Discipline
Expert Witness, Well Control
Specialisms
Well Control Advisor, Expert Witness, Transient Multiphase Flow, Field Development, Production Optimization, Software Developer.
Location
Norway
About
Morten H. Emilsen is the Manager of Well Control in AGR. He has worked his whole career in the oil and gas industry, focusing on field development projects and well control operations. Emilsen is specialized in transient multiphase flow simulations and drilling-related software development. He has 30 years of experience with OLGA software as a user and developer. He was instrumental during the internal BP investigation following the Macondo incident in 2010. He co-authored the Deepwater Horizon Accident Investigation Report and testified as an expert witness in US District Court in 2013. Emilsen has responded to a number of blowouts worldwide, relief well kills and capping operations, including Elgin (UK), Montara (Austalia), Macondo (GOM) and Aliso Canyon (USA).
Morten has an M.Sc. degree in Fluid Mechanics from the University of Trondheim, Norway. For ten years he was a board member of the SPE Oslo section and is still an active SPE member. He has authored several papers and publications and arranged a number of courses for oil companies and regulating bodies.