- Unit:
- SINTEF Industry
- Department:
- Petroleum
- Office:
- Trondheim
Malin has a PhD in Physics, and has during the last 10 years worked mostly with drilling and well related research. She is Director of PETROSENTER LowEmission focusing on emission reductions from offshore petroleum production. In 2017, Malin was elected Leader Talent of the year by the newspaper E24. Malin has been the project manager of several large research projects within permanent well plugging (P&A), CO2 storage (CCS) and cleaner petroleum production.
Education
Malin has a MSc in Technical Physics (2007) and a PhD in Physics (2011) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Her PhD was carried out in collaboration with Groupe de Physique des Matériaux (GPM), Université de Rouen Normandie, France. Malin has worked full-time with university teaching for one year at NTNU (Materials Physics).
Competence and research areas
Malin has worked as a scientist and senior scientist in the SINTEF department of Drilling and Well, as research manager in the department of Formation Physics, and she currently works as research manager in the department of Applied Geoscience. During the last 10 years, Malin's research has focused on: tomographic (3D) imaging of geomaterials, well integrity, geological storage of CO2, permanent well plugging and abandonment (P&A) and Arctic petroleum wells. At present, Malin is Director of the large PETROSENTER LowEmission focusing on enabling emission reductions from offshore oil and gas activities. She has led 13 large research projects, has (co-)supervised 7 PhDs/Postdocs and 8 students at MSc level. Malin has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers and a text book on well cementing.
Highlighted publications
- The North Sea as a springboard for the green transition
- A Review of Well Integrity Based on Field Experience at Carbon Utilization and Storage Sites
- Real time 3D observations of Portland Cement Carbonation at CO2 storage conditions
- Shale and Wellbore Integrity
- Physics and Mechanics of Primary Well Cementing
Expertise
Fields of research
Other publications
- Electrochemically Enhanced Deposition of Scale from Chosen Formation Waters from the Norwegian Continental Shelf
- Electrochemically Enhanced or Inhibited Scale Deposition Inside Graphite Cylinders in Parallel Connection
- From Pre-Screening to Monitoring of Plugged and Abandoned Marine Exploration Wells - Enabling Reuse of Reservoirs for Co2 Storage through Geophysical Monitoring
- Electrochemically Enhanced Deposition of Minerals from Synthetic Reservoir Brine
- Electrochemically Enhanced Deposition of Minerals from Synthetic Reservoir Brine
- Use of concentric hele-shaw cell for the study of displacement flow and interface tracking in primary cementing
- Experimental study of the use of tracing particles for interface tracking in primary cementing in an eccentric hele–shaw cell
- Cement/Carbon Nanofiber Composites for Well Plug Integrity Sensing
- Monitoring of CO2 Well Plug Integrity. Electrical Response of Cement/CNF Sensor to Mechanical Load, Water Saturation and Carbonation
- Avoiding CO2 leakage through active and abandoned wellbores