This week!
Carbon Capture and Storage Conference (CCS 2024)

Astrid Bergmål was formerly State Secretary for the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (2021 - 2023). She has previously worked for the Enterprise Federation of Norway (Virke), and as a Political Adviser in the Norwegian Labour Party’s parliamentary party group.
From 2011–2012, she was a Political Adviser in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. She was a Deputy Member of Parliament in the period 2001–2005. Bergmål is a qualified lawyer from the University of Oslo and Université Robert Schuman i Strasbourg (2001-2007).

Bjørn H. Samset is a senior researcher the CICERO Center for International Climate Research, and professor of climate physics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He works on modelling of the atmosphere, and a range of topics related to climate change and the ongoing global transitions. He has been a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and is also an active science communicator and has published several non-fiction books.

Catherine Banet is Professor of law specialized in energy law, and Head of the Department for Energy and Resources Law, University of Oslo, Norway. Prof. Banet has a background from the private law practice (Norway, France), the European Commission (DG ENV), U.S. diplomatic mission and academia. She is a member of the Academic Advisory Group of the Section on Energy, Environment and Infrastructure Law of the International Bar Association, and Chair of the Board of the Norwegian Energy Law Association. She is Academic co-Director at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE).

Alex Engh is deputy director general at the Norwegian Ministry of Energy, where he heads the CCS section. Prior to joining the Ministry in 2019 he spent 17 years in the energy industry. He has served as commercial director of Infragas, worked as a management consultant in Deloitte, and held various commercial and financial roles at ExxonMobil.

Cathrine has a civil engineering degree in physics and mathematics, and a PhD in petroleum-related rock mechanics from NTNU. She has extensive experience with petroleum-related research and development within the topics of rock mechanics, geophysics and reservoir technology. Cathrine comes to Bellona from SINTEF, where she worked on issues related to the geological storage of CO2 and what is required in relation to the development and operation of a CO2 storage facility. In addition, she has been responsible for the establishment and operation of the Svelvik CO2 Field Lab, a field laboratory for the development of methods and technology for monitoring CO2 storages. In the last year, she worked on mapping CO2 sources, storages and transport solutions in the areas around the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea. Cathrine is part of Bellona's CCS team where she will work with solutions in connection with carbon capture and storage.

She is a qualified lawyer (PhD) with knowledge of energy an environmental law, knowledge of media and press relations.

- Currently working in Equinor as a Lead Policy & Regulatory Affairs Advisor, related to the Nordics. Main focus on CCS. Global External Analysis (GEA), Marketing, Midstream and Processing (MMP).

- Previous role as Policy Officer in DG Energy, the European Commission. Worked on the implementation of the Industrial Carbon Management (ICM) Strategy, that was published on 6 Feb 2024. Seconded National Expert (SNE).

Henrik is Head of Division of the CCS division at the Danish Energy Agency. For the past 5 years he has worked with the design and implementation of the Danish CCS policy in collaboration with The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities, other government agencies, private companies, non-profit organisations and local communities.

Nina Scholz is the Country Manager Germany for Equinor. The Berlin native has been with Equinor since 2018 and has held various positions in political and regulatory affairs at major energy companies, including Uniper, E.ON and Open Grid Europe.

Henrik Ohrt, originally graduated from the Danish Engineering Academy, has 30+ years of experience in positions within Subsurface Engineering, Business Development and General Management. Since mid-2023, Henrik has been seconded from TotalEnergies into the Northern Lights JV.

Astrid Helland Tingstveit holds a master’s in industrial design engineering from NTNU and has worked with a number of project developments in technical/leadership roles within Equinor the last 15 years.

Kevin is a geologist by background and a former graduate trainee for Wintershall Dea.

• Ørjan Jentoft joined Aker BP a year ago where he assumed the role of CCS Asset Manager
• Ørjan holds a master’s degree in petroleum engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• After graduating, Ørjan was 30 years with ExxonMobil, both in Norway and Internationally, in a variety of roles including technical, commercial, project, managerial and executive positions.
• When ExxonMobil divested its upstream business, Ørjan transferred to Vår Energi where he headed up the Partner-operated business and later the Subsurface Organizaton.

Currently assigned as the Commercial /BD Manager for Trudvang CCS, a CO2 storage project on NCS targeting to store around 10Mt per year with FID targeted 2026/COD 2029. The license is owned by Sval Energi (operator), Storegga and Vår Energi. Main work centered around identification and maturation of dialogues with customers and strategic partners across value chain to support the build-out of a European commercial viable CCS industry.

Previous experience include more than 15 years’ within the venture capital arms of Equinor and Saudi Aramco focusing on investing and building successful tech companies within the energy space in Europe. M.Sc in Physics from Institut national des Sciences appliquées de Toulouse.

Geophysicist by training, worked for 22 years within the E&P value chain, from technical to managerial positions. Started in Shell in 2002, moved to Statoil in 2006 and further on to GDF Suez/ENGIE/Neptune Energy in 2014, before joining Vår Energy 1. February 2024 as part of the Neptune Energy acquisition. Now responsible for maturing the CCS value chain, including developing a strategic framework for CCS business models.

