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Our institute is represented by three departments – Reservoir Engineering, Drilling and Production and Petroleum Production Systems. These are covering almost total amount of the education for the Bachelor and Master course Petroleum Engineering. Together with the oil and gas industry in Germany the institute is involved in essential projects of these areas of Research. On our website we will present you actual news and developments. We are sure that you will find interesting informations.

 

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EU project successfully completed

The  research project ‘Hydrogen Underground storage in Porous Reservoirs’ (short: HyUSPRe) funded by the European Commission was successfully completed on 30 June 2024. In this project, the ITE, together with six other research partners and ten industrial partners (in particular gas storage operators), investigated the feasibility and potential of large-scale storage of renewable hydrogen in porous reservoirs (gas fields, aquifers) in Europe. The results showed that storage capacities in the range of 80-270 TWh will be required in 2050, two thirds of which in porous reservoirs. From the results of this research, the HyUSPRe consortium concluded that there are no ‘showstoppers’ for implementation and the results can therefore be considered encouraging.

In this project, the ITE was particularly involved in WP4 ‘Flow’ and WP6 ‘Modelling’. In these work packages, parameters for the flow and transport processes of hydrogen in the reservoir rock (e.g. effective diffusion coefficients) were…

Project Kick off Meeting – Bilbao (ES), 23-24 of September 2024

The DESSERT project has started on 01 Jul 2024 and it has received funding from the European Union’s Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) programme under the GA No. 101157797. DESSERT, which stands for Advanced thread connected production string for hydrogen storage in underground formations, held its official Kick-off Meeting in Bilbao on 23 and 24 of September 2024. TUBACEX INNOVACIÓN, as the Project Coordinator, welcomed all partners in their headquarters to discuss the project's objectives and plans.
The primary focus of this 36-month project is the development of a new stainless steel prototype pipe designed for injecting and withdrawing hydrogen from underground reservoirs. This innovative technology aims to establish hydrogen as a readily available and sustainable energy source, positioning it as a crucial component in the global transition to cleaner energy solutions.
The DESSERT project consortium consists of six partners with extensive expertise in the relevant fields,…

Neues Forschungsprojekt zur untertägigen Energiespeicherung in Niedersachsen

Über das Forschungsprogramm „Transformation des Energiesystems Niedersachsen“ (TEN.efzn) stärkt das Niedersächsische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur die Forschung zur untertägigen Wasserstoffspeicherung und Geothermie in Niedersachsen mit rund 5,5 Millionen Euro.

Am 14.10.2024 fiel im Beisein des Niedersächsischen Wissenschaftsministers Falko Mohrs der Startschuss für das Forschungsprogramm „Transformation des Energiesystems Niedersachsen (TEN.efzn)“, das unter dem Dach des EFZN - Energie-Forschungszentrum Niedersachsen von insgesamt 15 niedersächsischen Universitäten, Fachhochschulen und außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen beantragt wurde. Das Forschungsprogemm TEN.efzn ist in sechs eng miteinander verzahnte Forschungsplattformen gegliedert, welche die wesentlichen Stärken der niedersächsischen Energieforschung zusammenführen und darüber hinaus neue innovative Forschungsfelder erschließend.

Mit der Bewilligung des Forschungsprogramms nahm auch die von der TU Clausthal…

Call for Abstracts! DGMK/ÖGEW Spring Conference 2024

DGMK/ÖGEW Frühjahrstagung 2024.

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