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Ruden hosts the President of Somalia: A significant visit in Oslo

Last month, we were honored to welcome H.E. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, his delegation, and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Ruden Water offices in Oslo for an update on our groundbreaking project on deep groundwater resources in Somalia.

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New software for modelling and optimizing energy storage
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Ruden Energy and Kvitebjørn Varme win the Urban Energy Innovation price.
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Ruden wins the ONS Innovation Award 2022

Ruden has been awarded the ONS Innovation Award for their HEAT technology, at the ONS Conference in Stavanger 2022.

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Ruden nominated as one of the 5 finalists for the ONS Innovation Award!

Ruden is nomated as one of the 5 finalists for the ONS Innovation Award with their HEAT concept. The winner of the award will be announced at the ONS conference in Stavanger, the 30th of August.
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'Da brønnparken kollapset, fant ingeniørene en langt bedre energi-løsning for Økern Portal'

This article describes how it was planned to provide the energy needs of the Økern Portal building in Oslo with 21 boreholes to 500m depth. During drilling it appeared to be very difficult to drill to these depths and Ruden Energy assisted in finding an alternative and smarter solution. Read about the collaboration of Ruden at the Økern Portal project in this article of Teknisk Ukeblad here (membership required).

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Ruden Energy awarded research grant from the Norwegian Research Council

Ruden AS Geo Solutions has been awarded a research grant through the EnergiX program “Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector and Commercialisation Projects” from the Research Council of Norway.
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'Prakteksempel': Subsurface storage of Kvitebjørns waste heat

Kvitebjørn Varme in Tromsø received NOK 91 million from Enova to fulfill the desire to supply the whole of Tromsøya with district heating. Ruden Energy plays a central part of the solution, developing heat storage in 300m deep wells, that allow heat produced in the summer to be utilized on the coldest days of the year.

Ruden received funding from the Norwegian Space Center for a feasibility assessment for climate adaptation of low-lying islands – Remote sensing for hydraulic uplift monitoring.

Every year, The Norwegian Spacecenter (Norsk Romsenter) invites organisations to apply for supplementary funds. This year, 25 organisations received funding, and Ruden is one of them.

Climate mitigation - Is it possible to lift islands up to make them more resilient against sealevel rise?

Join us in this online seminar, a side-event part of the UN Small Islands Developing States Conference 2024.

Vitising partners in Kenya and Somalia

The team of Ruden Water is continuing its endeavours to enable more access to water in the Horn of Africa. Recently, Elizabeth and Helene travelled to Nairobi to meet with NOCK (National Oil Corporation of Kenya) and the Ministry of Water of Kenya. They also traveled to Mogadishu in Somalia to discuss the continuation of the Somalia Deep Groundwater Project.

World Water Day 2024

The 22nd of March was World Water Day 2024. Every year on the 22nd or March the day is marked to reflect and spur action on the global water crisis. This years theme is "Leveraging Water for Peace". How can we unite around water and use water for peace, laying the foundations of a more stable and prosperous tomorrow?

Fridtjov joined the seminar at the University library of Ås University, to talk about Water, War and Peace.

Ruden finalist for the Water Changemaker Innovation Awards 2023

Ruden is extremely proud to be amongst the 30 finalists for the Water Changemaker Innovation Awards 2023. Water Changemaker Awards2023 is a global initiative that aims to recognise high-level commitment and leadership for climate resilient water investments and showcase the most promising climate resilient innovations with the greatest potential for scale, replication, and further investment to support a water-secure world.

Ruden Water's participation at the UN Water Conference 2023

In March, almost 7000 people attended this first global water conference in almost half a century. The conference offered a good opportunity to engage and meet with various stakeholders and to discuss the preliminary results of the deep groundwater mapping in Somalia.

Ruden Water committed to the Water Action Agenda

Today is World Water Day. To recognize the importance of this day Ruden Water committed their commitments to the Water Action Agenda.

Ruden Water holding a Side Event as part of the UN Water 2023 Conference

How vintage oil & gas data enabled the identification of deep groundwater in Somalia

Ruden Water signs MoU with NOCK (National Oil Corporation of Kenya)

Ruden Water present at the Norway, Sweden and Kenya Business Summit in Nairobi

Ruden Water represented at the Zanzibar Water Conference

The Zanzibar Water Conference was held 14 and 15 September - Seeing the unseen: Sustainable management of groundwater resources in a changing climate.

'The unexpected oil change'

We are honoured by the feature in Aftenposten A-Magasinet last weekend about the Somalia water project and our team. It is motivating us even more when the importance of our work is recognized!

The world´s greatest challenge

The world needs water now, more than ever. If we don’t act, by 2030, water scarcity will displace between 24 million and 700 million people. Now, more than ever, the world needs us. The world needs the oil industry to take action. Used in a new context, the legacy of earlier surveys for petroleum is shifting the boundaries for groundwater. No other industry is closer to equivalent in relevant competence, resources and capacity. The leap from oil to water is not far, but a new and comprehensive Marshall-plan is needed and will be an aid to self-help in the long term.

Norwegian technologists and researchers aim to provide water to the entire population of Somalia

Ruden's collaboration with SINTEF is discussed in this article at Gemini.no, a platfrom about scientific news from the NTNU University and SINTEF, Norway's research institute.

Norske teknologer og forskere har et mal om a skaffe vann til hele somalias befolkning

Ruden Water featured at Ekko at the Norwegian Radio NRK

Ruden water was featured in two episodes of Ekko, an item on the Norwegian radio. A link to the items (in Norwegian) is below:

17. september 2020 - Ekko - NRK Radio

How 40 year old information from the oil industry secured water for 2 million people

More than 40 years ago, seismic profiles were shot in connection with oil exploration along the coast of Tanzania, partly funded by Norwegian assistance programs. No oil was discovered at that time, and the information was shelved. 40 years later we discovered the structures that made it possible to recommend drilling for water.

