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  • In-person: DISKOS and Seismic Data Management – What Geophysicists need to know

    03/04/2024 Please join the FORCE Geophysical Methods team for a “Lunch and Learn” at the Stavanger NOD facilities on April 11th. Topics for discussion will include DISKOS roles and responsibilities, Data Rights for seismic, NOD Reporting requirements, the latest on NOD’s plans for SEGY-2, and more. Don't miss out on this great event.

  • Joining Forces- Solving the energy challenges together

    12/03/2024 Joining Forces would like to welcome you to a 1-day seminar with dinner. The ambition of the seminar is to strengthen collaboration between the energy industry and Norwegian academic and research institutions to bring about valuable R&D projects that contribute to the key challenges that the energy industry is facing today. Join us on April 10th.

  • In-person: Addressing Chalk Influx and Solids Production Challenges in the Southern North Sea

    01/03/2024 The carbonate and chalk reservoir network group invites you to a in-person seminar at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate. The topic for the seminar is addressing Chalk Influx and Solids Production Challenges in the Southern North Sea. Sintef, AkerBP ,ConocoPhillips and Vitritech will be presenting. Don't miss out on this great event on March 13th.

  • In-person: Biostratigraphy, conventional and beyond

    14/02/2024 FORCE biostratigraphy group invites you to a meeting on 6-7 March 2024 and extends an invitation to anyone who would like to present. Talks are welcome on any aspect of biostratigraphy and its applications, the focus is on both conventional and ‘less conventional’ applications of biostratigraphy.

  • In-person: Bubbling Opportunities: CO2 Foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage

    08/02/2024 The IOR/EOR Competence network group has the pleasure of inviting you to this in-person seminar at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate. Hilde Halsøy from the University of Bergen will be presenting. She will be talking abut Bubbling Opportunities: CO2 Foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage. Don't miss out on this great event on Feb 13th.

  • In-person: Making good decisions under subsurface uncertainty: How difficult can it be?

    25/01/2024 The FORCE IRM group invite you to this 2-day-seminar on 6-7 February 2024. It aims to gather subsurface practitioners for open discussions on uncertainty and its implementation in our industry.

  • Webinar: Applications of bound biomarkers in petroleum exploration

    22/01/2024 The petroleum systems network group is happy to invite you to this webinar on Applications of bound biomarkers in petroleum exploration. Shengyu Yang from China University of Petroleum (East China) will be presenting. Don't miss out on this great event on Jan. 25th.

  • In-person @ NOD: Snorre conformance control pilot – Modeling the impact on oil recovery and CO2 footprint using IORSim

    03/01/2024 The Improve IOR/EOR Compentence network group welcomes you to the first seminar of 2024. Felix Feldmann from NORCE Reasearch will be talking about Snorre conformance control pilot – Modeling the impact on oil recovery and CO2 footprint using IORSim. Don't miss out on this great event.

  • In-person @NPD: Making good decisions under subsurface uncertainty

    03/01/2024 The FORCE IRM group invite you to this 2-day-seminar on 6-7 February 2024. It aims to gather subsurface practitioners for open discussions on uncertainty and its implementation in our industry.

  • Webinar: Interaction of stratigraphy with faults at pressure cell boundaries within the Jurassic to Triassic reservoir sequences of the Beryl Embayment, Quad 9, UK

    08/12/2023 The talk will discuss the role that faults play in defining pressure cell boundaries within numerous fields in the Beryl Embayment and how these interact with stratigraphy to influence trapped hydrocarbon columns and field development/performance. Hence it could be of interest to a wider group than just the structural geology community.

  • Webinar: Digital work instructions - interface between onshore and offshore organizations

    04/12/2023 Well Technology & Drilling invites to a webinar on digital work instructions at the interface between onshore planning and offshore organization. Speakers from Wintershall Dea, Odfjell Drilling and Keystone will share their views. Don't miss out on this great event.

  • In-person @ the NPD: Language modelling Hackathon 2023

    23/11/2023 The Data Analytics, Machine Learning and data centric workflows network group is inviting to a new edition of the previously successful Stavanger hackathons with public oil and gas industry data. The aim of the hackathon is to use the datasets to build interesting applications or explore the depth of the data using language modelling techniques and machine learning. Compute power will be provided.

  • In-person @NPD: tight reservoirs - reservoir appraisal and development

    21/11/2023 Developing tight reservoir plays effectively depends on a successfully completing a precarious balancing act between technical cost and economic benefits, with typically small commercial margins.

  • Webinar: NCCS a and gigaCCS projects

    20/11/2023 Nicola (SINTEF Energy Research) is the Centre Manager for the Norwegian CCS Research Centre. Trained as a geologist, Nicola worked for 15 years in the Oil and Gas industry, before making a career change to pursue her interest in CCS. Nicola and her team recently submitted a proposal for a new Research Centre, which aims to be a Centre of Excellence for CCS in Norway, with a focus on accelerating the deployment of CCS at gigatonne scale for net-zero emissions by 2050

  • Webinar: Capillary Seals and Petroleum Migration: Theory, Observation, Modeling and Risking

    15/11/2023 Petroleum Systems network group is happy to present a webinar featuring Dr. Zhiyong He from the University of South Carolina. The topic for this webinar is Capillary Seals and Petroleum Migration: Theory, Observation, Modeling, and Risking. Join us on November 16th

  • Webinar: Benchmarking in US Onshore: Foster competition and continuous improvement

    13/11/2023 The United States has witnessed a prolific surge in drilling activity, averaging 12,000 wells annually since the advent of hydraulic fracturing technology. Initially, this technology gained traction in the Northeastern US, primarily for gas extraction, and subsequently extended to oil plays.

  • Webinar: Production from low permeability reservoir and hydraulic fracturing

    07/11/2023 Production Optimisation and Reservoir Managment Network Group presents a webinar on Production from low permeability reservoir and hydraulic fracturing. You will hear presentations from the NPD, Equinor, Schlumberger and Shell. Don't miss out on this great event on November 9.

  • In-person @NPD and Oslo: Cake and discuss

    07/11/2023 The Integrated Reservoir Modelling group invites you to our knowledge sharing format “Cake & Discuss”.

