Our industry and research partners

The IO Center is organized and funded by 14 industrial partners (8 oil companies and 5 suppliers), 3 research partners and The Research Council of Norway.

The industrial partners consist of the following oil companies: BP, ConocoPhillips, Eni, GDF Suez, Petrobras, Shell, Statoil and Total and the following suppliers: Aker Solutions, DNV GL, FMC Technologies, IBM and Kongsberg Oil and Gas Technologies.

The research partners are the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) and SINTEF.

In addition several reknowned international universities contribute to the ongoing research programs, these are: Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Stanford University, TU Delft, UC Berkeley and University of Central Florida.

For more information about the IO Center partners, please click on the profiles below.

 

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Partners
Content type: Industry Partner

Aker Solutions

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Content type: Research partner

Boston University

The Institute for Global Work’s Professors John Henderson and Paul Carlile work with the IO Center on a capability platform approach to integrated operations.

  • Business address:
    Boston University, Institute for Global Work Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Content type: Industry Partner

BP

BP Norge AS's main activity is exploration for and production of oil and gas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and are part of the BP Group’s upstream business segment.

  • Business address:
    Godesetdalen 8, 4065 Stavanger
Content type: Research partner

Carnegie Mellon University

Center for Advanced Process Decision Making - CAPD is a Carnegie Mellon University Research Center engaged in Process Systems Engineering Research for the Process Industries.

  • Business address:
    Pittsburgh, US
Content type: Industry Partner

ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips is one of the largest foreign operators on the Norwegian continental shelf. Headquartered in Tananger outside Stavanger, the company has a total of approximately 1900 employees.

  • Business address:
    Ekofiskveien 35, 4056 Tananger
Content type: Industry Partner

DNV GL

DNV and GL have merged, and the new company DNV GL has started operating as one company with effect from 12 September 2013.

  • Business address:
    P.O.Box 300, 1322 Høvik, Norway
Content type: Industry Partner

ENGIE

Industry sposnsor of the IO Center and Operator of Gjøa Field which was constructed with an IO mindset.

  • Business address:
    Vestre Svanholmen 6, Sandnes / P.O. Box 242, 4066 Stavanger
Content type: Industry Partner

Eni Norge

Eni Norge was established in 1965 and has been part of the Norwegian petroleum industry since the very beginning. Safe operations with minimum impact on the environment, creating value for society and our owners, are our goals.

  • Business address:
    Vestre Svanholmen 12, NO-4313 Sandnes P.O.Box 101 Forus, NO-4064 Stavanger
Content type: Research partner

Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC

Professor Eduardo Camponogara is active in production optimization research in oil production. Emphasis is on the use of mathematical optimization techniques.

  • Business address:
    Florianapolis, Brazil
Content type: Industry Partner

FMC Technologies

FMC Technologies is a leading global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry. The Company has approximately 18,400 employees and operates 30 production facilities in 16 countries.

  • Business address:
    BOX 1012, N-3601 Kongsberg, Norway
Content type: Industry Partner

IBM

IBM solutions for chemicals and petroleum companies help turn information into actionable insights in order to enhance exploration and production, improve refining and manufacturing efficiency and optimize global operations.

  • Business address:
    Rosenholmveien 25, Postboks 500, 1410 Kolbotn - NORWAY
Content type: Research partner

IFE

IFE is an international research foundation for energy and nuclear technology.

  • Business address:
    Os Allé 5, 1751 HALDEN
Content type: Industry Partner

Kongsberg Oil and Gas Technologies

Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies serves the oil & gas industry with high performance technology and consulting services within the upstream sector - from wellbore to export facility.

  • Business address:
    Hamangskogen 60, N-1338 Sandvika, Norway
Content type: Research partner

NTNU

NTNU is the leading university in Norway in the field of Science and Technology. It serves the oil and gas industry through Master candidates, PhD programs and industrial research.

  • Business address:
    7491 Trondheim, Norway
Content type: Industry Partner

Petrobras

PETROBRAS is an integrated brazilian Energy Company. Presently we host four projects in the IO Center. One on Integrated Planning and Logistics (IO2), one in Production Optimization (IO4), one in Dynamic Risk Assessment (T3) and the last one in Telemedicine.

  • Business address:
    República do Chile Avenue, 330 - 8th floor ZIP: 20031-170 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ-Brazil
Content type: Research partner

RCN, The Research Council of Norway

The Research Council of Norway is a national strategic and funding agency for research activities, and a chief source of advice on and input into research policy for the Norwegian Government, the central government administration and the overall research community. The IO Center is a research cente

  • Business address:
    Stensberggata 26, 0131 Oslo
Content type: Industry Partner

Shell

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with around 87,000 employees in more than 70 countries and territories.

  • Business address:
    Drammensv. 134, N-0277 Oslo / P.O.Box 1154 Sentrum, N-0107 Oslo, Norway
Content type: Research partner

SINTEF

SINTEF is the largest independent research organisation in Scandinavia.

  • Business address:
    Strindveien 4, Trondheim
Content type: Research partner

Stanford University

The Smart Fields program involves the development and application of formal optimization techniques to hydrocarbon production systems. Our aim is to develop efficient software tools for the optimization of oil field development and operations.

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Content type: Industry Partner

Statoil

Statoil is an international energy company with operations in 34 countries.

  • Business address:
    Forusbeen 50, N-4035 Stavanger
Content type: Industry Partner

Total

Total Norge is developing the Martin Linge field, and the I interest in participating in the IO Center is linked to green field application of new technology.

  • Business address:
    Total E&P Norge AS, Postboks 168, 4001 Stavanger
Content type: Research partner

TU Delft

The Integrated System Approach Petroleum Production (ISAPP) program aims to increase hydrocarbon recovery, well productivity and field life time through the application of innovative reservoir development and management technologies.

  • Business address:
    Delft, The Netherlands
Content type: Research partner

UC Berkeley

  • Business address:
    Project Production Systems Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1710, USA
Content type: Research partner

University of Central Florida

The Department of Human Systems Integration Research has been working in partnership with the IO Center to understand the collaboration aspects of Integrated Operations with a focus on leadership, complex systems, distributed teams-of-teams, and cultural diversity.

  • Business address:
    Institute for Simulation and Training, 3100 Technology Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826