Science projects in the EU
The EU project with the partner participation of NIS “Science 4 Clean Energy – S4CE” in the field of improving the monitoring of the environmental impact of geological exploration involved the participation of experts of the Science and Technology Centre (NTC).
The “S4CE” project is part of the EU Horizon 2020 programme and is aimed, inter alia, at the development of research and new technologies for reducing the comprehensive ecological footprint of geological exploration works, with a special emphasis on the detection, measurement, and control of risks related to the extraction and storage of carbon dioxide (Carbon Capture and Storage), the use of carbon dioxide in order to increase the degree of exploitation of deposits (Enhanced Oil Recovery), enhanced geothermal energy production (Enhanced Geothermal Systems), and other exploration and exploitation activities from unconventional sources.
The project data:
- Title: Use of CO2 for EOR in the Rusanda field
- EU Programme/Tender title: H2020-LCE-2016-2017; CE-27-2017 Measuring, monitoring and controlling the potential risks of subsurface operations related to CCS and unconventional hydrocarbons
- Consortium – 22 participants:
- Coordinator – UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON United Kingdom
- Partners: UNIVERSITE LYON 1 CLAUDE BERNARD France, Haelixa LLC Switzerland, IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom, MIRICO Ltd United Kingdom, Geothermal Engineering Ltd United Kingdom, TWI LIMITED United Kingdom, GEOMECON GMBH Germany, ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO Finland, UNIVERSITE DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE France, Scientific Computing & Modelling N.V. Netherlands, St.Galler Stadtwerke Switzerland, ORKUVEITA REYKJAVIKUR SF Iceland, HASKOLI ISLANDS Iceland, INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS France, NIS AD NOVI SAD Serbia, ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS France, EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH Switzerland, AMRA – ANALISI E MONITORAGGIO DEL RISCHIO AMBIENTALE SCARL Italy, Instytut Geofizyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk Poland, GeoThermal Engineering GmbH Germany
- Project budget: €15 million
The EU project MiReCOL (Mitigation and Remediation of CO2 Leakage) included the participation of experts of the Science and Technology Centre (NTC) within the European consortium of renowned scientific research institutions (TNO, Imperial College, IFPEN, Sintef, GFZ) and leading oil and gas companies (Shell, Statoil, Weatherford, ENGIE).
The MiReCOL project focuses on defining a wide range of useful methods and tools for preventing, correcting, and successfully stopping uncontrolled leakage of CO2, which can be applied in deep layers within or in the vicinity of geological CO2 storage.
The project data:
- Title: Mitigation and remediation of CO2 leakage from geological storage (CP)
- EU Programme/Tender title: FP7-ENERGY-2013-1; ACTIVITY ENERGY.5: CO2 CAPTURE AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES FOR ZERO EMISSION POWER GENERATION, Topic ENERGY.2013.5.2.1
- Consortium – 10 participants:
- Coordinator – TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research)
- Partners: SINTEF, IFPEN, GFZ, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
- Industry Partners: NIS (PETROLEUM INDUSTRY OF SERBIA), EQUINOR – Statoil Petroleum AS, Shell, ENGIE, and PRORES AS
- Project budget: €5.2 million
The EU project ADREM (Adaptable Reactors for Resource- and Energy-Efficient Methane Valorisation) is a research and development project funded by EU funds at the invitation of EU Horizon 2020. It brought together industrial partners, universities, and research institutes from eight European countries on a project to develop business opportunities for the valorisation of gas from methane-rich deposits/methane monetization technology GTL. By participating in the Advisory Board of the ADREM project, the management of NTC was involved in this project.
The project data:
- Title: Adaptable Reactors for Resource- and Energy-Efficient Methane Valorisation
- EU Programme/Tender title: SPIRE-05-2015 – New adaptable catalytic reactor methodologies for Process Intensification
- Consortium (8 members):
- Coordinator: Delfi University of Technology
- Partners: JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC – United Kingdom, TECHNIP BENELUX BV – Netherlands, SAIREM SOCIETE POUR L APPLICATION INDUSTRIELLE DE LA RECHERCHE EN ELECTRONIQUE ET MICRO ONDES SAS – France, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN – Belgium, UNIVERSITEIT GENT – Belgium, UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA – Spain, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DORTMUND – Germany, KEMIJSKI INSTITUT – Slovenia, TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT – Denmark.