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The Scientific Committee is an advisory committee with leading international academics giving
guidance to the Centre related to scientific progress. The committee is chaired by Professor May-Britt
Hägg (NTNU). The other members are: Dr. Sally M. Benson (Stanford University), Dr. Susan D. Hovorka
(University of Texas at Austin), Dr. Alan Kerstein (Sandia National Laboratory), Dr. Gary T. Rochelle
(University of Texas at Austin), Dr. Matthias Wessling (AVT-RWTH, Aachen), and Dr. Forman A. Williams
(University of California at San Diego).
Centre Director is Dr. Mona J. Mølnvik, who is leading the Centre Management Group, consisting of all
Sub-Programme leaders, and the Centre administration.
Board meeting at Bygnes, May 20. From left: Remi Dreux (Engie), Tom Steinskog (Engie), Jana P. Jakobsen
(SINTEF), Åse Slagtern (Research Council of Norway), Britta Paasch (Statoil), Nils A. Røkke (SINTEF),
Mona J. Mølnvik (SINTEF), Ole Kristian Sollie (Shell), Rune Bredesen (SINTEF), Arve Erga (TOTAL), Peter
Frykman (GEUS), Svein Solvang (Gassco) and Hallvard Svendsen (NTNU).
Work breakdown structure
BIGCCS consists of five Sub-Programs; CO
2
Capture, CO
2
Transport, CO
2
Storage, CO
2
Value Chains, and
Academia. Each Sub-Programme is broken down into different Tasks, which are shown in the bottom
half in the figure on the previous page.
As a response to recommendations from industry partners and the midway evaluation (carried out
in 2013) the Sub-Programme on Storage was reorganized in 2014. The purpose was to have a more
clear research profile, prioritise scientific topics where the team is strong and innovation potentials
are identified, and increase the focus on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) as an opportunity for making a
business case in CO
2
storage. New tasks were added while others were continued outside the Centre.
The new tasks in SP Storage are: CO
2
monitoring technologies (Task 3.3), Reservoir containment
(Task 3.4), Well integrity (Task 3.5) and Enabling large-scale CO
2
storage and EOR (Task 3.6). Minor
organizational changes were also done in the Capture Sub-Programme, where the alterations primarily
were done to account for the integration of new KPN projects added to the SP during the last years.
The full effects of the SP3 reorganization were seen in 2015 and showed that the restructuring has
been a success. Some of the benefits are: closer interaction with research partners within each task,
more collaboration between tasks and SPs in the centre, the PhD students are participating more
actively in SP3 meetings, and more industry response to proposals and presentations. In addition, the
international cooperation is strengthened and the collaboration with FME SUCCESS has continued
through Task 3.6 participation in Gassnova project "Large scale CO
2
storage".