Emil Aasen holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from NTNU, and has worked with CCUS development across several companies (Shell, Aker Carbon Capture, Equinor). He has held several roles within business development and strategy in both the capture and transport and storage elements of the valuechain, and is currently leading the competence center for business development in North West Europe for Equinor Low Carbon Solutions.

Dr. Martin Fernø is an award-winning physics professor and part of a vibrant carbon storage community at University of Bergen, Norway. He is a founding member of the FluidFlower concept that provides accessible public outreach of subsurface carbon storage, and enables new scientific understanding of multiphase flow in complex geological settings.

Geir Terje is currently the subsurface manager for partner operated assets in Harbour Energy Norge (HE). He has been with the company since 2017 (First DEA, then Wintershall Dea (WD) and since September this year HE when WD was taken over by HE).
In Harbour Energy he oversees a portfolio of 17(+) gas and oil fields on NCS from the subsurface perspective.

Geir Terje conducted his PhD in applied/industrial mathematics at University of Bergen/Norsk Hydro Research Centre in Bergen from 2000-2003.
He held a position as acting associate professor from 2004-2007 at Department of Mathematics/Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research.
His research was mostly on numerical modelling of porous media flow, but he was a keen promoter of the real applicability in the industry of research stemming from academia. He is the author and co-author of a wide range of scientific publications and has amongst others worked extensively with Jan Nordbotten (who is one of the initiators of the FluidFlower).

Geir Terje joined the commercial oil and gas industry in 2007. He co-founded his own consultancy company in 2008 (Perecon) and has had various technical consultancy (RE) roles in among others Reslab, Weatherford, Statoil and Centrica prior to joining as staff in DEA in 2017.

Jan Erik Berre is a Senior Vice President in the Energy Division at DNB, bringing over 35 years of extensive experience in the energy sector, acquired through his tenures at Shell International and DNB in various specialist and leadership roles. For the past five years, he has focused on advising clients and the broader carbon capture and storage (CCS) community on strategies to make CCS financing bankable. Additionally, Jan Erik is actively involved in exploring opportunities in low-carbon fuels.
He holds a Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and a Bachelor of Science from University of Stavanger

Janne Harstad has more than 30 years extensive experience in CCS, oil and gas Offshore, Onshore and Subsea.

She was Project Manager for the Technology Center Mongstad Amine CO2 Catch Plant, EPC contract for test facility plant.

She is since November 2020 heading the Carbon (CCUS) subsegment within Renewable Segment in Aker Solutions, in August 2024 she moved on as project manager for CCS projects.

Janne has a Master of Science, Chemical Engineering, Norwegian Institute of Technology of Trondheim, (NTNU). Senior Project Management Education II, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Project Executive Program, MIT Sloan Executive Education, Massachusetts US.

Donghoi Kim is a research scientist at SINTEF Energy Research, engaged in various projects on CO2 capture, conditioning, and transport. His work also focuses on advanced low-temperature technologies for capture and liquefaction, contributing to innovative decarbonization solutions. Recently, Donghoi has participated in optimal CO2 logistics studies for geographically distributed Norwegian industries, including CCS Midt-Norge, CCS Haugalandet, and Local CO2 Value Chain. He holds a PhD and MSc in Energy and Process Technology from NTNU, specializing in gas processing and liquefaction

Jørg Aarnes heads up the activities within Offshore Norge related to CCS and hydrogen. He has spent 24 years in the energy space, and among these, 17 years in the CCS space. He has been a key contributor to standards development related to CO2 storage since 2008, and has led independent reviews of some 30 different storage sites across the world.

Camilla Brox is a self-proclaimed ambassador for sustainable growth. Since 2017 she has assisted businesses and organisations developing effective strategies for economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability. Amongst her clients are Borg CO2, CCUS Norway and the Norwegian Centre of Circular Economy. Camilla has an Executive Master of Management degree from BI Norwegian Business School.

Maje is an Associate Manager in the Strategic Sustainability Consulting team within Ramboll Management Consulting. She has a particular focus on the energy sector and infrastructure, including on CCUS, PtX and green fuels, as well as renewables. Her experience spans multiple geographies and covers concept and feasibility studies, strategy, business case evaluations, stakeholder management, consortia and partnership-building. She is currently the project manager for the CCUS Mid-Norway cluster.

Maje’s academic background includes a double degree within management, international business and political science from Copenhagen Business School and London School of Economics

Master of science, material science for energy and nano technology from UiO. Was the political advisor for former minister of petroleum and energy, Tina Bru (H) in 2021.

Project manager for CCS Haugalandet on behalf of Haugaland Industrial park.

(Probably also partly in parental leave and have brought my baby to the conference for anyone in need of some baby snuggles😉)

Lars Bruun Sørensen is a seasoned business developer with a long-standing experience at Ørsted and within the Danish energy sector. As the head of CCx in Ørsted, Lars has been a driving force in the development of Ørsted's CCS endeavors, including the Kalundborg CO2 Hub project and CO2 storage Kalundborg project.

Pia heads Public Affairs for Heidelberg Materials in Norway, and is the primary liaison between authorities in Oslo and Brussels and the company. Pia has worked in politics and media over the last 20 years, and has welcomed hundreds of visitors to Brevik CCS over the last year, as Heidelberg Materials are approaching mechanical completion of the world’s first CCS facility in the cement industry by end of 2024.