  • In-person @ the NPD: Cross Border Seminar

    10/10/2023 The technical committee for improved exploration is happy to announce the cross border seminar on October 25-26th. With contributions from Aker BP, Equinor, GEUS, Harbour Energy, Merlin Energy Resources and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Don't miss out on this great event.

  • Webinar: LINCCS Project

    03/10/2023 The CCS network group presents a webinar on LINCCS featuring Birger Rikard from Aker Solutions. Don't miss out on this great presentation on Oct. 24th.

  • In-person & Webinar: Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models

    25/09/2023 Data Analytics, Machine Learning and data centric workflows welcomes you to this webinar on Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models. Mahad Nadeem Janjua from Wintershall Dea and Lukas Mosser from Aker BP will be presenting. Don't miss out on this great event on Oct. 2nd.

  • Webinar: CCS Activities in OMV

    18/09/2023 The Carbon Capture and Storage network group is happy to invite you to a webinar freaturing Thomas Florian from OMV. He will talk about the CCS activities in OMV. Don't miss out on this great event on sept. 19th.

  • In-person @ the NPD: JIP proposal- Recovery Factor Benchmarking Phase 2

    05/09/2023 FORCE is happy to present a new JIP proposal from OREC and Neptune: Recovery Factor Benchmarking Phase 2. Kelly Tyler and Chris Townsend will be presenting. Join us on September 25th.

  • In-person @NPD & Oslo: IRM network group presents Cake & Discuss

    20/06/2023 The Integrated Reservoir Modelling group invites you to our new knowledge sharing format “Cake & Discuss”. This is the second event in a multi-part discussion series on Practical Geomodelling. The topic for this session will be: The Grid. You can join in-person from Oslo or in Stavanger at the NPD.

  • In-person @NPD: JIP proposal- Mercury to understand the origin and ensure improved measurement and removal

    12/06/2023 FORCE is happy to invite you to participate in a JIP on Mercury to understand the origin and ensure improved measurement and removal. Sverre Ohm from UIS and Stephan Hatcher from WDNO will be presenting. Don't miss out on this great event. Join us on June 22 at the NPD.

  • Webinar and in-person: Machine Learning for Time Series and Anomaly Detection

    24/05/2023 The network group Data Analytics, Machine Learning and data centric workflows invites you to a hybrid seminar featuring Tina Koziol and Kay Sørbø from Wintershall Dea . They will explore the power of machine learning on time series data. Don't miss out on this great event. Join us on June 12.

  • Webinar and In-person: An Introduction to Supervised Machine Learning

    12/05/2023 The network group Data Analytics, Machine Learning and data centric workflows invites you to a hybrid seminar featuring Elliot Humphrey and Margarete Kopal from Equinor. They will give an introduction to supervised learing. Don't miss out on this great event on May 24th.

  • In-person Seminar @NPD: A look back on 40 years of Reservoir Simulation (from the man who knows)

    02/05/2023 The integrated reservoir modelling network group presents "a look back on 40 years of Reservoir Simulation (from the man who knows)". Øystein Pettersen from the University of Bergen will be presenting. Don't miss out on a great lunch and talk on May 23rd.

  • In-person @NPD: Unravelling the Valhall Chalk Dense Zone Conundrum – Traditional vs. Innovative Interpretation

    19/04/2023 The Carbonate and Chalk Reservoirs Network Group invites to a Lunch & Learn on chalk diagenesis and geochemistry. Today’s speaker will be Andrew Moyle (Aker BP / University of Portsmouth). Join us on May 11th at the NPD.

  • In-person Seminar @NPD: Curbing Optimism and Overconfidence Bias in Forecasting

    13/04/2023 The integrated reservoir modelling network group presents Prof. Reidar B. Bratvold from Stanford University. He will be talk about Curbing Optimism and Overconfidence Bias in Forecasting. Don't miss out on this great talk at the NPD on April 26.

  • Webinar: Salt structure and strain development in the eastern Mediterranean, and Kurdistan Oil Field trapping mechanisms

    31/03/2023 Structural geology network group invites you to a webinar on salt structure and strain development in the eastern Mediterranean, and Kurdistan Oil Field trapping mechanisms. Sian Lianne Evans from UIO and Nils Bang from DNO will be presenting. Don't miss out on this great event on April 12.

  • In-Person @NPD: IRM network group presents Cake & Discuss

    28/03/2023 The Integrated Reservoir Modelling group invites you to our new knowledge sharing format Cake & Discuss. This is the first event in a multi-part discussion series on Practical Geomodelling. The topic for this session will be: The Structural Framework

  • Webinar: Organic chemostratigraphy of Lower–Upper Triassic organic-rich mudstones in Svalbard

    22/02/2023 The Petroleum Systems network group invites you to a webinar on Organic chemostratigraphy of Lower–Upper Triassic organic-rich mudstones in Svalbard. Dr. Ferdrik Wesenlund, Research Centre for Arctic Petroleum Exploration (ARCEx), UiT the Arctic University of Norway will be presenting.

  • Webinar: Field trip to Brent & Hugin analogues

    13/02/2023 FORCE Sed/Strat group and Applied Stratigraphix are collaborating for the first time to introduce a promotional, highly subsidized geology field trip focused on analogues for the Jurassic Brent Group in Norway and UK in the United States. Join us us for this webinar and learn more about the field trip. Join us on Feb 14th.

  • Webinar: Injection-induced earthquake activity in West Texas

    06/02/2023 The Force Structural Group are arranging an afternoon webinar where Peter Hennings from University of Austin will present experience of injection-induced earthquakes. Join us on the 8th of February.

  • USA field trip - Analogs for the Jurassic Brent Group

    24/01/2023 The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy network invites you to this new FORCE field trip 12-16 June 2023. The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the best analog for the Jurassic Brent delta as possible. In addition to the Tarbert, Ness, Etive, and Rannoch, we will also be looking at analogs for the Oseberg Formation. Our aim is for you to be able to tie well log data and seismic data with these world class outcrops

  • Field Trip: Site visit to the Fluid Flow Rig at University Museum of Bergen, and Northern Lights development area

    05/01/2023 The FORCE CCS Network is happy to announce a 1-day site visit to Bergen to the FluidFlower Rig at the University Museum followed by visit to the Northern Lights development site in Øygarden. FORCE will facilitate for bus-transport from the Museum to Øygarden and with return to Airport. Lunch will be provided.

