How OG21 could make a difference within PETROMAKS

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How OG21 could make a difference within PETROMAKS?

• Reidar Muller, dr. scient
• Advisor in PETROMAKS

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Petroleum research in Norway - 2008
The Research Council of Norway
OED Other ministries
OG21 national strategy unit
Univ.
RD Insti-tutes
Tax incentives For enterprises
JIP
Demo 2000 50 MNOK
PETROMAKS 244 MNOK
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Key operating figures in PETROMAKS 2008

• 150 running projects total value 2,0 Billion NOK
• Budget 2008 250 million NOK
• Approx 60 projects with
• international participation
• Approx 200 phd and post.doc financed

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Projects per Target Area
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TTA2-portfolio
Approx. 80 post.docs and ph.ds within TTA2
supported through the PETROMAKS programme.
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PETROMAKS

• Status
• PETROMAKS following OG21 target areas in the
  evaluation of the portfolio.
• OG21 incorporated in the program plan of
  PETROMAKS
• OG21 important for PETROMAKS OG21 arguments for
  the need of petroleum research to the ministry
  and increased funding to petroleum research
• Communication between the PETROMAKS board and the
  OG21 board through the administration and
  meetings.

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OG21 and PETROMAKS - Challenges

• Find specific research priorites. However,
  Project quality, innovation, research content and
  quality must be HIGH.
• OG21- as a meeting place Stimulate to new ideas
  and projects
• Define state of the art and research needs for
  the future from the companies perspective
• Certain research areas are not in the OG21
  strategy. Dialogue is needed.

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How PETROMAKS make a difference for Petroleum
research in TTA2?

• Competence building ph.d and post.docs
• Stimulate companies, universities and research
  institutes to carry out petroleum research
• Stimulate to cooperation between academia and oil
  companies through public funding
• Long term and basic research. It takes often
  15-20 years from a good idea to
  commercialization.

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Overall challenges for PETROMAKS

• New talents
• More high risk projects/ game changers versus
  incremental projects
• Are the PETROMAKS money important for the
  research in the companies?
• Many projects evaluated as excellent and very
  good do not get funding because of the budget
  situation