Maersk Oil Company Profile

Introduction
Research & Innovation
Maersk Oil works with more than 15 universities and technology institutes,
dozens of service and peer companies, resulting in about 50 current research
projects, which help the company access and develop the technology it requires.
Subjects cover the whole range of upstream technologies and capabilities, ranging
from basic fundamental research to applied technology for example in:
• Reservoir thermodynamics
• Water/CO 2 equilibria
• Corrosion modeling
• Materials science
• HSE: gas dispersion and flammability modeling
• Flaring and venting
• Nano coating technology
• Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
• Enzyme enhanced EOR technologies
• Carbonate physics and fluid interaction
• Smart Well completion and optimisation technology
• Deepwater drilling and development
• High Pressure High Temperature drilling and production operations
• Well intervention and integrity technologies
• Advanced geophysical techniques
Some key projects are listed in the following pages
Research & Innovation
BioRec
Maersk Oil entered a collaborative 4-year research project in
2011 that aims to increase oil recovery and prolong operations
in the Danish North Sea by using biotechnology to create efficient,
viable and environmentally safe solutions to
the challenges of maturing oil and gas fields.
BioRec is a joint industry project with Maersk Oil, the Danish
Advanced Technology Foundation, global biotech company
Novozymes, oil company DONG E&P and three institutions –
the Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Technological
Institute and Roskilde University.
Three topics will be initially researched by the project:
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Can enzymes and bacteria be
used for Enhanced Oil Recovery
(EOR) by feeding and growing in
the reservoir to change the oil’s
ability to flow?
Can microbiologically induced
corrosion of pipelines be stopped
by fighting bacteria that causes
the damage with other bacteria
or enzymes?
Maersk Oil, Novozymes, DONG E&P and the Danisch Advanced
Technology Foundation will contribute funds, expertise and
materials to the academic institutions, which in turn will carry
out research on several predefined issues and find commercially
viable solutions. BioRec’s ultimate aim is to be technically able
to implement pilot tests at relevant reservoirs in the Danish
North Sea at the end of the four-year period based on the
results of its research.
Can proteins produced by
coldwater fish or Scandinavian
beetles to stop the creatures
from freezing be replicated and
used as a hydrate inhibition tool
to stop ice from forming inside
pipelines and wells?
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