  • Webinar: Pre-salt reservoirs in Brazil: a quick introduction

    02/12/2022 Carbonate and Chalk network group is happy to invite you to a webinar on pre-salt reservoirs in Brazil: a quick introduction. Ian Troth and Claudio de Lima from Equinor will be presenting. Don't miss out on this great event.

  • Webinar: Traditional and machine learning techniques applied to oil-source correlation in the Norwegian Sea: Åre we able to end the Spekk-ulation?

    29/11/2022 The petroleum systems network group invites you to a webinar featuring David Gardiner from IGI. He will be presenting on traditional and machine learning techniques applied to oil-source correlation in the Norwegian Sea: Åre we able to end the Spekk-ulation? Join us on Dec 1st.

  • NSRG and FORCE presents Shallow sedimentology and implications for offshore infrastructure and renewable industries seminar

    22/11/2022 NSRG and FORCE sed+ strat group present a seminar that focuses on the sedimentology and stratigraphy of the shallow offshore and how this impacts offshore infrastructure and renewable industries offshore. Join us in-person at the NPD on November 30th.

  • In-person @ the NPD: Gas vs oil production: adjusting to the new political and economic climate

    17/11/2022 The network group Production optimization and Reservoir management is happy to invite you to this in-person seminar. We will be talking about gas vs oil production: adjusting to the new political and economic climate. Will this change the way we will develop and operate Norwegian oil and gas fields?

  • In-person: 2022 Annual Event FORCE Technical Committee on Energy Efficiency and Environment

    09/11/2022 Welcome to the first in-person annual event from the FORCE Technical Committee on Energy Efficiency and Environment. This will be an open event, aiming to reach a broad target group with interest in the topics of energy efficiency and environment and how it relates to oil and gas companies. The event will be an engaging in-person event with presentations, a panel debate and discussions – all arranged at NPD’s offices in Stavanger. Join us on Nov. 17th.

  • In-person seminar @ the NPD: Update on IOR/EOR activities on NCS

    01/11/2022 The network group improved IOR/EOR competece welcomes you to this in-person seminar at the NPD. The seminar will give a short summary of FORCE activities and NPD’s general view on IOR/EOR in a new energy setting. Furthermore, recent research activities will be presented together with planned and implemented field project cases.

  • Webinar: Long term experience of CO2 injection and monitoring on the Norwegian continental shelf

    26/10/2022 Carbon capture and storage network group is happy to present this webinar featuring Anne-Kari Furre from Equinor. She will be talking about the regulatory framework for CO2 storage monitoring for NCS and describe the dedicated monitoring programmes for Sleipner and Snøhvit, respectively. Don't miss out on this great webinar on November 15.

  • Webinar:NORCE (Norwegian Research Centre) CCS projects

    04/10/2022 The CCS network group is happy to invite you to a webinar featuring NORCE Research. Tor Harald Sandve will be talking about CO2 Storage Simulation at Reservoir Scale, and Jonar Solbakken will be presenting on Near-Wellbore Effects during CO2 Injection. Don't miss out on this great event on Oct the 19th.

  • In-person: Fundamentals of Borehole Seismic Technology

    22/09/2022 The geophysical methods group is pleased to announce our first in-person event for the Geophysical Methods group: a Lunch & Learn on the Fundamentals of Borehole Seismic Technology, presented by Neil Kelsall, Rogelio Rufino and Rafael Guerra, Schlumberger. Join us on October 4th.

  • The winner of the IOR award 2022 presents

    14/09/2022 The network group improve IOR/EOR competence welcomes you to this in-person lunch&learn from the winners of the IOR award 2022, Equinor and Vår Energy as the licensees on the Statfjord field. Don't miss out on this great presentation on September the 23rd.

  • In-person seminar: PSA & geochemistry conference

    06/09/2022 The Petroleum Systems network group is delighted to announce its second conference, the first physical event after nearly 2 years of covid-restrictions. The event will focus on non-HC components in petroleum and source rocks (H2S, mercury, CO2, metals), reservoir geochemistry and the understanding, modelling and risking of petroleum charge and migration. Join us on September 22-23.

  • In-person seminar: A Cityringen Journey through Danian and Danish Carbonate rocks

    26/08/2022 The FORCE Carbonate and Chalk Reservoirs network is excited to invite for this half day seminar on Danian and Danish Carbonate rock characterization, accompanied by dinner downtown Stavanger during the evening. Join us on September 7th.

  • Webinar: Veien til nullutslipp i Statnetts Langsiktige Markedsanalyse

    10/08/2022 Low Emission Facilities and Environment network group invites you to a webinar featuring Julie Larsen from Statnett. She will be talking about "Veien til nullutslipp i Statnetts Langsiktige Markedsanalyse". This presentation will be held in norwegian. Don't miss out on this great event on September 1st.

  • Webinar: Structural Group afternoon fault lectures

    02/08/2022 The Structural Geology Network Group invites you to the first lunch & learn after the summer. Alissa Henza and Thomas Berg Kristensen from Equinor will be presenting a series on fault lectures. Don't miss out on this great event on August 17th.

  • Webinar: : Rock and Fluid Data: An Integrated Effort on Improving Subsurface Analysis and Modelling Workflows

    13/06/2022 Improve IOR/EOR invites you to a webinar with Egil Boye Petersen from AkerBP. Egil will be talking about Rock and Fluid Data: An Integrated Effort on Improving Subsurface Analysis and Modelling Workflows. Don't miss out on the great event on June 16th.

  • Webinar: Controls of bulk petroleum compositions in conventional and unconventional petroleum systems

    03/06/2022 The petroleums systems network is happy to invite you to a webinar featuring Nicolaj Mahlstedt from GEOS4. He will be talking about the Controls of bulk petroleum compositions in conventional and unconventional petroleum systems. Don't miss out on this amazing webinar on June 9th.

  • Core Webinar: Caves, breccias, sinkholes and the evaporites that are not there anymore – Paleokarst features of the Loppa High, Barents Sea

    18/05/2022 Welcome to a series of three webinars featuring examples of how cores can be used in subsurface interpretation and what we can learn from studying the cored rocks. In this third and final webinar Niels Rameil and Israel Polonio from Lundin Energy will be presenting the caves, breccias, sinkholes and the evaporites that are not there anymore – Paleokarst features of the Loppa High, Barents Sea.

