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duction increased steadily to more than 20 million cubic metres of
oil
a year. since then, both
oil
and gas pro- duction have been halved, mainly due to the natural decline in production rate in maturing fields ( cf.
oil
and gas production in denmark. danish ener- gy agency, 2014 ). it has taken numerous successful in- novative efforts over the past 50 years to bring the expected ultimate recov- ery to its current state. for instance the successful introduction of water injec- tion in chalk fields as well as horizontal drilling and completions have enabled significant leaps in the ability to pro- duce from the danish north sea. ini- tially it was considered a breakthrough to be able to even recover 5 per cent but today certain fields have reached an ex- pected ultimate recovery of around 40 per cent and the average over the entire portfolio of duc fields is 28 per cent. but even if great innovations with suc- cessful scientific and technology solu- tions as well as safe and environmental operations have brought the recovery a long way, there is still expected to be 72 per cent le?, when the operations are terminated. so we are in a situation where much has already been tried, much has been successfully achieved but production is declining and oper- ational costs are increasing. so we are le? with the challenge of working out: how much can the ex- pected recovery be increased through
research
, innovation, and new recov- ery methods? and to what extent is it possible to cut costs through smart ways of operating, developing, and maintaining the production facilities?
dhrtc
?s ambition at the same time,
dhrtc
is helping to facilitate more international-class
research
in denmark in the fields of geology, geophysics, and geochemis- try. in addition to the
research
grants resulting directly from the duc?s in- vestment of dkk 1 billion over ten years and the universities? own funding to among others facilities and central support functions, the centre is helping to generate additional grants. ?anks to the basic funding from the duc, it is possible for
research
ers to obtain addi- tional funding from other sources. ?e duc?s grant thus supports volume and quality in r&d at danish
research
in- stitutions and enterprises. for the business community, the hope is that the investment in
research
and in- novation will do more than just pay for itself. if the work of
dhrtc
means that recovery increases by just 0.1 per cent, the investment in the centre will have paid off. however, the ambitions are higher than that. it is
dhrtc
?s ambi- tion that by 2020 it will have identified technologies that can lead to the reco- very of an additional 100 million barrels of
oil
equivalent (mmboe).
dhrtc
goal the goal of
dhrtc
is to establish a well-functioning framework for international
research
and to build a solid foundation for in- terdisciplinary
research
across
research
institutions. against this background, new technological and conceptual solutions are iden- tified that boost
oil
and gas recovery in the danish section of the north sea. moreover,
dhrtc
educates and attracts highly qualified employees for both
research
and business. 7
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2016 charlotte lind laurentzius, programme manager, and mojtaba seyyedi, postdoc,
dhrtc
. photo: joachim rode.
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