The Danish Hydrocarbon Research & Technology Centre is a national research center headquartered at DTU. Professor Erling H. Stenby has been appointed Scientific Director for Enhanced Oil Recovery at the new center, and thus chaired the Discussion Meeting for the last time. Having held the position as CERE chairman since 1994, he passes the torch to Professor Georgios Kontogeorgis.
“It was a great pleasure for me to see the Discussion Meeting reflecting the dynamic creation of Joint Industry Projects (JIP’s) in recent years,” says Georgios Kontogeorgis, who also coordinates the longest standing JIP at CERE, the CHIGP (Chemicals in Gas Processing).
“The young projects are highly interdisciplinary as was the intention behind CERE. For instance this is true for the new JIP on oil field optimization, OPTION. Also BioRec, SmartWater, and NextOil, all addressing novel approaches to oil and gas recovery, include faculty from several DTU departments, just as a range of members from the industrial Consortium are engaged.”
“Finally, I noticed a high degree of interest from the Consortium members around Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). At CERE we have always given high priority to CCS research, but over the latest years we have seen some setbacks in public funding and interest from industry. However, judging from the strong interest at this years’ conference, as you could see around the presentation given by Gassnova on the subject, this field is very much alive,” Professor Kontogeorgis concludes.