Bjørg
Andresen - Senior Chemist
Bjørg has a Dr. Scient degree in Nuclear
Chemistry from the University of Oslo. She started her work as a Research
Scientist at IFE in 1982. Her fields of research and experience include
analytical, nuclear, and marine chemistry and organic geochemistry. Scientific
qualifications are documented by publications and research reports in
the fields of: trace element determinations in sea water; yields and
isotopic
composition of hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide and organic acids from artificial
maturation processes (pyrolysis); study of cracking of oil to gas in
reservoirs
and source rocks, bulk chemical analysis of hydrocarbon fluid inclusions,
determination and interpretation of stable isotope composition of natural
gases, organic and biological matter.
Tel:
+47 63 80 61 46 Email:
bja@ife.no
Harald
Johansen - Senior Geologist
Harald has a Cand. Scient. degree in Mineralogy from the University of
Oslo. In 1985 he joined the Petroleum Geology section in the Department
of Exploration and Production Technology at IFE. Here he has worked with
petrography, diagenesis, isotope applications and geochemistry. In 1995
he became Leader of the Petroleum Geology Section and in 1998 Deputy Head
of the Exploration and Production Technology Department. From 2000 he
is a Senior Research Scientist in the Petroleum Geology Section.
Tel:
+47 63 80 61 48
Email:
hjo@ife.no
Ingrid
Anne Munz -
Senior Research Scientist
Ingrid Anne has a Dr. Scient. degree in geochemistry
from the University of Oslo. She started to work at IFE in 1992, and has
varied experience within mineralogy, geochemistry and petrology, with emphasis
on fluid transport, fluid-rock interaction, diagenetic modelling and modelling
of pressure-temperature history in geological processes. Recent work includes
PVT modelling of petroleum fluids applied to studies of reservoir filling
and compartmentalisation. Visitor at the University of Leeds (England)
for six months, winter 1991, working with geochemistry of hydrocarbons
and brines. Experienced with analytical methods such as XRD, SEM/microprobe,
fluorescence spectroscopy, gas chromatography and fluid inclusion analysis.
She has also worked as an adviser at the Research Council of Norway, in
the period 1999-2001.
Tel:
+47 63 80 62 78 Email: ingrid.munz@ife.no
Ingar
Johansen - Senior Engineer
Ingar has a background
within Analytical Chemistry from the Technical Institute of Oslo (1981).
He started his work at IFE in 1983. His main area of expertise is in the
field of stable isotope analysis, and he has long experience in the use
of stable isotope mass spectrometry (IRMS) and gas chromatography (GC-IRMS),
and he is today responsible for all the analytical equipment
in IFEs stable isotope laboratory. A large part of his work is construction
and testing of new preparation lines and methods for improvement of the
laboratory work. He has also worked for several years with different
aspects of pyrolysis studies.
Tel:
+47 63 80 61 40
Email:
ingar.johansen@ife.no
Inger
Kjersti Iden - Geologist
Kjersti has a Cand.
Real. degree in Geology (petrography/mineralogy) from the University
of Bergen. She started her work at IFE in 1985. She has conducted
research in a variety of fields, including clay mineralogy and diagenetic
mineral reactions in reservoir sandstones and in mud rocks/source rocks,
with emphasis on application of isotopes. She has experience in several
petrographical methods, such as optical microscopy, scanning electron
microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron microprobe (EMP) and
stable isotopic analysis of carbonates with the laser microprobe. She
has in addition extensive experience with mineral separations, especially
clays.
Tel:
+47 63 80 61 42
Email: kjersti.iden@ife.no
Jan
Kihle - Geologist
Jan has a Cand. Scient. degree in Geology from
the University of Oslo. In 1991 he joined IFE as a Research Scientist
developing instrumentation for trapping of hydrocarbon fluid inclusions.
In 1994 Jan invented a fibre optical microscope ‚ Olympus purchased
the patent. He developed the Hydrocarbon Core Scannerî (HCSTM)
- SND/NFR prizewinner in 1996. In 1997-1998 he was Director of Technology
and Development at FiberVision Ltd. He is now responsible for the
HCS and the new SEM facilities at IFE.
Tel:
+47 63 80 61 36 Email:
jaki@ife.no
Lars
Kirksæther - Senior Engineer
Lars has a B.Sc. degree from the University of Oslo, specialising
in Mineralogy, Petrography, Palaeontology, Chemistry and Zoology. He worked
as a Research Engineer in the Geology Institute at the University of Oslo
from 1969 to 1988. Since 1988 he has been a Senior Engineer in the Petroleum
Geology section of the Reservoir and Exploration technology Department
at IFE. He is responsible for the geological sample preparation laboratory
where samples are prepared for several analytical techniques: vitrinite
reflectance, laser ablation, fluid inclusions, thin-sections, heavy mineral
analysis etc.
Tel:
+47 63 80 61 61 Email: lk@ife.no
Sylviane
Siegle - Engineer
Sylviane has her education in analytical chemistry
from a Technical Institute in Switzerland. She started her work at IFE
in 1977. She has worked with different methods for determination of trace
elements and today works with neutron activation analysis, both instrumental
and radiochemical. In addition she has been working with preparative gas
chromatography for several years aimed at stable isotope determination
of reservoir gases. Sylviane is also working with stable isotope analysis
of kerogens, oils and extracts. Sylviane is French speaking.
Tel:
+47 63 80 61 30
Email: sylviane.siegle@ife.no