3000 water industry representatives and experts meet at the biggest water congress in Africa

In February 2020, Ruden Water was participating at the 20th African Water Association international congress - AfWA, in Kampala, Uganda, presenting "Bridging oil and water sectors: Search Model for deep aquifers along passive margins".

‘I’ve never seen such clean water’

Ruden Water was featured in the Norwegian newspaper Finansavisen, in an article describing investors in Norway that find ways to make money with water.

Strengthening the collaboration with Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM).

During the 3rd week of January, a delegation from Ruden Water paid a visit to Nairobi in Kenya. Here, Ruden met with SWALIM (Somalia Water and Land Information Management) to discuss the deep groundwater project in Somalia, share information and decide on collaboration between the two parties on the project. Ruden also visited the Norwegian Embassy, the project holder, to discuss the project progress.

‘NATO’s bombing of Libya’s oil infrastructure destroyed the world’s largest groundwater reserves on land.'


Fridtjov Ruden was featured in the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen, Discussing the devastating effects of NATO's bombing on the groundwater reserves in Libya.

Innovation on water

Ruden Geo Services is always looking for ways to improve and innovate their products. On a project for Statens Vegvesen, Ruden Geo Services tested the possibility to perform seismic reflection on water. This technique is widely used in the Oil & Gas industry, but is still in a research phase on this smaller scale for geotechnical purposes.

Leirvarsling for Norge

Ruden AS har allerede utarbeidet metoder for risikovurderinger før, -under og etter byggestart! Vi håpet vi skulle få god tid til lanseringen, men så inntraff katastrofen. Her er vår løsning til å redusere risikoen for en gjentagelse av Ask/Gjerdrum-raset. Vi kaller det ‘Leirvarslingen’.

Ruden Geo Services partner of SINTEF CO2 Field Lab

Ruden Geo Services participated in SINTEF's CO2 Field Lab, by mudlogging and well logging the 5 wells that make up the CO2 injection test facility.

What we can do for you

Our services

Ruden Energy uses innovative technology to provide clean, geothermal heating and cooling of buildings, infrastructure and thermal energy storage. Ruden Energy has three concepts, LEAT, HEAT and iHEAT, based on open circulation of water through an enhanced fracture network.

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One step back, two steps forward: water first!


The eyes of the world are all on food security, but how can we talk about food security when a third of the population is still facing water insecurity?


We must work on all fronts to ensure reliable access to water that allows the public and private sectors to achieve the long-awaited SDG6 (access to water) and SDG2 (food security).

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Well logging, well testing and geophysical services (Seismic and ERT) are the core of the toolbox for Ruden's energy projects. These techniques are also offered as services in Ruden Geo Services.

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What can we do for you?
Geo-Energy for buildings and infrastructure
Ruden Energy offers innovative geo-energy for heating and cooling of buildings and infrastructure.
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Well logging
Ruden Geo Services is market leader in Norway in professional and commercial borehole logging down to 3000 meters.
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Refraction and reflection seismic
Ruden Geo Services offers seismic refraction and reflection, both on land and on water.
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Deep groundwater
Ruden Water explores for groundwater, deeper than anyone else, utilizing data and technology from the Oil & Gas industry.
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Smart Geothermal Energy and Innovative Hydrogeology

About us

We believe in the sensible and innovative use of science and technology, which characterizes our business. In the development of energy systems, water exploration, borehole logging and geophysics, we lean heavily on methods and technology derived from the oil industry.

In 2007, Fridtjov Ruden established Ruden AS. Already in the same year Ruden received the DnB NOR’s Innovation award of 1,3 million NOK for contributions to knowledge-based business development in Norway, in the sustainability category. In his career of 40 years, Fridtjov has been all over Africa, and other places in the world, to find and drill for fresh water.

Over the last 10 years, Ruden has continued building on this experience with the development of innovative solutions in applied geology and hydrogeology. The unique insight and experience, gathered from drilling and testing thousands of wells in Africa and the application of oil and gas technology and competence, is now being applied on Ruden Energy’s innovative energy systems, national water projects in Ruden Water, and applied hydrogeology in Ruden Geo Services.

In 2022, Ruden AS won the ONS Innovation award in the SME category for the HEAT technology.

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Meet the team

The people that make the shift happen!

Today, 15 employees work in Ruden, from our offices in Oslo and Stockholm. We also draw from a significant international network and operate both in Norway and abroad.

The strength of our team lies in our diversity; the combination of geologists, geophysicists, hydrogeologists and petroleum engineers enables us to be innovative and to think outside the box.

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Who we work with

Some of our clients and partners

  • Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • SLB
  • SINTEF
  • Båsum Boring
  • Sweco
  • MultiConsult
  • Statnett
  • Statens Vegvesen
  • Selvaag Bolig
  • Oxer Eiendom
  • Wesselkvartalet
  • Titania AS
  • GeoExpert
  • Hydropuls GmbH
  • European Geophysical Services
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Get in touch

Contact us if you have any questions, or feel free to visit us at Forskningsparken in Oslo or at the Engelsviken pier. We always have time for a chat about water geology over a good cup of coffee!

Our office

Østfold: Mariusbakken 1, D2

1628 Engelsviken, Norway

Oslo: Forskningsparken (Oslo Science Park)

Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo

Telefon: + 47 69 36 41 41

Mail: mail@rudenas.com

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