Oil and Gas at University College London

Bijan Kermani (b.kermani@ucl.ac.uk) is Techno-Commissarial Manager, Oil & Gas and a visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UCL.  He is also head of Oil & Gas at UCL. Here he describes some of the themes and activities of Oil & Gas at UCL

With influential steer from the industry partners University College London (UCL) has set up a unique focal point to facilitate effective interfaces between the oil & gas sector and UCL.  This is now available through a dedicated website (Oil & Gas at UCL).

Oil & Gas at UCL is an exciting new partnership stream designed to capitalise on the wealth of innovative solutions at UCL to develop and deliver end user driven technologies in E&P to enhanced business performance.

UCL is one of the world's pioneering universities and consistently rated among the top universities in the UK with a wide international reputation for research and teaching excellence.  It has world-class progressive expertise in many areas related to the upstream technologies. 

The drive to create a leap to achieve the next level performance relies on innovation and transforming technologies with timely delivery to meet business challenges.  Together with the industrial partners, UCL aims to facilitate a leap in oilfield research and technology development.

E&P Themes
UCL excels in four key upstream themes (E&P Themes) including:

Deepwater Technology
This Theme captures focused activities primarily related to deepwater covering many associated projects in exploration, production and transportation.

Subsurface
This Theme refers to notable activities in sub-surface - each activity encapsulates several projects underpinning UCL's global presence in the area.

The Environment & Green Operations
The prospect of global climate change is a matter of genuine public concern and a key avenue of activity at UCL.  The environment and green operations underpin UCL’s approach to next generation technologies and stimulate education.

Upstream Engineering
This Theme captures innovative technologies in upstream engineering from drilling to production, facilities and transportation. These are aligned primarily to departments of Earth Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Geomatic Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering together with Biochemical Engineering and Electronics and Electrical Engineering all with strong undergraduate and graduate programmes and integrated research avenues and technology transfer opportunities.

Innovative Solutions
With steer from the industrial partners, several new innovative projects have been launched and additional projects are in the pipeline (Innovative Solutions).  The focus is on developing progressive/innovative technologies which can make a noticeable impact on the industry.

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