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SINTEF Ocean Oil and Gas

Oil and gas

Technological development and innovation are becoming ever more important as means of reducing cost levels and improving the competitiveness of Norway’s national and international petroleum industry. SINTEF Ocean operates world-class laboratories that focus on developing technologies for the petroleum sector.

Arne Fredheim
Research Director
934 59 721

Expertise

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CFD - Computational Fluid Dynamics

Monitoring and Modelling

Mooring, Dynamic Positioning and Operations

Offshore Structures

Pipelines, Risers and Cables

Ship resistance, Propulsion and Hull Design

Laboratories

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Ocean Laboratory

The Ocean Basin Laboratory is used for basic as well as applied research on marine structures and operations. A total environmental simulation including wind, waves and current offers a unique possibility for testing of models in realistic conditions. With a depth of 10 metres and a water surface of 50x80m the Ocean Basin Laboratory is an excellent tool for investigation of existing or future challenges within marine technology.

Marine Structures Laboratory

The main activities in the laboratory for marine structures are the testing of structures, structural components and materials. Typical problems involve fatigue testing, ultimate strength and collapse testing. Experimental work is often combined with analytical or numerical analysis.

Oil Laboratory at SINTEF SeaLab

This laboratory carries out analyses designed to assess the behaviour and ultimate fate of oils in the marine environment.
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Projects

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PRAI: Prediction of Riser-response by Artificial Intelligence

29 June 2021

The objective of PRAI is to develop a hybrid VIV response prediction model combined of physics-based numerical models and data-driven machine learning methods.

PW-Exposed

20 April 2018

Produced water (PW) from the oil and gas industry represents the largest direct discharge of effluent into the marine environment worldwide. Approximately 130 million m3 PW is released on the Norwegian continental shelf annually from offshore production platforms.

DROPS — Dynamic Response of Offshore Pipelines on the Seabed

30 January 2019

Subsea pipelines are designed to transport high temperature and often hot toxic hydrocarbons, while interacting with the seafloor and environmental actions. Precise and reliable modelling of this interaction is of key importance in order to obtain a robust yet cost effective design.
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News

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Innovative vortex-induced vibration test rig launched

19 April 2018

SINTEF has designed and manufactured the test rig that mainly will be used for full scale vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) testing of risers and other type of cylindrical structures.

Updated handbook on design and operation of flexible pipes

23 June 2017

In this edition of the handbook, it is extended to include experience from the operation of flexible pipes as well as updates on methods and technology in the years since the first edition of the handbook.

SINTEF Ocean – merging SINTEF's marine research into one institute

25 November 2016

SINTEF is merging its ocean research activities into one new institute, called SINTEF Ocean. The ambition is to strengthen our position as a world-leader in the fields of marine technology and biomarine research.
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