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Curriculum vitae
Name | Ulrik Gregersen | |
Contact | email: [email protected] | |
Nationality | Danish | |
Education | M.Sc. in Geology, 1993, Aarhus University | |
Ph.D. in Geology, 1997, Aarhus University | ||
Employment | Record | |
Year | Organisation | Position and responsibilities |
2002-date | Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) | Senior Researcher |
2001-2005 | Ministry of Mineral Resources (MMR), Government of Greenland; Stationed for GEUS in Nuuk to support MMR |
Senior Researcher (since 2002); Advisor on geology & geophysics and company ressource related offshore activities: Case tasks, strategy, licensing rounds, international promotion & presentations, and research project offshore West Greenland |
1998-2002 | Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) | Researcher (Project Researcher: 1998) |
Curriculum vitae
Key Competencies
Scientific and Project leadership with research topics including: Seismic and structural interpretation and mapping including well data. Tectonostratigraphy. Sequence stratigraphy. Research with interpretation of structures for geological CO2 storage and geothermal energy. 25+ years experience from regional and prospect mapping projects, primary from onshore and offshore Denmark (e.g. CCS2022-2024), all of the offshore West Greenland continental margin, and the Norwegian North Sea (e.g. SACS - CO2 storage at Sleipner; CO2-Upslope, Skagerrak). Experience with International project cooperation including Uppsala University, Oslo University, British Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, and with companies.
Selected Experience Record - Management of Research Projects and Assignments
- Main Project leader of the major CCS2022-2024 project to mature 8 geological structures onshore and offshore Denmark for potential CO2 storage by seismic acquisition and mapping. The project is a cooperation on seismic acquisition of 5 surveys onshore with Uppsala University (Sweden), and with BGR (Germany) and Aarhus University of one offshore survey. My main tasks included: Project management, organizing of the entire project and its sub-projects, planning and survey design of all onshore seismic surveys coordinated with Uppsala University - Coordination with UU while ongoing acquisition - Seismic interpretation, and reporting. The project was financed by the Funding of Higher Education in Denmark - Forskningsreserven (+100 mill DKK). Mapping also provided input and advise for the Danish Energy Agency on CCS exploration licensing rounds. The project follows up on the Danish Climate Strategy of 2021 on geological storage of CO2 in Denmark as one of the means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The project is one of the largest public scientific seismic acquisition campaigns conducted in Denmark. Many university students (from Uppsala University, University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University) were part of the onshore field work and several Master and PhD projects are generated. Also, the project provides a significant research output with many publications (20 reports; 27 papers & extended abstracts, and +8 in prep) and several scientific presentations. Other presentations on the project include public information meetings prior to each of the seismic survey, an invited talk from Dansk Industri at the Grønne Gasdage conference in Fredericia (Sept., 2024) on the project, university lessons on the project, presentations at varius public arrangements incl. ScienceExpo, Kulturnatten, etc., all providing significant public outreach.
- Since 2013 mapping reservoirs for geothermal energy projects in Denmark, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, northern Sjælland and northern Jylland. The work (and funding) include research projects (incl. a EUDP geothermal research project in Copenhagen) and mapping for district heating companies and geothermal energy companies.
- Project leader of GEUS' mapping and compilation (2018-2021) of the West Greenland continental margin in the GEM2-project of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC): Geological synthesis of Baffin Island (Nunavut) and the Labrador– Baffin Seaway. The project was funded by GSC (GEUS' contribution by GSC and GEUS).
- Project leader with mapping (2005-2018) of all regions offshore West Greenland: e.g. Baffin Bay Update (2013-2015) & SW Greenland Update (2015-2017). Project results were used for both advising MMR for licensing rounds and as regional research (e.g. the GEM2 project with GSC). Funding mainly by MMR.
- Project leader (1999-2001) for regional mapping (Utsira Fm) of the SACS project (first phase) of CO2 storage at Sleipner (North Sea, Norway). The SACS project with several research institutions and energy companies was supported by the European Commission's Thermie Programme. CO2 storage in the Utsira Fm sandstones at the Sleipner Field is the first european industrial-scale project, which the operator (Statoil) started in 1996.
