The SINTEF Multiphase Flow Laboratory at the river Nidelva, established in 1982 to solve problems with transporting oil and gas trough the same tube. (You know, in the Norwegian Sea crude oil and gas is extracted from below the sea floor.)
(2005-03-31)

The SINTEF (INdustrial and TEchnical) research organization was established in 1950 by the Technical University of Norway – as a commercial extension of the university. The coexistence prove fruitful for everybody and now the employee count of the SINTEF Group is roughly 2000 and the activities also includes 'softer' fields, notably 'Health Research' and 'Technology and Society'.