Abstract—Plastics have permeated almost every aspect of modern day life with its wide applicability. The tragic consequence is millions of pieces of plastic polluting and harming sea life every day. The road towards a clean sea contains several legs and requires mapping of the ocean water column to ...

When an oil field ages and the pressure in the reservoir decreases, or for oil fields with heavy oil, there may be a need for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies. Polymer injection is a water-based EOR method where the viscosity of the water injected for pressure support is increased by mixing ...

The degree to which droplet shedding (tip-streaming) can modify the size of rising oil droplets has been a topic of growing interest in relation to subsea dispersant injection. We present an experimental and numerical approach predicting oil droplet shedding, covering a wide range of viscosities and...

SINTEF ble kontaktet av NOFO 15.05.2019 angående observert overflateolje av tankskipet "Eagle Bergen" som på det tidspunktet gjennomførte lasting fra lastesystemet ca. 2 km fra Statfjord A plattformen. SINTEF bistod i perioden 15-16. mai med prøvetaking av oljeprøv...

The impact of the physical environment and phytoplankton size on particle types (zooplankton, biogenic matter or phytodetritus) in the water column is poorly understood. Here, we investigate how hydrography (e.g. water column stratification) impacts phytoplankton size and photophysiology across a pr...

Both oil droplets and gas bubbles have simultaneously been quantified in laboratory experiments that simulate deep-water subsea releases of both live oil (saturated with gas) and additional natural gas under high pressure. These data have been used to calculate particle size distributions (50–5000 μ...

Gas dissolution reduces the release of methane to the atmosphere from subsea sources. Being able to predict and assess the methane flux to the atmosphere requires knowledge on gas dissolution and mass transfer. This can be obtained by studying the size evolution of bubbles rising in water. New data ...

Currents, wind, bathymetry, and freshwater runoff are some of the factors that make coastal waters heterogeneous, patchy, and scientifically interesting—where it is challenging to resolve the spatiotemporal variation within the water column. We present methods and results from field experiments usin...