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Low Shear Pumps and Valves are among the Best Available Techniques (BAT) listed in the European Commission Guidance Document.

We are happy to announce that together with our partners, we have been granted funding from the Research Council of Norway to further develop our Coalescing Valve concept

We are proud to announce that Typhonix has been awarded the contract for a Low Shear Pumping system to Equinor’s Breidablikk project

Typhonix presents Pilot and field experiences, Wednesday April 21.

Paper reviewing Low shear valve field experiences is now available online

Typhonix launches Video Archive as a part of the popular “Learn more” page

Successful field test of Typhonix’ Low Shear Polymer Flooding Valve.

Typhonix presenting Updated Field Experience with Low Shear Valves and Pumps, Tuesday September 8.

The SPE IOR 2020 Conference goes virtual, August 31 - September 4

The paper presents the development a new valve technology suitable for polymer flooding. The valve results in very low viscosity degradation compared to a standard valve.

This year’s Low Shear Day was held as a Webinar, focusing on how to get a cleaner and more cost-efficient oil production by reducing unwanted shear and turbulence.

Typhonix welcomes you to Low Shear Day WEBINAR - June 10., 13:00 – 13:45 (CEST)

The paper presents three methods to optimize the separation efficiency of a produced water treatment system, using a coalescing pump and a deoiling hydrocyclone

February 11, TEKNA is arranging a visit at Typhonix premises in Bryne

Typhonix best articles are now collected in one place. At "Learn more" you will find information on all the different aspects of Low Shear.

At the Produced Water Management conference in Stavanger, January 22–23, Typhonix will present Field Experience with Low Shear Valves and Pumps

Visit our partner Mokveld and the prize-winning Typhoon Valve System at the Adipec 2019 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, 11 - 14 November

Typhonix offer tailored assessments for customers to map the potential of low shear processing

Meet Mokveld and the low shear Typhoon valve system at Produced Water Middle East 2019

An article discussing droplet shearing in valves and the effects on the downstream droplet sizes and separation efficiencies is now available on Low Shear School

Comparison shows that the Typhoon® Valve System delivers impressive improvement in water quality compared a conventional globe valve.

Visit our partner Mokveld Valves at Stand 1Q70, where they will be presenting the prize-winning Typhoon Valve System

Best available techniques guidance document lists low shear valves and pumps as means to improve protection of the environment

Visit our partner Mokveld Valves at booth 321, where they will be presenting the prize-winning Typhoon Valve System.

Typhonix arranged Low Shear Day 2019, focusing on preventing separation problems, enabling higher well production rates, and extending profitable late-life field production

Typhonix has initiated a study to find synergies between produced water treatment and the treatment of organic waste

Typhonix welcomes you to Low Shear Day, June 05 – 2019

The paper called “Automatic Operation and Control of a Novel Coalescing Centrifugal Pump for Improved Oil/Water Separation” was recently published in SPE Production & Operations.

A case study based on an actual produced water pump application evaluating the operational and economic benefits of low shear and coalescing pump types is now available.

Meet Typhonix in Pau, France, April 8 - 10, where we present the development of the Low Shear Polymer Valve.

An article discussing how Low shear valves simplify separator debottlenecking is now available on Low Shear School

Rune Husveg successfully defend his Ph.D. thesis “Tracking Maximum Produced Water Treatment Efficiency Using a Variable Speed Coalescing Centrifugal Pump.”

Friday February 22, Rune Husveg will defend his thesis “Tracking Maximum Produced Water Treatment Efficiency Using a Variable Speed Coalescing Centrifugal Pump” for the PhD-degree at the University of...

Total has chosen sampling technology from Typhonix. The sampler will be a part in the process of improving their sampling routines to obtain more representative measurements. Typhoon multiphase sampl...

Visit our stand at OG21-forum in Oslo, November 29. The theme for the forum is: "How bold technology decisions create value."

Typhonix will be presenting at ETV Technology Showcase, November 14, in Equinor Business Centre Forus. Meet us there, where Ole Jørgen Engelsvoll will present Typhonix technologies in the oil & gas va...

At Produced Water Middle East, November 11 – 12, Typhonix is presenting at Round Table Networking Session 2. Meet us there and join Niels van Teeffelen discussing The Benefits of Low Shear Production.

Turbulence and shear forces in choke valves dramatically reduce the efficiency of downstream separation equipment. Is it possible to improve the separation, by constructively using the energy dissipat...

By using the turbulence constructively, Typhonix coalescing pumps have shown that it is possible to make a pump which enlarges oil droplets during pumping. Ph.D. Candidate and Research Scientist, Rune...

We congratulate Interwell and Typhonix as winners of the ONS 2018 Innovation Awards! Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Søviknes presented the awards on stage, at the ONS Conference Tue...

Out of more than 100 applicants the Typhoon Valve System technology has been shortlisted by the ONS jury.

Since 2013 Typhonix has, together with TOTAL, ENI and Equinor developed a new valve for polymer injection applications. This new valve design reduces mechanical shear and thereby degradation of the po...

Typhonix will be present at the ONS exhibition in Stavanger 27. August to 30. August

The paper called Performance of a Coalescing Multistage Centrifugal Produced Water Pump with Respect to Water Characteristics and Point of Operation is now available at lowshearschool.com

An interesting paper with the title: “Design Considerations to Minimize Hydrocarbon Entrainment in the Aqueous Phase” is presented at the OTC in Houston this spring.

