SINTEF Industry news

Norwegian scientists want to develop greener and more vigorous batteries, using inexpensive raw materials that are plentiful in Norway.

A beer can, cars and burned-out tea candles represents only a part of what brings new life to aluminum scrap. Aluminum is a limited resource, but luckily the aluminum has longevity and ability to reuse the metal is good.

"Computational tools help identify the effects of fluids slamming against a structure". In "Modelling industrial processes: No joshing about sloshing" from 2011, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry's scientist Paal Skjetne sketches the challenges we are...

Drilling an oil well is not what it used to be. The job needs its own special tools, the dexterity of a pilot, and bundles of experience.

A new-born “mole” homes in on small oil reservoirs – an almost untapped source of income.

In Holmestrand, Norway, scrap aluminium gains a new lease of life – via energy-efficient technology, while Europe gets rolled recycled aluminium panels that are tough enough to be used as external cladding for buildings.

SINTEF Petroleum Research is proud to announce the immediate availability of the regional petroleum systems/basin modelling study "Western Barents Sea Study 2012 (WBS 2012) – Mesozoic play types: evaluation and uncertainty".

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is taking over a collection of 6.6 kilometres of shallow rock cores from the Norwegian continental shelf from SINTEF.

A coating filled with tiny lubricant capsules could come to the rescue when metal surfaces dry out and friction builds up.