Research

BlueNord, alongside the DUC partners entered into a ten-year research cooperation agreement with DTU (Technological University of Denmark) in 2014. Since then, the objective has been to develop research-based innovative solutions with significant potential to improve the Danish oil and gas industry in terms of increased recovery, improve efficiency and reduce environmental footprint. Research spanned across eight work programmes, including produced water management, oil and gas assets abandonment and CCS to name a few. 2025 marked the last year of the agreement.

In 2025, this work led to two additional projects that have successfully attracted Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP) funding and will allow the development of underwater sensors to measure dissolved methane into the sea concentration as well as methane origin. The sensors, development is addressing a technological gap and will be key for carrying out underwater methane surveys in line with the EU Methane Regulation on Methane Emissions Reduction in the Energy Sector. BlueNord is participating in these two projects as a potential end-user of these technologies. The partners in SEAL – Seabed Environmental Analyzer for Methane Leakage are DTU, TotalEnergies, BlueNord, Nordsøfonden, PoreSense and the Danish Technological Institute. The other partners in CH4IsotopeMonitor project are DTU, NxPAS, Nordsøfonden, Fugro and Danish Fluid System Technologies A/S.