Meet our core team

We are a multidisciplinary team of seasoned professionals with extensive experience across the energy sector. Our diverse expertise—spanning engineering, technology, operations, and strategy—enables us to deliver innovative, sustainable, and commercially viable solutions to complex energy challenges.

Thomas Jørpeland

CEO & Chairman

  • Over 35 years’ experience from national and global energy industry with Manager and VP positions in both operational and Corporate organizations in the following areas.
  • Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Business development and Change Management.
  • Current position includes CEO in Applied Carbon Utilization & Storage AS

Phone:  +47 901 38 347

Mail: tj@acus.no

Morten Rye-Larsen

Director Geoscience

  • Petroleum Geoscientist from University of Bergen.
  • Exploration experience from Esso/Exxon and Equinor as well as  start-ups,  Fortis Petroleum and Longboat Energy.
  • CCS experience from Demark onshore CCS application round

Phone:+ 47 911 53 008

Mail: mrl@acus.no

Thorbjørn Nyland

CCS Projects

  • Experience form Shell in operations, projects, field development and asset management in several leading positions.
  • Prior to joining ACUS, CCS experience as project manager of the Halten CO2 Project, Shell board member in Technology Centre Mongstad and 3rd. party review of Langskip CCS project for the government.
  • Thorbjørn holds a Master in Science in Petroleum Engineering from Tulsa University USA.

Phone: +47 917 08 644.

Mail: tn@acus.no

Torjer Halle

Member of the Board

  • Wide experience from the energy industry from 1987 with positions like CEO, Chairman, and COO in Norway, Canada and Russia.
  • Current positions include CEO Nordcon Energy (Canada), Chairman Stream solution and DVG.
  • Torjer holds a bachelor’s degree in petroleum geology from the University of Bergen.

Phone: +47 905 76 996

Mail: th@acus.no

Contact info:

Office adress: Koppholen 25, N-4313 Sandnes, NORWAY 

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