June 14th 2027
14:00-16:00 Workshop
Location: NORCE
June 15th 2027
Keynote speaker: Turid Liegen (Equinor, Norway)
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) in Equinor – monitoring, diagnosis and treatment
Session 1 – Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion and Reservoir Souring
Invited speaker: Markus Büchler (Swiss Society for Corrosion Protection, Switzerland)
Mitigating external corrosion of buried infrastructure: On cathodic protection and the implications of microbially influenced corrosion
Session 1 – Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion and Reservoir Souring
Techical session presentations: TBD
Session 2 – Microbiology and Sustainable Water Management for the Energy Sector
invited speaker: Samuel Haruna (NOV, Norway)
TBD
Session 2 – Microbiology and Sustainable Water Management for the Energy Sector
Techical session presentations: TBD
Social program (Fjord tour)
June 16th 2027
Session 3 – The Oil and Gas Microbiome: Problems and Solutions
Invited speaker: Lisa Voskuhl (Universität Trier, Germany)
From oil seeps to bioremediation: Algae–Prokaryotic interactions in oil degradation
Session 3 – The Oil and Gas Microbiome: Problems and Solutions
Techical session presentations: TBD
Session 4 – Hydrocarbon biodegradation
invited speaker: Courtney toth (Nait, canada)
From Discovery to Deployment: Harnessing Anaerobic Microbes That Degrade BTEX
Session 4 – Hydrocarbon biodegradation
Techical session presentations: TBD
Social program (Conference dinner)
June 17th 2027
Session 5 – Microbiology of Renewable Energy Technologies: Geothermal energy, hydrogen storage, CO₂ storage and energy-transition systems
Invited speaker: Larissa compassi (omv, austria)
Old Problems, New Energy: What Oil & Gas Microbiology Can Teach Geothermal and Beyond
Session 5 – Microbiology of Renewable Energy Technologies: Geothermal energy, hydrogen storage, CO₂ storage and energy-transition systems
Techical session presentations: TBD
Session 6 – Novel Methods for Monitoring, Diagnostics and Control of Microbial Activity in Energy Systems
