Biofuels for Transport

Electrification of waterborne transport

Resource efficient waterborne transport system

Research in the field of alternative fuels.

Technologies to combat fouling on the hull.

Engines

Acoustic noise and vibrations

Oceans protection and ecology

Arctic

Unmanned shipping

Smart ports

Information and communication technologies

Alternative Energy Sources, Materials & Technologies

Electrification, Electrofuels and Energy Efficiency

Capture, utilisation and storage of fluids in the subsurface

  • CO2, Hydrogen, Natural gas, Nitrogen
  • Coal gasification
  • Pipelines for hydrogen and CO2 transport

Extraction of heat (geothermal) and materials (e.g. metals) from the subsurface fluids

  • High and medium enthalpy
  • Recovery of lithium and/or other metals from enriched brines
  • Application of innovative technologies
  • Water desalination
  • Rare earth elements
  • Solution mining

Carbon efficient reservoir management

  • NetZero reservoir operations
  • Decarbonising onshore and offshore operations
  • Well-to-wheel CO2 reduction
  • Reservoir characterisation, modelling and simulation
  • Novel well testing and design for Geoenergy reservoirs
  • Geoenergy reservoir management under uncertainty and risk
  • Geophysics — Exploration and appraisal of new geoenergy resources
  • Microtechnologies

NetZero energy economics

  • Circular economics
  • Economics of the environment and carbon
  • Macro economics of the energy industry
  • Investor relations and drivers
  • Security of energy supply through the energy transition
  • Macro and micro Geoenergy projects
  • Energy industry forecasting and strategies
  • Sustainability in the energy industry
  • Human and environmental safety
  • Socioeconomic impacts of the energy transition
  • Stakeholders in reservoir developments
  • Decision-making under uncertainty and risk
  • Education and outreach for the energy transition
  • NetZero business structures for current E&P businesses
  • Sociological impacts of the energy industry
  • Security of energy supply