Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Company · Stavanger · Norway

Petroleum Technology Company (Norway)

In research, Petroleum Technology Company (Norway) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,013 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 47.7× its share of world research.

ptc.asROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#25,541
of 28,054 · #13,425 all time
Rank in Norway
#123
of 133
Research works
1.1k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
world 28%

What is Petroleum Technology Company (Norway) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #12,013 of 12,888 5.8%92 #8300

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Petroleum Technology Company (Norway) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Petroleum Technology Company (Norway) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 47.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 23.6 works48×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.69× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.76× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.18× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Petroleum Technology Company (Norway)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, CO2 Sequestration, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Vibration Analysis, Optimization and Rheological Properties.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning9▲ 3.0×17 topics
  2. Nanoparticles9▲ 7.3×8 topics
  3. CO2 Sequestration8▲ 44×4 topics
  4. Hydraulic Fracturing8▲ 75×2 topics
  5. Fracture Propagation8▲ 133×1 topic
  6. Shale Gas Reservoirs8▲ 133×1 topic
  7. Optimization7▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Vibration Analysis7▲ 29×3 topics
  9. Rheological Properties7▲ 42×4 topics
  10. Drilling Fluids7▲ 130×1 topic
  11. Well Integrity7▲ 130×1 topic
  12. Pore Structure7▲ 57×2 topics
  13. Gas Permeability6▲ 67×2 topics
  14. Shale Gas6▲ 54×2 topics
  15. Mudstones6▲ 86×1 topic
  16. Thermal Maturity6▲ 86×1 topic
  17. Data Assimilation6▲ 42×1 topic
  18. Ensemble Kalman Filter6▲ 65×1 topic
  19. Fault Diagnosis5▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Surfactants5▲ 55×4 topics
  21. Porous Media5▲ 40×5 topics
  22. Predictive Maintenance4▲ 59×2 topics
  23. Artificial Lift Systems4▲ 157×1 topic
  24. Electric Submersible Pumps4▲ 157×1 topic
  25. Pore-scale Modeling4▲ 120×1 topic
  26. X-ray Computed Tomography4▲ 120×1 topic
  27. Tectonics3▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Geophysical Imaging3▲ 64×2 topics
  29. Continental Margin3▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Crustal Structure3▲ 54×2 topics
  31. Inverse Problems3▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Full-Waveform Tomography3▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Petroleum3▲ 60×2 topics
  34. Seismic Waveform Inversion3▲ 70×1 topic
  35. Plate Tectonics2▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Support Vector Machines2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  37. Numerical Simulation2▲ 6.9×7 topics
  38. Arctic2▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Biodegradation2▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Geological Mapping2▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Petroleum Technology Company (Norway) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 8 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 7 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …6Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 6 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…6Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 6 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 4 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 4 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 2 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 2 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 2 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsGeophysics2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 6 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 3 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 2 works
  9. 9 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  10. 10 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available14.9%not open85.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.2%domestic only59.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Petroleum Technology Company (Norway)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Stavanger

All research institutions in Stavanger

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.