24th and 25th of January in Stavanger, Norway.

15. November 2017, Rune Husveg presented a paper at ADIPEC 2017.

Typhonix has recently delivered two low shear produced water feed pumps for a produced water treatment package in the far east.

The presentation is called Improving Separation of Oil and Water Using a Novel Coalescing Centrifugal Pump and demonstrates some of the benefits of using Typhonix Coalescing Pump as a boosting pump fo...

Typhonix is proud to announce the launch of educational website around low shear technologies, “Low Shear School”. Low Shear School has a purpose to gather knowledge about shear theory in liquids, low...

Typhonix is part of the 2nd Middle East Produced Water Management Conference in Muscat February 14-15, where Niels van Teeffelen will present different aspects of “Low Shear Oil Production”. In conn...

Typhonix will be present at TEKNA’s Produced Water Management conference in Stavanger, January 18-19. Please visit our stand in the hall for the latest news on low shear process equipment.

Typhonix will be present at The Produced Water Society Seminar in Sugar Land, Texas, January 17-20. Please attend the Advancing Methods and Technology session on January 18th to listen to the presenta...

Norwegian Environmental Agency published the report for “Work towards the zero discharge to sea from offshore petroleum activities” (Norwegian text).

Mokveld’s low shear Typhoon System has once again demonstrated the robustness of the technology.​ The system is installed on the Statoil operated Troll C platform controlling well fluids from the Fram...

Alessandro Nocente held a public defence related to his Ph.D. research project, Separation Friendly Produced Water Pumps, at NTNU, Department of Energy and Process Engineering. The defence was accepte...

This summer Typhonix has moved to new premises at Robotveien 8.

Typhonix will be present at the ONS exhibition in Stavanger 29. August to 01.September.

In connection with the conference there will also be a Typhonix exhibition in the entry hall. Please come visit us for more information on “low shear production” of oil and gas.

An article on “The Effect of Shear on Produced Water Treatment” by John Walsh was recently published by SPE.

In competition with 56 other companies, Typhonix is one of 11, which in January received funding from the Research council of Norway through the PETROMAKS 2 program. The funding is dedicated to the ne...

​Typhonix will be present at TEKNA’S Produced Water Management conference in Stavanger, January 20-21. Please visit us at our stand in the hall for the latest news on low shear process equipment.

Rune Husveg took the position as Researcher in Typhonix from 15. August 2015

Typhonix will be present at the Offshore Europe Exhibition 8-11 September 2015. Please visit us at Stand 1G21 where we are together with Mokveld BV.

Typhonix will be present at TEKNA’S Separation Technology Conference in Stavanger September 23-24

In competition with more than 30 other projects, Typhonix was awarded 9,6 MNOK to the project “ChokeSeparator” from the Research Council of Norway (RCN). In the fall of 2014, RCN called for a new type...

​Typhonix will be present at TEKNA’S Produced Water Conference in Stavanger January 21-22.

Niels van Teeffelen took the position as Engineering Manager in Typhonix from 1. September 2014.

Typhonix will be present at the ONS exhibition in Stavanger 25-28 of August.

We are pleased to announce that Typhonix has been awarded TEKNA (The Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals) Stavanger's Technology innovation prize for 2013.

Petrobras has signed as late participant in the Typhonix project "Subsea Typhoon Valve".

The Italian PhD student Alessandro Nocente is committed to a PhD study at NTNU on the Typhonix pump technology.

Typhonix and TOTAL cooperate on R&D within EOR by reducing mechanical degradation of polymers for use in reservoir flooding operations.

Typhonix received funding from The Research Council of Norway in order to develop new technology for enhanced oil recovery by reduced mechanical degradation of polymers.

Typhonix has recently signed an agreement with the Dutch company Mokveld Valves BV concerning worldwide sales and production of the Typhoon® Valve technology.

Typhonix has developed a new methodology for multiphase sampling, the backbone of which is a new sampler.

This spring the company's first product, The Typhoon valve, was tested offshore for the first time.

Do you want to be part of our R&D team at Varhaug, developing new technology for cleaner oil production? Typhonix are now looking for a person with a MSc degree seeking to pursue a doctoral degree. Th...

Typhonix has developed a new multiphase sampler for fluid phase quality assessments. The new sampler improves sampling from both two and three phase petroleum flows. Uncertainties associated with flui...

​Typhonix welcome GDF-SUEZ as participant in our project within development of a low shear pump for produced water applications.

​Typhonix has hired Olav Austbø as Lab Technician.

​ENI Norge AS has in July signed up for our latest project within development of a low shear pump for produced water applications.

In competition with over 100 other companies Typhonix is among 17 companies receiving funding from the Research Council of Norway's PETROMAKS programme.

​Based on promising initial tests and positive response from the market, Typhonix will start R&D activities on process pumps.

​Typhonix has this summer moved the FoU laboratorium to new premises at Varhaug.

​Typhonix have over the past years developed an innovative and separation friendly new valve concept to reduce shear forces and the emulsification of oil and water.

The last months three-phase testing of the prototype Typhoon Valve at StatoilHydros facility in Porsgrunn is now concluded with positive results.

​Typhonix has been awarded a Certificate of Qualification from Achilles Joint Qualification System for suppliers to the oil industry in Norway and Denmark.

​Typhonix will be present at the OTC exhibition in Houston 4-7 mai.

​Typhonix recently received support from the Research Council of Norway's Petromaks programme for development of a subsea version of the Typhoon Valve.