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from seismic 3D surveys carried out with time intervals, making it possible to see changes in the reservoir over time.

Landrø was a coordinator on the EU-project ATLASS (analy- sis of time lapse seismic data) and the project lead to the ? rst trials of 4D seismic on the Gullfaks ? eld. Statoil estimates that use of 4D seismic on the Gullfaks ? eld has generated value

Leading in development and manufacturing of oil mist creation of more than US$971 million. separators for combustion engines and turbines.

Since 2009 Landrø has been the lead on a research project concerning improved mapping and monitoring of hydrocarbon

Emission reduction & reservoirs.

Landrø has a master of science from NTH (Norwegian

Institute of Technology) and he earned a dr. scient. degree in increased effciency physics in 1986. His scienti? c career started in 1986, while he was working for SERES, which was a major research collabora- by the use of highly effcient oil mist separators tion within use of seismic data.

at crankcase and lube oil tank ventilation.

From 1993 to 1996, he worked as a researcher in SINTEF

Petroleum, and from 1996 to 1998, he worked as a geophysi- cist in Statoil. Landrø has also been a visiting professor at the

Colorado School of Mines in the US (2005-2006).

Charles Sparks –This year, Charles

Sparks, who leads research into the mechanical behavior of drilling risers at France’s IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) was recognized for his work.

More than 30% of the world’s oil and gas production comes from

Charles Sparks subsea zones. But, in the 1970s, the

Photo from Charles Sparks.

behavior of drilling risers and the vibration phenomena to which they were subjected were still not fully understood.

The safe design of the equipment needed for offshore drilling and production required major technological innovations as well as a good understanding of the phenomena at play.

The world´s only

Sparks, who earned a master’s degree in Mechanical Sciences from the University of Cambridge, has studied and worked on oil mist separator with

GL type approval risers since the mid-1970s, with 29 years at IFPEN until his retirement in 2003. At IFPEN, he ran many projects devoted to www.ut99.ch different kinds of riser, including carbon ? ber composite risers.

Drilling riser technologies developed by IFPEN, particularly in

Benefts of UT99 oil mist separators the 1970s and 1980s, went on to represent a major advance for offshore drilling.

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Emission reduction, even to obtain EPA Tier 4 fnal

Sparks’ research resulted in some signi? cant publications: •

Reliable increase of effciency at gas / dual-fuel engines - Sparks, C.P. 1980 The mechanical behavior of marine risers - mode of in? uence of principal parameters. Journal of •

No deposits on turbocharger

Engineering Technology. ASME •

No leakage of oil and oil mist - Sparks, C.P., Cabillic, J.P., Schawann, J.C. 1982. Longitudinal •

Long-lasting operational reliability resonant behavior of very deep water risers. Paper OTC 4317, presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston.

- Sparks, C.P. 1984. The In? uence of tension, pressure

Key features of UT99 oil mist separators and weight on pipe and riser deformations and stresses. •

Transactions of ASME. Journal of Energy Resources Technology.

For engines from 50 kW to 100 MW and turbines up to 2000 MW

HSE •

For closed (CCV) / open (OCV) crankcase

Jane Cutler became a force for safety in Australia as the and lube oil tank (OTV) ventilation inaugural CEO of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and •

Residual oil amount < 1 mg / m³ guaranteed

Environmental management Authority (NOPSEMA), Australia’s independent regulator for OHS, well integrity and environmen- •

ATEX (ex-proof) approved design available tal management of the offshore petroleum industry.

Her tenure at NOPSEMA, which ended earlier this year,

Long-term supplier for many well-known saw her oversee a new environmental management regime for engine, turbine and power plants oedigital.com manufacturer.

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