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The knowledge gained from SINTEF's Multiphase Laboratory at Tiller has contributed to great strategic importance for Norway's oil and gas production, but also for the country's economic growth.

Research on «ice plugs» in pipes gave the oil company OMV the confidence to omit heating cables.

Tieback solutions to existing oil and gas facilities can play a key role for Norway’s ability to meet emission targets while maintaining a competitive industry. However, petroleum production systems often deliver fluids with complex physical...

Future offshore oil and gas fields are most likely to be “satellite developments” that are less expensive and emit less greenhouse gases than other fields because they do not require new production platforms. An innovative Norwegian computational...

The 21st of January marked the start of the four-year project AUTOSHIP. This self-propelled vessel research project is supported by EU's Horizon 2020 research programme. The project has a frame of more than 20 million euros, which is one of the...

What will the future transport system look like? SINTEF will contribute to answering this, through participation in the government-designated strategy process Transport21.

We need to cut both global and local emissions from shipping. The picture is complex, but research is showing that there are many ways to meet this goal.

What has to happen to facilitate more effective rescues from tunnel fires? Researchers have been investigating how 80 research subjects wearing VR glasses reacted in a virtual tunnel fire. Their conclusion is that basic measures can save lives.

The LIBERATE project, will turn lignin into valuable products for a European circular economy model. The 10M€ project is carried out by an international consortium, received a grant from European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme to deliver a pilot...

How is the travel pattern of a family affected by the delivery of foods to the door? And does this make them more environmentally friendly? Researchers will now find the answer.

Research scientists have been gazing into their crystal balls. These are the technological trends that will affect the transport systems of the future.

The answer is "not very" if we're to believe the results of research trials carried out last year involving 59 children.

Norwegian laboratory tests show that gas wells can continue to be productive longer than we predicted, before they need expensive “anti-ageing” support.

Exemption from excise at the time of purchase is the instrument that has the most influence in persuading people to buy plug-in electric vehicles in Norway, the world’s leader in EV sales per capita. Free use of toll roads is also a factor – for...

SINTEF Petroleum Research and Institutt for Energiteknikk (IFE) have entered into agreement with seven companies on a new and exciting data collection project. The recently upgraded laboratories at Tiller and Kjeller now go directly into industrial...