Academic Interest
- Compaction, Rock Property Evolution, Fluid Flow and Overpressure in Sedimentary Basins
- Rock Physics and Quantitative Seismic Interpretation
- Integration of Rock Physics, Petrophysics, Seismic, Geology and Geomechanics to Characterize Reservoir, Source, Seal and Overburden rocks for Conventional Hydrocarbon Resources and CO2 Sequestration
- Integration of Rock Physics, Petrophysics, Seismic, Geology and Geomechanics to Characterize Black Shales/Organic-rich Shales as Source, Seals and Reservoirs for Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources
- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Geoscience Applications
- Geophysical Monitoring of CO2 Storage Sites
- CO2EOR
Teaching
Present Employment & Higher Education
- Professor (September 2018-present), Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Advisor-Adjunct position (January 2009-present), Division of Petroleum Geomechanics and Geophysics, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway
- Ph.D. in Petroleum Geology and Geophysics (August 2007), Specialization in Rock Physics, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- M.Sc. in Petroleum Geosciences (July 2003), Specialization in Reservoir Geophysics, Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
Current Projects
OASIS (RCN-CLIMIT Research Project Title “Overburden Analysis and Seal Integrity Study for CO2 sequestration in the North Sea”). The research partners are Curtin University, Australia; Colorado School of Mines, USA; National Oceanography Centre, UK; Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway; Norwegian Computing Centre, Norway. The industry partners are Equinor and Total.
PROMETHEUS (RCN-PETROMAKS2 Project title: “Microfractures in Black Shales and Their Transport Properties”). Research partners; University of Copenhagen, Denmark; University Grenoble Alpes, France; University of Lorraine, France; Temple University, USA and British Geological Survey, UK.
ReSource (An industry funded R&D Project Title “Quantitative Analysis of Reservoir, Cap and Source Rocks of the Central North Sea”). The participants are the University of Oslo (UiO), Norway and Vår Energi (Former Eni Norge), Norway.