Researcher/Senior Researcher in Geochemistry, Optical Petrography for Subsurface Energy Applications
Viktoriya Yarushina
📍 Kjeller, Viken, Norway
Job Description
About the Department of Reservoir Technology
The Department of Reservoir Technology conducts interdisciplinary research on underground storage of CO₂ and H₂, geothermal energy, reservoir characterization and sustainable subsurface utilization, fluid–rock interaction processes, environmental monitoring, and geochemical fingerprinting. We are core partners in several major Norwegian and European research initiatives, including SFI SWIPA – Centre for Subsurface Well Integrity, Plugging and Abandonment; SFI earthresQue – Circular economy of Earth materials; NCS2030 – National Centre for Sustainable Subsurface Utilization; FME HYDROGENi – Hydrogen Research Centre; ACT PERBAS - In search of safe carbon dioxide storage in offshore basalt rocks; ECCSEL – European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory Infrastructure.
Our laboratories include:
- Advanced optical microscopy facilities
- IFE-developed hydrocarbon core scanner
- Flui...