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Global Energy Systems Conference 2013

Professor Mehran Sohrabi, Director of Centre for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Solutions represented Heriot-Watt University at the…
Qatar National Research Fund approves new research projects

The Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) National Priorities Research Programme has awarded funding for two new joint research projects…
Dubai students win EAGE London '13 Student FIELD Challenge

Heriot-Watt University, Dubai Campus MSc Petroleum Engineering students won the 2013 EAGE Student FIELD Challenge at EAGE London '13.…
Duke of York visits Edinburgh Time-Lapse Project stand at EAGE 2013

HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York, joined the cohort of high profile speakers at the 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition. The Edinburgh…
New Heriot-Watt labs take global approach to a global problem

Heriot-Watt University has officially opened a new research centre that uniquely covers the entire carbon capture and storage chain.
Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi express interest in Carbonates…

The Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi (PI) recently visited IPE to discuss opportunities for research and teaching collaboration.

BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013

For the seventh consecutive year, Heriot-Watt University has collaborated with BP plc in the preparation of the data for its…
EAGE online Geo-Quiz competition won by Heriot-Watt students

3rd European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) online student chapter Geo-Quiz competition was held in March 2013 and won…
Heriot-Watt PhD students win Freshhh 2013

A team from Heriot-Watt University won the MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Company Freshhh 2013 student competition.
You can be sure of these future petroleum industry leaders

Students benefit from Shell management skills training as part of group design project
New Professor of Exploration Geoscience Appointment

Heriot-Watt University is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor John Underhill to the new Chair of Exploration Geoscience…
School of Rock: Heriot-Watt academics attend Tectono class reunion

Prof Gary Couples and Dr Helen Lewis of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering reflect on attending a recent alumni event at Texas A&M.

SMEs to benefit from petroleum CPD training discount

Funding opportunity worth up to 50% of course fee available on selected courses.
Collaborating to reduce uncertainty in petroleum reservoir modelling

Visiting researchers from CERENA at IST Lisbon are working with the Institute of Petroleum Engineering to develop a new history…
Chinese delegation explore Petroleum possibilities

Delegates from the China University of Petroleum - Beijing recently visited Heriot-Watt's Institute of Petroleum Engineering to discuss…
IPE secure £1M Petex software donation

Students and researchers continue to benefit from access to class leading software suite.
Head of Institute of Petroleum Engineering is new Royal Society of…

Professor Dorrik Stow, Head of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt, has been announced as one of the 47 new UK and…
Heriot-Watt researchers at the Edinburgh International Science Festival

Heriot-Watt researchers are taking part in a wide range of events at the annual Edinburgh Science Festival.

Scottish and South Korean researchers to collaborate on climate change…

The UK's largest grouping of carbon capture and storage (CCS) researchers has signed a strategic agreement with South Korea's leading…
Global team aim for game-changing clean fuel made from CO2

An international team of scientists is to develop a new reactor that can produce fuel using sunlight and carbon dioxide, paving the way…
New funded postgraduate places at Heriot-Watt

Heriot-Watt University is pleased to announce a major new funding opportunity for postgraduate students domiciled in Scotland to study…
Introduction to Petroleum Engineering

Our 5 day CPD training course examines the engineering challenges and wider economic impact of oil and gas exploration, drilling and…
Heriot-Watt degrees for Azerbaijan

A collaborative agreement has been signed between the University and the newly launched Baku Higher Oil School.
Coal exploration and exploitation of coal bed methane in China

Visiting academics Dr Shuning Dong and Dr Zhijun Shi of the Xi’an Research Institute of China Coal Technology & Engineering Group…

Heriot-Watt academic joins world's largest offshore oilfield…

Professor David Davies of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering is one of three new members who have joined the Brent Decommissioning…
Are you an engineer who needs to know more about the Petroleum Industry?

Our 5 day short course will help you to develop a clear understanding of oil production from origin to end user.
Maths in the Pipeline

Charity works with the Institute of Petroleum Engineering and Cairn Energy to promote careers in the Oil and Gas Industry
Carbon capture and storage win for Heriot-Watt

A Heriot-Watt Partnership, Project COMET, is among the winners of a £20m competition for innovative projects to reduce the cost of…
73k to aid produced water reinjection new tool will tackle…

LUX Innovate Ltd and Heriot-Watt University have secured £73,000 from the government-backed Technology Strategy Board to test the…
Enhancing oil recovery with carbon dioxide foam

Centre for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and CO2 Solutions, Heriot-Watt University, is internationally recognised as a centre of…

New research network for porous media flow

A new UK wide research network that will enable sharing of models, techniques and scientific insights between engineering and mathematics.
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) honours Dr Khafiz Muradov

The Society of Petroleum Engineers honoured Heriot-Watt University lecturer, Dr Khafiz M. Muradov, with the the SPE Cedric K. Ferguson…
FAST research makes front page

An image derived from FAST Group research into penta-phosphonate scale inhibitors has been used on the front cover of a prestigous…
Heriot-Watt research features at showcase oil industry event

Researchers from the Institute of Petroleum Engineering present papers at World Heavy Oil Congress
Heriot-Watt announces new Chancellor

Dr Robert M Buchan has been appointed Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, following a meeting of the University Court on 1st October…
New findings on the lives of brown crabs