  • Webinar: Storage resource maturation and beyond: The Northern Lights experience

    11/05/2022 The CCS network group welcomes you to a webinar on storage resource maturation and beyond, featuring Catalina Acuna from Northern Lights. Don't miss out on this great event on May 16th.

  • Core Webinar: The Edvard Grieg cores, the first oil discovery made by Lundin Energy at the Norwegian shelf

    09/05/2022 Welcome to a series of three webinars featuring examples of how cores can be used in subsurface interpretation and what we can learn from studying the cored rocks. In this second webinar Jamie Good Quin and Ronald Sørlie from Lundin Energy will be presenting the Edvard Grieg cores, the first oil discovery made by Lundin Energy at the Norwegian shelf.

  • Webinar: Northern Lights: CO2 Shipping expanding global reach of CCS

    05/05/2022 Low Emission Facilities and Environment network group i happy to invite you to a webinar featuring the topic Northern Lights: CO2 Shipping expanding global reach of CCS. The presentation will be held by Baris Dolek, Shipping Commercial Manager, Northern Lights JV DA. Join us on May 9th.

  • Core Webinar: The Filicudi discovery 7219/12-1: a Triassic ‘Gironde tidal estuary- type’ sequence hidden below the Barents Sea?

    28/04/2022 Welcome to a series of three webinars featuring examples of how cores can be used in subsurface interpretation and what we can learn from studying the cored rocks. In this first webinar Michael Andrew Charnock and Erik Hammer from Lundin Energy will be presenting The Filicudi discovery 7219/12-1: a Triassic ‘Gironde tidal estuary- type’ sequence hidden below the Barents Sea?

  • Webinar: Cyber security in the D&W community

    21/04/2022 Well Technology & Drilling invites you to a webinar on Cyber security in the D&W community. Speakers from Aker BP, Maersk Drilling and GassCo will be featured. Are we prepared for potential HACKER ATTACKERS on our drilling rigs ? Don't miss out on this great event on april 27th.

  • Webinar: The Paleozoic petroleum system in the North Sea

    05/04/2022 Welcome to a webinar arranged by the FORCE Petroleum Systems network. This one-hour talk will be given by Guro Skarstein on behalf of the PaBas consortium, University of Stavanger. Join us on April 28th.

  • Last chance to sign up to Joining Forces 2022

    28/03/2022 Don't forget to sign up for Joining Forces at NPD. This is a live event and a great opportunity to meet new people and see some great presentations. The deadline is today at 7pm.

  • Webinar: Machine learning based oil family classification above 62° North – method and some observations

    17/03/2022 Welcome to a webinar arranged by the FORCE Petroleum Systems network. This one-hour talk will be given by Benedikt Lerch. Lerch will be talking about Machine learning based oil family classification above 62° North – method and some observations. Join us on March 24.

  • Webinar: The Acorn and VNZ projects: CCS on the UKCS

    10/03/2022 The FORCE CCS network group invites you to a webinar freaturing Graeme Davies and David Mclure from Harbour Energy. This will be a combined 45min presentation on 2 separate projects Harbour is involved in in the UKCS. Join us on March 16th.

  • Webinar: State of the art heat pumps and energy integration

    07/03/2022 The Low Emission Facilities and Environment network group welcomes you to an «at a glance»- workshop with SINTEF.

  • Webinar: Vår Energi Retrofit Multilateral Campaign: Existing infrastructure utilization to reduce emissions and costs

    23/02/2022 The Energy Efficient Subsurface network group invites you to a webinar on Vår Energi Retrofit Multilateral Campaign: Existing infrastructure utilization to reduce emissions and costs. Don't miss out on this great event on March 10th.

  • Field Trip to the Gulf of Corinth

    18/02/2022 The FORCE Structural Geology network group invites you again to this great field trip located on the southern margin of the Gulf of Corinth basin. Don't miss out on this amazing trip.

  • Webinar: The role of basin modelling in CCS applications - play to prospect workflows

    17/02/2022 Welcome to a webinar arranged by the FORCE Petroleum Systems network. This one-hour talk will be given by Daniel Palmowski. Daniel has spent the last 15 years on Petroleum Systems Modelling. During the last 7 years he has been employed in different roles as product analyst and product manager for Basin and Petroleum Systems Modelling at the Schlumberger Aachen Technology Centre in Germany.

  • Webinar: Dual Drilling

    15/02/2022 Welcome to the first webinar in 2022 from Well Technology & Drilling. Aker BP, Lundin and Neptune Energy have all performed dual drilling and will in this webinar elaborate on their experiences both in the planning phase, and execution phase.

  • IOR Award 2022

    24/01/2022 Now you can nominate candidates for the IOR award! The award was presented for the first time in 1998, and the next time we present the award will be at ONS 2022.

  • Webinar: Hywind Tampen – An industrial part of the solution

    18/01/2022 Welcome to the first webinar in 2022 from the network group Low Emission Facilities and Environment. Gjertrud Elisabeth Hausken from Equinor, and Technical Manager at Hywind Tampen will be presenting "Hywind Tampen – An industrial part of the solution".

  • Webinar: Underexplored Plays IV

    05/01/2022 The organizing committee would like to welcome you to a two day seminar on Underexplored Plays for the Norwegian Continental Shelf. In this seminar we will also risk the upcoming 2022 key exploration wells! This is followed up by one of our key note presenters, Alexei Milkov, who has compared pre-drill vs. post-drill outcomes in petroleum exploration.

  • Webinar: Overview of subsurface research activities for carbon storage on the NCS

    02/12/2021 Welcome to the first webinar from the new network group Carbon Capture and Storage. Elin Skurtveit will be presenting an overview of the NCCS subsurface research activity as well as some more detailed results from ongoing research activities . Don't miss out on this great event.

  • Webinar: Evolution of Vitrinite Reflectance Models

    22/11/2021 The petroleum systems network group invites you to a webinar featuring Professor Alan Burnham from Iowa State University . The inventor of the first good vitrinite-reflectance kinetics scheme, on the invention of the first vitrinite-reflection kinetics model (Sweeney & Burnham, 1990) and new developments in vitrinite-models.

