For the first time, researchers have produced pure copper metal from Norwegian deep-sea massive sulfides. This historic achievement will be presented at the Seabed Minerals 2026 conference in March.
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At Seabed Minerals 2026, Professor Markus Bertau of TU Bergakademie Freiberg will present an economic assessment of new hydrometallurgical processing routes for deep-sea minerals that could enable low-emission, zero-solid-waste metal production.
At Seabed Minerals 2026, Hannah Grant (BGS) will present findings from the SMARTEX project, showing how experimental manganese nodule mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone continues to affect sediments — yet many biological communities are re-emerging.
Anders Waldeland has been awarded the Digital Trailblazer Award 2025 for pioneering AI-driven seismic interpretation, developing a Norwegian seismic foundation model, and applying digital methods across multiple domains including avalanche detection and archaeology.
At Dig X Subsurface 2025 on Thursday, CGI will present how Agentic AI can provide transparent, traceable “digital alibis” for data-driven decisions, ensuring trustworthy, auditable, and compliant operations in complex, highly regulated energy workflows.
Aker BP is using Vision-Language Models to detect production changes, delivering fast, reliable insights to keep engineers ahead of the curve.
Bluware and Shell’s AI workflow revolutionizes hydrocarbon detection, scaling from research to real-world seismic analysis. This exciting use case will be presented at Dig X Subsurface 2025 in Oslo in December.
At Dig X Subsurface 2025, Cegal will show how preparing legacy Petrel projects for OSDU and integrating conversational AI enables secure, explainable, and operationally ready subsurface data for modern workflows.
Large language models promise new ways of working with data, but they lack domain expertise. At Dig X Subsurface 2025, Viridien will show how annotating data from 10 million wells unlocks real AI value for subsurface geoscience.
Peter Bormann, Chief Geologist at ConocoPhillips Norway, has been nominated for the Digital Trailblazer Award 2025. The winner will be announced at the Dig X Subsurface conference in December.