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SWIPA Annual Conference 2025

Welcome to the forthcoming SWIPA conference in Trondheim.

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Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel, Trondheim, Norway
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Day 1, Wednesday, 19TH March

SWIPA Technical - for SWIPA partners only (09:00 - 11:30)

08:30 - 09:00     Registration Moderator: Pierre Cerasi, SINTEF

09:00 - 09:50     Welcome address &HES Kent Ranum, Mayor of Trondheim

Highlights from R&D activities
09:00   Overall status and plans for 2025, Harald Linga, SINTEF
09:10   Highlights results and impact from SWIPA WPs, Jan David Ytrehus, SINTEF, Viktoriya Yarushina, IFE, Erlend Randeberg, NORCE

09:55 - 10:15 Break

10:15   SWIPA Innovation strategy, Trine M. Stene, SINTEF
10:20   Postdoc`s and PhD-candidates - selected results, Hadi Haghgouei, NTNU, Mohammad M.  EltrissiNTNU, Hazzaz Bin Yousuf, UiS, Victor Lima, UiS
11:00   Understanding and mitigating leakage pathways in oil and gas well cementsErgun Kuru, Univ. of Alberta

 

SWIPA Technical - Open conference for all (12:00-17:00)

11:00 - 13:00      Registration
12:00 - 13:00      Lunch
13:00 - 16:50      Opening address 
Jack Ødegård, Vice President Research SINTEF  Industry

13:10    SWIPA`s role and contribution towards reaching the cost cut target, Harald Linga, SINTEF
P&A roadmaps, technology initiatives and regulations
13:20   P&A strategy and concerns – update from Equinor, Pål Hemmingsen, Equinor
13:40   New regulations on methane emissions and knowledge gathering of creeping shale, Nina Ringøen, HAVTIL, Norway

Business opportunities towards 50 % cost cut

14:00   Development of a coiled tubing perf, wash, and cement (PWC) tool for rigless operations: HydraCT, Marcelo Jaculli, Hydrawell

14:20   Riserless coil tubing for P&A - concept and potential, Andrea Sbordone, TechnipFMC

14:40 - 15:10      Break

Well integrity and P&A - operations and international aspects
15:10   International operations - technology drivers for well integrity solutions, Bart Joppe, BakerHughes
15:30   International P&A opportunities - an update, Bjørn Kahrs, NORWEP

15:50 - 16:05      Break
16:05 - 16:50      Panel discussionPål Viggo Hemmingsen, Equinor, Jens Storhaug, Harbour Energy, Nina Ringøen, HAVTIL Norway,  Bart Joppe, Baker Hughes, John Knowles, SLB, Ingvar Grannes, Restone, Harald Linga, SINTEF  

19:30 -   Dinner at Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel, Trondheim
                   (Aperitif 19:00)
                   Eli Aamot, Executive Vice President SINTEF

 

Day 2, Thursday, 20TH March

SWIPA Technical - Open seminar for all (09:00 - 13:00)

09:00 - 09:50    Welcome address & HES  - Moderator: Pierre Cerasi, SINTEF

Well integrity as key performance asset
09:05      Laboratory setups for evaluation of annulus barrier materials, Elie N`Gouamba, SINTEF
09:25   Aspects of formation properties on well barrier performance, Erling Fjær, SINTEF
09:45   Downhole well barrier integrity verification - results from NorPALabs test sub, Dave Gardner, NORCE
Field cases, technology qualification & monitoring
10:05   Well-Associated and Naturally Occurring Methane Seeps in the Tampen AreaStéphane Polteau, IFE

10:25 - 10:50     Break

10:50   Aker BP upcoming P&A scope – 3 platforms, Jakob Mo and Eirik Tjetland, Aker BP
11:10   Low carbon footprint barrier materials – features and implementation of the geopolymer EcoShield, John Knowles, SLB
11:30   Ultrasonic integrity testing - verification of logging methods and future developmentsTonni Franke Johansen, SINTEF

11:50 - 12:00    Summary & final remarks - Pierre Cerasi and Harald Linga, SINTEF
12:00 - 13:00    Lunch

 

To registrate for the SWIPA Annual Conference 2025

  • SWIPA Annual Conference – Early bird: NOK 3 825
    (registrations by February 28)
  • SWIPA Annual Conference: NOK 4 887
  • SWIPA Annual Conference - Dinner: NOK 750
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Kjøpmannsgata 73, 7010 Trondheim