  • Webinar: Structural characterization and across-fault seal assessment of the Aurora CO2 storage site, northern North Sea

    15/11/2021 The structrual geology network group presents Nora Holde from the University of Oslo. The topic will be "Structural characterization and across-fault seal assessment of the Aurora CO2 storage site, northern North Sea".

  • Lunch & Learn: Integrated geomodelling for construction and civil engineering projects – expanding the use oil industry technologies (good and bad!).

    29/10/2021 Welcome to a new live event at the NPD. The integrated reservoir modelling network group has the pleasure of inviting you to a lunch & learn featuring the topic: Integrated geomodelling for construction and civil engineering projects – expanding the use oil industry technologies (good and bad!). The lunch & learn will be presented by Lars Edward Rygg Kjellesvik from Digital Geologi AS.

  • Webinar: Regional Structure and Basin Development of the mid-Norwegian Volcanic Passive Margin

    26/10/2021 The petroleum systems network group is happy to present this webinar featuring Dmitry Zastrozhnov from Volcanic Basin Petroleum Research and Saint-Petersburg State University". Dmitry will be talking about the regional structure and basin development of the mid-Norwegian volcanic passive margin.

  • Ichnology of Petroleum Systems

    25/10/2021 FORCE - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Network Group invites you to a two-day seminar on Ichnology of Petroleum Systems. A two-days seminar will be hosted by FORCE at the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) in Stavanger, 17. and 18. November 2021. It will consist of a blend of talks (including keynotes) and core-viewing sessions.

  • Lunch & Learn: Retrofit MLT – cost effective improved recovery.

    08/10/2021 Welcome to the first LIVE event from FORCE. The network group well technology and drilling welcomes you to this lunch & learn freaturing the theme: Retrofit MLT – cost effective improved recovery. Join us at the NPD for a great event and lunch.

  • Geophysical Methods- Dual Seminars on Full Waveform Inversion

    04/10/2021 From the FORCE Geophysical Methods working group, we're pleased to announce dual Fall 2021 virtual seminars: “Reflections on FWI” (25 October 2021), and “Impressions of FWI” (1 November 2021). The dual seminars will allow us to cover all the latest in technical developments from key vendors, as well as review recent case studies and applications from leading operators. Please set your calendars and join us for two “revealing” sessions on the latest developments and applications in FWI technology.

  • Webinar: Ephemeral fluvial systems – application to Triassic and Permian reservoirs in the North Sea

    23/09/2021 The sed/strat network group is happy to welcome you to this webinar on ephemeral fluvial systems. Featuring Charlotte Priddy, Lorenzo Di Lauro and Jan Andsbjerg.

  • Webinar:Interrelation between surface and basement heat flow in sedimentary basins

    17/09/2021 The petroleum systems network group has the pleasure of inviting you to a webinar feauting Dr. Daniel Schmid from GeoModeling Solutions & University of Oslo. The topic will be on Interrelation between surface and basement heat flow in sedimentary basins. Don't miss out on this great webinar from FORCE.

  • Webinar: Water shut-off via bullheading a DPR fluid – General status and the Alvheim example

    19/08/2021 The improved IOR/EOR competence network group is happy to welcome you to this great webinar featuring Kåre Langaas from AkerBP and Arne Stavland from Norce Research. The topic will be "Water shut-off via bullheading a DPR fluid – General status and the Alvheim example." Don't miss out on this great event.

  • Have a great summer!

    30/06/2021 Dear FORCE Members. Another year has passed since the last summer newsletter, but not much has changed. We are still living with the Covid-19 pandemic, and we are still working from home and have meetings and seminars on Teams. Surprisingly, that has worked out really wellfor FORCE. We saw a record-breaking year with 2509 participants in 2020! That is amazing.

  • Webinar: Along-strike stratigraphic response to normal fault growth: sediment sources, stacking and surfaces

    28/06/2021 Structural Geology network group has the pleasure of inviting you to this webinar featuring Bonita Barrett, a Sr Geologist at Equinor ASA. She will be talking about "Along-strike stratigraphic response to normal fault growth: sediment sources, stacking and surfaces". So join us before your summer holiday.

  • Webinar: Variability in the geometry of segmented normal fault surfaces

    16/06/2021 Structural Geology network group invites you this great webinar featuring Vincent Roche from Montpellier in the South of France. He will be presenting on the topic of "Variability in the geometry of segmented normal fault surfaces". Dont miss out, and join us on June the 24th.

  • Webinar: Improved understanding of seepage in and around abandoned wells

    31/05/2021 Well technology and drilling welcomes you to this great webinar, featuring the topic: Improved understanding of seepage in and around abandoned wells. So join us on June the 11th.

  • Webinar: Understanding in-situ polymer rheology from laboratory studies, rheological theory, and field test results

    10/05/2021 The improve IOR/EOR competence network group welcomes you to the last webinar before summer, featuring Arne Skauge, Abdul Majid Murad, Mohamed Alzaabi from the University of Bergen / Energy Research Norway. They will be talking about understanding in-situ polymer rheology from laboratory studies, rheological theory, and field test results. Join us on May 20th.

  • Post symposium talks now on YouTube

    05/05/2021 Did you miss out on the FORCE Webinar: Post symposium talks? Fear not. All of the talks were recorded, and are now available on the FORCE YouTube channel.

  • Webinar: Mind the Gap #4

    29/04/2021 Don't forget to sign up for the 4th and final part of Mind the Gap webinar. Lars Riber ( UiO), Mark Weldon (Petrostrat) and Ali Jaffri (Applied Stratigrafix (Denver) will be presenting. So join us on April the 30th.

  • Webinar: Post Force competition Symposium, where the contestants will showcase their working methods and results

    26/04/2021 Welcome to the Post Force competition Symposium where the contestants will showcase their working methods and results of their machine learning models for fault mapping and well lithology prediction. We aim to have 6-8 talk of about 20 minutes with ensuing discussion. Join us om April. 28.

  • Webinar: Mind the Gap #3

    19/04/2021 Welcome to part 3 of this great webinar dedicated to the understanding of unconformities. How are they formed, what are their significance and why do we care.

  • Mind the Gap #2

    13/04/2021 The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Network Group invites you to part 2 of Mind the Gap on April the 16th. This workshop is dedicated to the understanding of unconformities. How are they formed, what are their significance and why do we care.

