CV

Adjunct Associate Professor (20%)

University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

Researcher, Energy Geomechanics and Geophysics section

Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)

Course and guest lecturer

University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

Researcher

University of Oslo

Researcher

University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

PhD Stipendiat

University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

Course responsible and temporary associate professor

University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

Research assistant

University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

PhD

University of Oslo

Geoscience

MSc

Iceland School of Energy, Reykjavik University

Sustainable Energy

• Graduated with honors

MSc

Radboud University

Molecular Chemistry

• Graduated cum laude

Nigel Anstey Award

European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers

Best paper published in First Break in 2022 for Digitising Svalbard’s Geology: the Festningen Digital Outcrop Model.

Best paper award

Norwegian CCS Research Centre

For Demonstrating the potential of CO2 hydrate self-sealing in Svalbard, Arctic Norway.

Best poster award

Bubbles 2017 Summer Training School, Norwegian Centre of Excellence for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate

Future Arctic Energy Network scholarship

Reykjavik University

Gold medal

International Conference of Young Scientists, Bali, Indonesia

International Conference of Young Scientists 2012 award.

Svalbox Digital Model Database: A geoscientific window into the High Arctic

Geosphere

Peter Betlem; Nil Rodés; Thomas Birchall; Anders Dahlin; Aleksandra Smyrak-Sikora; Kim Senger

Demonstrating the potential of CO2 hydrate self-sealing in Svalbard, Arctic Norway

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Stian Almenningen; Peter Betlem; Arif Hussain; Srikumar Roy; Kim Senger; Geir Ersland

3D thermobaric modelling of the gas hydrate stability zone onshore central Spitsbergen, Arctic Norway

Marine and Petroleum Geology

P. Betlem; K. Senger; A. Hodson

RockVision

Characterization of geomaterials for future energy needs and infrastructure upgrade.

• Co-PI
• Research Council of Norway (RCN)

CryoGas

Investigating methane trapped beneath Svalbard’s permafrost and its implications for natural methane emissions.

• PI
• Fripro; Research Council of Norway (RCN)

ICEBREAKER

Integrating Permafrost Gas Hydrate Carbon in the European Arctic Knowledge Base.

• Secondary proponent
• COST Action #28300

miniCCS

Decentralized, small-scale, local onshore CO2 storage in igneous rocks.

• WP lead for WP2: Pilot site characterisation and subsurface appraisal
• CLIMIT project #623394; 14.7 MNOK

SP18: On Certain Ground

Creating a smarter way to characterize, model, and quantify ground conditions.

• WP lead for WP5: Data integration and implementation
• Basic funding to NGI from RCN; 9 MNOK

THERMESI

Investigation of thermal effects on the reservoir-caprock interface through thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling and experiments.

• WP lead for WP1: Data integration
• CLIMIT project #623394; 17.5 MNOK

CT-OptiData

Optimisation, quantification, and integration of CT data.

• Principal investigator
• Basic funding to NGI from RCN; 600 kNOK

Targeting a Svalbox hiatus: Palaeozoic and Beyond

• Principal investigator
• Research Council of Norway #342078

Svalbox

Svalbard’s geoscientific data portal.

• Deputy project manager and data manager
• Funded by RCN, UArctic, and others

Rock physics testing of samples recovered during IODP Expedition 396

• Principal investigator
• UNIS and NGI

GeoMOD

A new way of teaching geoscientific methods.

• Co-PI
• iEarth Centre for Excellence in Education, SFU 101060

GASGEM

A pilot study on Svalbard’s fjord seepage system.

• Supervisor and co-PI
• Research Council of Norway #322189; 80 kNOK

Multi-physical detection of along-fault CO2 migration through cap rock shales

• Principal investigator
• Research Council of Norway #310638

The state-of-the-art modelling of natural gas hydrate stability on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

• Researcher and research assistant
• Spirit Energy AS; USD 30,000

3D thermo-baric modelling of central Spitsbergen

Implications for gas hydrate occurrence and geothermal potential.

• Principal investigator
• Research Council of Norway #269948