Researchers from Heriot-Watt's International Centre for Island Technology have found that some females of the species travel more than…

IPE strength is the knowledge and dedication of its staff

IPE is guided in its strategies by a host of advisors from major oil and service companies who sponsor its research. The outcome of the…
IPE'S Rapid EDX mapping capability will be the UK's fastest

The Institute of Petroleum Engineering's Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) facility investment upgrade will accelerate…
Rock Flow Dynamics makes significant donation of tNavigator

The Institute of Petroleum Engineering is delighted to announce Rock Flow Dynamics (RFD), software developer for the petroleum…
Awards for Petroleum Engineering academics

Dr Khafiz Muradov and Professor David Davies from the Insitute of Petroleum Engineering have been awarded the Cedric K. Ferguson 2012…
IPE announces new industry research project

The Centre for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Solutions has announced its latest industry sponsored research project CO2 Leakage…
The Spirit of Heriot-Watt Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2012 Spirit of Heriot-Watt Awards were announced at a special event hosted by the Principal on Tuesday 12 June.…

BP Statistical Review of World Energy

For the sixth consecutive year, Heriot-Watt University has collaborated with BP p.l.c. in the preparation of the data for their…
Underground energy option

Heriot-Watt will be part of an ambitious joint research project to address key challenges in future energy production.
Marine Energy gain with less pain

The three year project will develop computer based numerical models to simulate the effects of extracting energy using wave and tidal…
Petroleum researchers participating in SPE International Conference,…

A dozen researchers from the Institute of Petroleum Engineering's Flow Assurance and Scale Team (FAST) will be attending the SPE…
Petroleum academics to Chair AAPG Hedberg Conference 2012

Sebastian Geiger and Dr Susan Agar will be chairing the AAPG-SPE-SEG Hedberg Research Conference, July 8 to 13 in Provence, France.
Prestigious appointment to new Sustainable Energy Chair

Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer has been announced as the first holder of the Robert M Buchan Chair in Sustainable Energy Engineering…

Petroleum Geoscience MSc accredited by The Geological Society

The Geological Society, the UK national society for geoscience and the oldest geological society in the world, has accredited the…
Research projects demonstrate interdisciplinary innovation

The first six collaborative research projects to be funded from the new Heriot-Watt Crucible Interdisciplinary Project Fund were…
Secretary of State for Scotland visits Heriot-Watt

Michael Moore, the Secretary of State for Scotland, visiting Heriot-Watt for a briefing on the University's Green Energy research, was…
Carbon capture and storage project launched

The Hydrates, Flow Assurance & Phase Equilibria group of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering in collaboration with the Laboratory of…
Heriot-Watt's industry collaborations showcased

Heriot-Watt's 2012 Industry Day proved to be a huge success, with representatives from academia, industry and research centres coming…
Heriot-Watt scientist leads research adventure into six million years…

In an underwater river of sand and mud off the Iberian Coast, a scientist from Heriot-Watt University has discovered new evidence…

Researchers reach final of business plan competition

A group of entrepreneurial PhD students brought together through the Research Futures 'Enterprising Researcher Summer School' have…
Heriot-Watt University Honorary Graduates, November 2011

Politicians, the Team Principal of the Mercedes GP PETRONAS Formula One team, and the Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Chamber of…
Alex Salmond opens Heriot-Watt's new purpose-built Dubai Campus

Heriot-Watt’s new £35m (ED200m) purpose-built campus has been opened by First Minister Alex Salmond at Dubai International Academic City.
Safeguarding the marine environment with a plastic block

A robust, low-cost device that could measure the onshore effects of offshore wave energy arrays, has won an award for a Heriot-Watt…
Chevron invests £182,000 into University’s pipeline to employment

£182,500 worth of scholarships, course books and funding was presented to Heriot-Watt by leading global energy company Chevron.
2011 graduations at Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University's week-long celebration of 2011 graduations came to an end on Friday 24 June.

Funding boost for Heriot-Watt renewable energy project in rural India

A project led by Heriot-Watt University to provide low-cost renewable energy to rural areas of India has won government funding.
Scotland’s potential for carbon storage industry endorsed by major…

Research shows that rocks deep beneath the Moray Firth are capable of storing decades of CO2 output from Scotland’s power stations.
Potential for carbon storage industry endorsed

Research shows that rocks deep beneath the Moray Firth are capable of storing decades of CO2 output from Scotland’s power stations.
Heriot-Watt team close to solving carbon dioxide storage problem

Academics from the Institute of Petroleum Engineering have developed technology to identify and seal leaks in carbon dioxide storage sites.
Chevron scholarships awarded to Heriot-Watt students

Ten Heriot-Watt students have been awarded Chevron Scholarships under the Chevron University Partnership Program (UPP).
Scientists meet at Orkney Campus to discuss marine renewables

Heriot-Watt University’s Orkney Campus hosted a meeting of marine scientists engaged in setting the research agenda in marine renewables.

BBC Countryfile filming in Orkney

A BBC TV recording team headed by John Craven was in Orkney recently to film for the programme Countryfile, which was broadcast on 16 May.
Students rise to the Pit Stop Challenge

Shell held a workshop for Petroleum Engineering students at Heriot-Watt University to help develop team management and leadership skills.
New Royal Society Fellows announced

Heriot-Watt University academics are among the new Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows.

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