  • Webinar: Mind the Gap #1

    06/04/2021 The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Network Group invites you to this great workshop on April 9th. This workshop is dedicated to the understanding of unconformities. How are they formed, what are their significance and why do we care.

  • Webinar: Well Clean-up and Well Test to Production Facility

    22/03/2021 The well technology and drilling network group has the pleasure of inviting you to this great webinar. The topic will be on Well Clean-up and Well Test to Production Facility. AkerBP, WintershallDea, Neptune and Equinor will be presenting. Join us on April 8th.

  • Webinar: Recent Development of Near Miscible WAG

    15/03/2021 Welcome to the third presentation from Arne Skauge, Energy Research Norway. This lecture will give a practical introduction to modelling of immiscible WAG processes. The key parameters will be defined, and their impact will be discussed in case study simulations.

  • Webinar: Let’s learn to treat our faults better

    09/03/2021 The Carbonat and Chalk Network Group invites you to join this great webinar. Torben Treffeisen will be talking about the future of fault representation on March 16th.

  • Webinar: Fault Compartments

    23/02/2021 The Force Structural Network Group invites you to a two day webinar for learning and sharing knowledge, methodologies and case histories on fault seal and fault compartments from exploration to late life production.

  • FORCE YouTube Channel

    17/02/2021 Did you know that FORCE has a YouTube channel? Here you can find many of the webinar recordings and so much more.

  • Webinar: How can we deliver 4000 m MD wells in 10 days on NCS?

    12/02/2021 Welcome to the first webinar of 2021 for Production Optimization and Reservoir Managment network group. Raghu Kulkarni from Equinor is asking the question: How can we deliver 4000 m MD wells in 10 days on NCS? Join us on Feb. 18th.

  • Webinar:Immiscible WAG modelling

    08/02/2021 Welcome to the second presentation from Arne Skauge, Energy Research Norway. This lecture will give a practical introduction to modelling of immiscible WAG processes. The key parameters will be defined, and their impact will be discussed in case study simulations. Join us on Feb. 17th.

  • Webinar: Summary and results from the Force 2020 Machine Learning Contest

    04/02/2021 Peter Bormann from ConocoPhillips will be presenting the results from the FORCE 2020 Machine Learning contest. Don't miss out on this great event.

  • Webinar: How can we deliver 4000 m MD wells in 10 days on NCS?

    28/01/2021 Welcome to the first webinar of 2021 for Production Optimization and Reservoir Managment network group. On Feb 3rd, Raghu Kulkarni from Equinor is asking the question: How can we deliver 4000 m MD wells in 10 days on NCS?

  • Webinar: Upscaling of Near-Miscible WAG in Heterogeneous Reservoirs

    15/01/2021 Welcome to the first webinar of 2021 from Improve EOR Competence Network Group. Arne Skauge and Victor Rios from UIB will be talking abut Upscaling of Near-Miscible WAG in Heterogeneous Reservoirs.

  • Webinar: Microbial life in small water droplets enclosed in oil

    04/01/2021 Welcome to 2021 first webinar from Petroleum Systems Network Group featuring Rainer U. Meckenstock from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. The topic is Microbial life in small water droplets enclosed in oil.

  • Christmas Newsletter 2020

    15/12/2020 2020 has been a strange year for all of us. It started out with some great seminars in January and the normalcy lasted until the start of March. Then the covid-19 pandemic hit, and we all had to work from home.

  • Webinar: Wedge Proposal

    07/12/2020 On Dec 8th, Dora Marín from UIS will be presenting the Wegde Proposal. A research project between the University of Stavanger and the University of Basilicata (Italy).

  • Webinar: Salt Tectonic Talks

    03/12/2020 The structural geology group is offering 3 talks on salt tectonics. All talks are 20 minutes long with 5 minutes allowed for questions. There will be talk from Olly Duffy from the University of Texas at Austin, Christopher Jackson, Imperial College London and Gabriela Salomao-Martins, Imperial College London.

  • Webinar: Advanced EOR Screening for the Norwegian Continental Shelf

    23/11/2020 The Improve IOR/EOR Compentence Network Group invites you to a lunch and learn featuring geoscientist Craig Smalley. Craig Smalley will be talking about the advanced EOR Screening for the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

  • FORCE 25 year anniversary

    19/11/2020 This month FORCE celebrates its 25th anniversary. We have invited a few members to share their FORCE experience in a celebratory video. Thank you to all of our members for 25 amazing years of collaboration.

  • Webinar: Multilateral Wells

    11/11/2020 Welcome to the first webinar from the Well Technology and Drilling Network Group. Gorm Liland from Haliburton will be talking about Multilateral Wells.

  • Webinar: Deep water systems. Virtual field school #4

    04/11/2020 Welcome to the the fourth field school: Deep water systems. Professor John Howell (SAFARI PI at the University of Aberdeen) will be presenting on zoom. Be quick to get your ticket. These webinars has been proven to be very popular.

  • Shallow Marine 2- Tidal Systems. Virtual Field School #3

    16/10/2020 Welcome to the third field school: Shallow Marine 2- Tidal Systems. Professor John Howell (SAFARI PI at the University of Aberdeen) will be presenting on zoom. Be quick to get your ticket. These webinars has been proven to be very popular.

  • OG21 Technology Champion 2020

    29/09/2020 OG21 har åpnet for nominering av kandidater til prisen "OG21 Technology Champion 2020". Prisen skal deles ut under OG21-forum, 11.november, og den skal gå til en person som har vært drivende for innføring av ny teknologi i løpet av de siste to årene.

  • Shallow Marine 1 – Paralic Systems

    18/09/2020 Welcome to the second virtual field trip in a series of four. John Howell will be talking about Shallow Marine 1 – Paralic Systems. So join us on Zoom September 29th.

  • Webinar: Development of Low Reservoir Quality Chalk.

    09/09/2020 The Carbonate and Chalk Reservoirs network group invites you to an 1 hour webinar featuring Søren Amdi Christensen from WellPerform. He is a Snr. Petrophysicist, reservoir geologist & project manager. The topic for this webinar is development of Low Reservoir Quality Chalk – experiences and lessons learned from the most complex Danish chalk field.