Supervision
- Supervision of Master and PhD geoscience students (University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University)
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., Geology, Aarhus University
Award Date: 28 Aug 1997
Keywords
- QE Geology
Programme Area
- Programme Area 3: Energy Resources
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 4 Finished
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CCS2022-2024
Gregersen, U. (PI), Keiding, M. (PI), Fyhn, M. B. W. (PI), Abramovitz , T. J. (PI), Bjerager, M. (PI), Funck, T. (PI), Vosgerau, H. (CoI), Smit, F. (CoI), Mathiesen, A. (CoI), Mørk, F. M. (CoI), Schovsbo, N. H. (CoI), Petersen, H. I. (CoI), Nielsen, L. H. (CoI), Dybkjær, K. (CoI), Lauridsen, B. W. (CoI), Sheldon, E. (CoI), Olsen, M. L. (CoI), Pedersen, G. K. (CoI), Nielsen, C. M. (CoI), Rasmussen, E. S. (CoI), Jusri, T. A. (CoI), Laghari, S. (CoI) & Rasmussen, L. M. (CoI)
3/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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The GEM2-project: Stratigraphy of the West Greenland margin
Gregersen, U. (PI), Knutz, P. (CoI), Pedersen, G. K. (CoI), Nøhr-Hansen, H. (CoI), Ineson, J. R. (CoI), Larsen, L. M. (CoI), Hopper, J. R. (CoI), Bojesen-Koefoed, J. (CoI), Dam, G. (CoI), Funck, T. (CoI) & Hovikoski, J. (CoI)
13/03/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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CO2-Upslope: Optimized CO2 storage in sloping aquifers
Sundal, A. (PI), Olivarius, M. (CoPI), Gregersen, U. (CoI), Baig, I. (CoI), Nielsen, L. H. (CoI), Weibel, R. (CoI), Hellevang, H. (CoI), Thomsen, T. B. (CoI), Frykman, P. (CoI), Andersen, O. (CoI) & Møll-Nilsen, H. (CoI)
1/03/17 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
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Saline Aquifer CO2 Storage (SACS) project - Work Area 1: Geology (Utsira Fm reservoir in the North Sea)
Gregersen, U. (PI), Johannessen, P. N. (CoI), Christensen, N. P. (CoI) & Kristensen, L. E. (CoI)
1/06/98 → 30/04/01
Project: Research
Research output
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Baffin Bay composite tectono-sedimentary element
Knutz, P. C., Gregersen, U., Harrison, C., Brent, T. A., Hopper, J. R. & Nøhr-Hansen, H., 1 Mar 2025, Sedimentary successions of the Arctic region and their hydrocarbon prospectivity. Drachev, S. S., Brekke, H., Henriksen, H. & Moore, T. (eds.). London: Geological Society of London, 12 p. (Geological Society, London, Memoirs, Vol. 57).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in book › Research › peer-review
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Geological carbon storage site characterization using a dual element seismic recording technology
Malehmir, A., Markovic, M., Abramovitz , T. J. & Gregersen, U., 15 Apr 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 13 p., 12937.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Seismic imaging of halokinetic sequences and structures with high-resolution, dual-element acquisition, and processing: Applications to the Gassum Structure in eastern Jutland, Denmark
Westgate, M., Kucinskaite, K., Konstantinidis, E., Malehmir, A., Papadopoulou, M., Gregersen, U., Keiding, M. & Bjerager, M., Jan 2025, In: Earth and Space Science. 12, 1, 15 p., e2024EA004014.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
The West Greenland Rifted Margin Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element
Gregersen, U., Knutz, P. C. & Hopper, J. R., 1 Mar 2025, Sedimentary successions of the Arctic region and their hydrocarbon prospectivity. Drachev, S. S., Brekke, H., Henriksen, E. & Moore, T. (eds.). London: Geological Society of London, 17 p. (Geological Society, London, Memoirs, Vol. 57).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in book › Research › peer-review
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Advancements in seismic imaging for geological carbon storage: Study of the Havnsø structure, Denmark
Papadopoulou, M., Zappalà, S., Malehmir, A., Kucinskaite, K., Westgate, M., Gregersen, U., Funck, T., Smit, F. & Vosgerau, H., Sept 2024, In: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 137, 14 p., 104204.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Regional geology and prospectivity - the Davis Strait Licensing Round 2018 (foredrag)
Gregersen, U. (Speaker)
18 Apr 2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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Optimized CO2 storage in sloping aquifers
Sundal, A. (Speaker), Miri, R. (Speaker), Nielsen, L. H. (Speaker), Hellevang, H. (Speaker), Møll-Nilsen, H. (Speaker), Gregersen, U. (Speaker), Frykman, P. (Speaker), Andersen, O. (Speaker), Olivarius, M. (Speaker), Weibel, R. (Speaker), Vosgerau, H. J. (Speaker), Baig, I. (Speaker) & Aagaard, P. (Speaker)
7 Mar 2017 → 8 Mar 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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The Baffin Bay licence area 4 - an update on the hydrocarbon prospectivity in the Baffin Bay
Gregersen, U. (Speaker)
3 Sept 2014 → 5 Sept 2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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The Nuuk West licence area 5 - an update on the hydrocarbon prospectivity for the Nuuk West area
Gregersen, U. (Speaker)
3 Sept 2014 → 5 Sept 2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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4th Workshop - West Greenland Petroleum Geology 2011
Gregersen, U. (Speaker)
23 Nov 2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Exhibitions, workshops, seminars