transition.
We are developing functional materials and process chemistry for energy and environmental applications.
Micheal B. Oguntola has studied optimization and modelling of enhanced oil recovery injection strategies in his PhD project.
The purpose of the new research project is to support advancement of Blastocystis research by bringing together professionals from various
disciplines and countries.
Our planet faces many challenges that we can only tackle in an interdisciplinary manner. The One Health ambition encompasses human, animal, plant and environmental health by focussing on the interaction between disciplines and effect on the total environment.
This project (SUBSET) aims to increase the relevance of subsurface course content to actual needs in the energy
industry of the future by establishing an arena for dialogue and collaboration between academia and industry.
Our research aims to contributing on a sustainable use of the red seaweed Palmaria palmata in aquaculture. The work focuses on life cycle and nutritional potential.
Marine Sewage Outfalls – Environmental Impact Evaluation (SANOCEAN) focusing on ocean research including blue economy, climate change, environmental research and sustainable energy.
The Subsurface Utilisation and Renewable Energy group addresses the latest issues related to the energy transition, underground hydrogen storage, geothermal heat production and geo-sequestration of carbon.
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University of Stavanger (UiS) and Stavanger University Hospital (SUS) will work together to find solutions for patients with chronic intestinal diseases.
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University of Stavanger with partners have been awarded the National Centre for Sustainable Utilization of Energy Resources on the Norwegian Shelf (NCS2030).
Five UiS students made it all the way to the top in their group in the Drillbotics contest.
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University of Stavanger, NORCE, IFE and University of Bergen are partners in an application for a new petrosenter, focusing on subsurface research.
Five petroleum engineering students from University of Stavanger reached the finals in the prestigous PetroBowl contest.
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Could the bacteria in our guts help us improve cancer treatment? This is one of the key questions in a new research collaboration between University of Stavanger and Stavanger University Hospital.
How can we achieve better health for humans, animals, and the environment? This is the challenge students and researchers will work on when the education project NorBra receives support for four new years.
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The Department of Energy Resources at UiS is investing in new equipment and new research areas within geotechnics and geophysics, in collaboration with Anko. This gives our students the opportunity to learn subjects and techniques that can also be used outside the petroleum industry.
The 7th IOR NORWAY is arranged 26-28 April 2021. The digital event will be co-organized with the 14th International Symposium on Reservoir Wettability and its Effects on Oil Recovery.
270 participants caught up on the newest in IOR research at this year's big IOR event at University of Stavanger.
The sixth annual conference hosted by The National IOR Centre of Norway is history. Hopefully the participants got a refill of both knowledge and entertainment.
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Repsol, IKM Acona and Vår Energi awarded a total of nine prizes and NOK 275,000 to bachelor and master students at UiS.
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The best first year master students in petroleum geosciences and petroleum engineering got a well-deserved Christmas present from Acona.
Research and education today cannot be conducted without using state of the art software products. For an academic institution usual marked prices are unaffordable. We are thankful that software companies generously donate software that we can use in public research and the education of bachelor, master, and PhD students.
Our research mainly focuses on the development of biological markers using molecular biology techniques for the purpose of environmental monitoring.
Structural geology is the study of tectonic deformation. We focus on the deformation of the upper crust and how it affects erosion and sedimentation in sedimentary basins, forms faults and folds that compartmentalize reservoirs, and makes ductile materials, such as salt, flow.