  • Webinar: Fluvial systems Virtual field school #1

    01/09/2020 In light of our current restrictions on travel and the need for social distancing, TCIE have decided to host a series of ‘virtual field schools’ through the fall of 2020. We will be running 4, one hour-long, virtual field trips, incorporating SAFARI Virtual Outcrop data led by Professor John Howell (SAFARI PI at the University of Aberdeen).

  • Webinars for the rest of 2020

    31/08/2020 Due to the increase of Covid-19, FORCE will continue with webinars for the rest of 2020. But fear not, FORCE will continue to inspire and share through webinars. Keep an eye on our events page and LinkedIn for upcoming events.

  • Machine Learning Contest

    17/08/2020 The global machine learning contest with wells and seismic data is now open and running.

  • Summer newsletter 2020

    18/06/2020 Summer greetings from the Secretariat with guest writers

  • Webinar: AI and Petroleum system risk assessment

    10/06/2020 The Petroleums Systems network group invites you to a webinar on the topic of AI and Petroleum system risk assessment with Mathieu Ducros from Kognitus.

  • Webinar: Practical 4D seismic interpretation

    08/06/2020 The Force geophysical methods network invites you to a lunch and learn webinar featuring 3 talks on practical 4D seismic interpretation.

  • Did you miss one of our webinars?

    29/05/2020 If you missed out on one of our webinars, fear not. Some of them has been recorded and you can find them in our archive.

  • Understanding Anisotropy

    14/05/2020 The Force Geophysical Methods network group would like to invite to a webinar on Understanding Anisotropy. The presentation will be held by Nick Huntbatch from Ikon science and Rhydian Williams.

  • Webinar: Svalbox- An interactive digital Svalbard geological-geophysical portal

    11/05/2020 The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy network group invites you to their first webinar of the year. An interactive digital Svalbard geological-geophysical portal with Kim Senger from UNIS.

  • Webinar: Oil and Gas outlook with Covid-19 and Energy transition – Macro to NCS perspectives by Rystad Energy

    04/05/2020 The Force IOGR TC invites you to a Webinar ‘Oil and Gas outlook with Covid-19 and Energy transition – Macro to NCS perspectives’. The presentation will be given by Tore Guldbrandsøy head of the Rystad Energy Stavanger. Rystad Energy is an independent energy research and business intelligence company. Rystad Energy provides consulting services to the oil industry including market analysis and macro trends.

  • QuanTico Presentation

    27/04/2020 The FORCE Geophysical network group invites you to a webinar lunch & learn with Gareth Taylor from Quantico.

  • All FORCE seminars postponed until futher notice

    12/03/2020 Restrictions on visits in connection with spread of coronavirus The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has introduced restrictions with regard to presence in the Directorate’s offices for persons who have been in areas with prolonged spread of coronavirus. If you have been in these areas during the last 14 days, you must not participate in meetings in the Directorate.

  • Joining Forces Canceled!

    10/03/2020 Due to the current situation with the Corona Virus affecting people’s travel and attendance of conferences the organizing committee has decided to postpone the Joining Forces 2020 – Industry Perspectives meeting. We feel that the value of this meeting would be limited if there was reduced attendance. We are currently looking into an alternative timing.

  • Call for joining the organization committee! The 2020 Force Machine Learning competition

    06/03/2020 The 2020 Force Machine Learning competition. Predicting facies and stratigraphy from well logs and mapping faults on seismic. Force has approved the go ahead to carry out a public machine learning competition on well logs and potentially on seismic data. This will replace the hackathon in 2020 We are currently looking for enthusiastic people who would like to be part of organizing this.

  • Joining Forces 2020

    02/03/2020 Welcome to a 2-day seminar and dinner. The ambition of the forum is to promote communication between the oil & gas industry and the Norwegian Earth Sciences and Petroleum Engineering Research Institutes to bring about valuable R+D projects.

  • Open hole stability in chalk- A case study on the Radial Jet Drilling technology

    12/02/2020 The Carbonate and Chalk Reservoir network group welcomes you to their first lunch and learn this year. Open hole stability in chalk- a case study on the radial jet drilling technology with Dr. Maiya Medetbekova from DTU.

  • Basement Highs: Formation, evolution and reservoir characterisation

    05/02/2020 The structural geology network group welcome you to a two day seminar and dinner on Basement Highs: Formation, evolution and reservoir characterisation. Call for Abstracts Open now! Deadline Feb 29th.

  • A great start!

    28/01/2020 2020 has startet out great with two events in january. The two day seminar Charge and Migration was a huge success with 104 people attending. Looking forward to the rest of 2020. Dont forget to follow us on LinkedIn or to subscribe to our newsletter.

  • Newsletter Error

    17/01/2020 We have had some technical problems with the newsletter, and we apologies for the inconvenience.

  • Organizational Decision Quality: value creation by high quality decisions

    06/01/2020 The network group Integrated Reservoir Modelling has the pleasure of inviting you to this years first lunch and learn. The featured topic is: Organizational Decision Quality: value creation by high quality decisions by Prof. J. Eric Bickel from the University of Texas at Austin.

  • Merry Christmas from the Secretariat

    21/12/2019 2019 has been a great year for FORCE.  We have had 15 lunch and learns and 9 seminars (1-2 days). A total of 24 events. In total there has been 1408 participants attending FORCE seminars in 2019. That is amazing.

  • Organizational Decision Quality: value creation by high quality decisions

    19/12/2019 The network group Integrated Reservoir Modelling has the pleasure of inviting you to this years first lunch and learn. The featured topic is: Organizational Decision Quality: value creation by high quality decisions by Prof. J. Eric Bickel from the University of Texas at Austin.

  • Petroleum Charge and Migration - Understanding a Major Exploration Risk on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

    03/12/2019 The Petroleum Systems network group is delighted to announce its first Seminar, focusing on furthering our understanding of petroleum charge and migration. The seminar is a two day event taking place at NPD.

  • 50 year anniversary seminar

    26/11/2019 Sign-up deadline is in a few days! FORCE, the oil companies own G&G activity organization, is arranging a two-days seminar on lessons learned the past fifty years on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The aim of the seminar is a venue where young and old professionals can meet and learn.

  • Canceled!

    22/11/2019 The lunch and learn with Geir Ivan Tangen on November 28th has been canceled!!

