ARCEx – a multi-disciplinary research centre
ARCEx consists of a complex research program covering complementary subject fields such as geology, environmental risk and technology. Education and training is an integrated part of ARCEx.
ARCEx is sub-divided into the following work packages addressing these research objectives.
WP1&2 Geology: Provide a better basis to assess the petroleum potential and reduce exploration risk in the Barents Sea. Linking scales (both vertically and laterally), geological processes and offshore-onshore tectonostratigraphic relationships. Integrating and synthesizing results from ARCEx and complementary projects with focus on timing, causes and implications of basin development and petroleum systems
WP3 Environmental risk management: to develop new environmental risk management approaches tailored to the unique exploration and future operational challenges for Arctic areas.
WP4 Technology for eco-safe exploration in the Arctic: to develop the best possible geophysical data acquisition strategies to use – both with respect to the environment and data quality.
WP5 Education and outreach: to offer international top-level petroleum geology, geophysics, biology and ecotoxicology education and to ensure that highly competent candidates will provide a pool of experts for the industry and academia.
WP1&2 Geology
WP1&2 Geology Work package leaders: Assoc. Prof. Sten-Andreas Grundvåg, UiT, and Assoc. Prof Kim Senger, UNIS Integrated and multidisciplinary basin studies are carried out to provide a better basis to assess the petroleum potential and reduce exploration risk in the Barents Sea. The basin architecture and evolution are linked to deep structures and processes with […]
WP3 Environmental Risk Management
WP3 Environmental Risk Management Work package leader: JoLynn Carroll, Akvaplan-niva The exploration and development of resources in the Arctic is often characterized as involving a greater risk and severity of impacts to the environment relative to many other regions. This requires development of new environmental risk management approaches tailored to the unique exploration and future operational challenges for Arctic […]
WP4 Technology for eco-safe exploration in the Arctic
WP4 Technology for eco-safe exploration in the Arctic Work package leader: Tor Arne Johansen, University of Bergen Geoscientific exploration of the Arctic will meet challenges partly different from those we know from exploration of the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. We will develop the best possible geophysical data acquisition strategies to use – both with respect to the environment and the […]
WP5 Education and Outreach
WP5 Education and OutreachProviding state of the art education for students is one of the key goals for ARCEx. Our motivation is to educate the experts for the next generation of petroleum exploration in the Arctic regions. Cooperation between key researchers from our academic and industrial partner organisations will ensure the best available expertise for [...]