Sound of Science – UiS podkast

The National IOR Centre of Norway was funded on the idea of “joining forces to recover more.” The leader of the board, Thierry Laupretre (Aker BP) and Centre Director Merete Vadla Madland talk about how important collaboration is in order to succeed.

Future Energy Hub coordinator Helleik Syse wrote his master thesis with Jean-Baptiste Curien as supervisor. They talk about the benefits of involving students in industry projects, and the opportunities that lie in Nysnø Klimainvesteringer.

Students from UiS have helped analyze how Stavanger airport can become energy self-sufficient. We talked with associate professor and interim leader of The Future Energy Hub, Knut Erik Teigen Giljarhus and Ingvald Erga, environmental manager at Avinor, about the student / industry cooperation.

Building good relationships is hard work, even in the oil & gas industry. Aksel Hiorth from The National IOR Centre of Norway (UiS) and Jarle Haukås from Schlumberger have cracked the code. They share their secrets in this episode.

What is innovation? How can the oil & gas industry become more innovative? Professor Rune Dahl Fitjar from Centre for Innovation Research, University of Stavanger, shares his knowledge.

How can improved oil recovery be good for the environment? And how can the industry help improve oil recovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf? Professor Merete Vadla Madland, director of The National IOR Centre of Norway, shares her thoughts.

Professor J. P. Liyanage teaches engineers in the industry Technology and operations management. In this podcast he provides us with a unique insight on why it is so difficult to build, operate, and manage engineering systems today.

Researchers at Future Energy Hub want to use the UiS Campus as an energy lab, to showcase current research. The end goal is to make greener cities and neighbourhoods. PhD candidate Trond-Ola Hågbo talks about the Hub, wind energy and some of the exciting plans for the campus project.

Polymers are all around us: in clothes, shampoos and sunscreens. But they can also be used to extract more oil from reservoirs. PhD candidate Siv Marie Åsen is an expert on polymers. She welcomes more industry-academia cooperation in this area.

Lyse has been very interested in working together with universities, in areas such as welfare technology, big data and smart city solutions. CEO Eimund Nygaard shares his experiences of collaborating with universities, and some thoughts on how collaboration can benefit all parties.

Hva er det som ligger til grunn når vi skal gjøre et økonomisk valg? Er vi sikre på at vi alltid handler rasjonelt, eller kan det være flere faktorer som spiller inn? Professor Ola Kvaløy forteller om hvilke psykologiske mekanismer som virker inn på beslutninger, og hvilke feller det er vanlig å gå i.

When we apply research and technology in the oil and gas industry, the traditional way is to upscale from lab experiments to field scale. Christian Dye (IFE) instead advocates using large land-based facilities as a missing link to avoid losing important data that could be beneficial in the field.