  • Still seats available for lunch and learn with Steve Larter

    18/11/2019 Hurry up! Last day to sign up for lunch & learn with Steve Larter. If you are not able to attend from Oslo or Stavanger you can contact Rolando di Primio for a VC conncetion.

  • Experience from drilling a horizontal well in a naturally fractured and karstified carbonate reservoir using a CML MPD system

    11/11/2019 The FORCE Carbonate and Chalk Reservoirs Network Group invites you to a Lunch & Learn seminar with Geir Ivan Tangen on how to successfully mitigate risks when drilling in karstified and naturally fractured carbonates. On November 28 at NPD.

  • Advanced structural geological approach to understand fault systems and basin evolution

    06/11/2019 FORCE and the Structural Geology Network Group is glad to invite you to lunch and learn: Advanced structural geological approach to understand fault systems and basin evolution. On November 19 at NPD.

  • The thrill at the edge: Seismic Geometry, Reservoir Architecture, Trapping Mechanism and Forward Modelling of Clinoforms

    30/10/2019 Dont miss out on the 2 day seminar and dinner on November 11-12. We aim to an exciting venue where ideas are exchanged and provoked and discussion welcome. We realize the existence of a lot of misunderstanding regarding clinoform terminology and all the implication that derived from it.

  • Advances in Integrated Biostratigraphy

    18/10/2019 Hurry up! Only few seats left! Advances in Integrated Biostratigraphy on the 29-30th of October at NPD, meeting room TOR.

  • Clinoform seminar

    09/10/2019 The thrill at the edge: Seismic Geometry, Reservoir Architecture, Trapping Mechanism and Forward Modelling of Clinoforms. Welcome to this 2 day and dinner Force Conference.

  • Cretaceous Park

    02/10/2019 After the successful workshop Triassic Park held in 2017, the FORCE Sedimentary and Stratigraphy network group is delighted to announce another workshop focusing on Cretaceous period and which will take place in Valhall at the NPD on the 16th and 17th October 2019

  • Practical insights and techniques in seismic velocity estimation, SEG 2019 Distinguished Lecturer John T. Etgen

    30/09/2019 The Force Geophysical Methods Group is delighted to announce that it is hosting this year’s SEG distinguished lecturer speaker, John Etgen from BP USA.

  • Bli med og nominere «Årets Technology Champion»!

    24/09/2019 OG21 er Norges nasjonale teknologistrategi for petroleumsnæringen, og har sitt mandat fra Olje- og energidepartementet. Her kommer myndigheter, næringsliv og forskningsmiljøer sammen for å identifisere teknologiske utfordringer og enes om strategier og tiltak for å møte disse.

  • Cores of the year

    12/09/2019 Dont forget to sign up to this years "Cores of the year" on september the 26th. Still seats available!!

  • 50 year anniversary seminar

    04/09/2019 FORCE, the oil companies own G&G activity organization, is arranging a two-days seminar on lessons learned the past fifty years on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The aim of the seminar is a venue where young and old professionals can meet and learn.

  • Hackathon 2019

    19/08/2019 Dont forget to sign up for this years Symposium at Hackathon on September 20th. Learn about the new frontier!

  • Cores of the year

    12/08/2019 The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy group is proud to welcome you to this years Cores of the year 2019. It will be held at NPD- Vallhall.

  • FORCE Triassic Reasearch Proposal

    01/08/2019 FORCE is inviting you to the FORCE Triassic Research Proposal on August 8th at NPD, Stavanger. Our aim is to discuss and establish a framework for an industry consortium to create a high resolution correlation framework for reservoir prediction in the Triassic of the Norwegian Central and Northern North Sea.

  • Oil vs Gas: What are the limits to prospect-level hydrocarbon phase prediction?

    29/07/2019 The FORCE Petroleum Systems Group welcomes you to a lunch and learn with Andrew Murray on Oil vs Gas:What are the limits to prospect-level hydrocarbon phase prediction? Register now!

  • Summer newsletter 2019

    28/06/2019 The FORCE Secretariat wishes everyone a great summer!

  • Disentangeling Paleokarst Reservoirs

    12/06/2019 The FORCE Carbonate and Chalk Reservoirs Network Group invites you to a Lunch & Learn seminar on Disentangeling Paleokarst Reservoirs. The main event will be held at Lundin Norway in Oslo on june 26th. With Jan Tveranger from NORCE.

  • Fishbones Completion Technology

    22/05/2019 The FORCE Carbonate and Chalk Reservoirs network group invites you to a lunch and learn seminar on Fishbones Completion. The technology will be presented by the vendor themselves. Presenters from Equinor, AkerBP, Total and Lundin will share plans and experience on deployment of the needles.

  • FORCE Hackathon and Applied Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics with Oil and Gas Data

    15/05/2019 Welcome to this years ML Hackathon and Symposium! Don't miss out on this great event September 18-20.

  • Poor Production Forecast, Lunch and Learn

    14/05/2019 Force and the Integrated Reservoir Modelling Group invites you to a lunch and learn seminar on Poor Production Forecasts - Here's why and what you can do about it. May 27th at 1130 am.

  • LinkedIn

    09/05/2019 FORCE is now on LinkedIn. Follow FORCE to get the latest on seminars and events!

  • Jæren Field Trip

    30/04/2019 The Sedimentology & Stratigraphy Structural Geology group invites you to a one day field trip to Jæren. "Geological history of Jæren and onshore – offshore relationships"

  • Wave-equation based AVO inversion

    24/04/2019 There are stille seat avaiable! Register now! The FORCE Geophysical Method Group invites you to a lunch and learn seminar on wave-equation based AVO inversion, with presenters from Delft Inversion

  • To re-process or re-acquire

    02/04/2019 Have you signed up for this 1-day seminar: To re-process or re-acquire? The seismic decision? There are still seats available.

  • Basecamp

    27/03/2019 Welcome to Basecamp, the new member login.

  • Integrated production optimization on Skarv

    21/03/2019 Have you signed up for Lunch & Learn: Integrated production optimization on Skarv? There are still seats available!

  • Problem Solved

    15/03/2019 The problem with the registration has now been solved. You should be able to register to any seminar.

  • New FORCE website

    14/03/2019 Today we are launching our new website.

  • FORCE starts 2019 by welcoming a brand new member!

    12/12/2018 INPEX Norge AS joins FORCE

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