Robert Gordon University and OPITO are working on a new UKCS Skills Strategy, and have put out an online skills survey. - Read More
OGIC News
Our latest activity figures show OGIC continuing to foster and fund innovation and deliver for industry. We've now supported 91 projects since our launch in 2014, worth over £10 million in value. - Read More
On November 8th, OGIC ran an event in collaboration with Construction Scotland IC and in association with Robert Gordon University. As visualisation technology evolves, there are more opportunities being identified that benefit both the oil and gas and construction industries. This event outlined the current status and future opportunities for visualisation within both industries. … Continued - Read More
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has launched a unique programme to support businesses in the energy sector to scale up and grow. OGIC will help deliver the programme. - Read More
The Scottish Universities Partnership for Environmental Research Doctoral Training Partnership (or SUPER DTP) has announced its first call for PhD studentship proposals. - Read More
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has opened applications for Cohort 2 of its TechX Pioneer programme. Closing date for applications is 31 January 2019, and the programme will start in May 2019. - Read More
Tendeka is a leading provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry. It identified an opportunity to perform a computational investigation of the performance of the Autonomous Inflow Control Device (AICD), which is used as a valve for oil production applications. - Read More
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) is supporting three new research projects centred on how digitalisation can improve efficiency and provide cost savings to the oil and gas industry. - Read More
TechnipFMC is a global leader in subsea, onshore/offshore and surface projects. Identifying the need to develop a method of suspending the umbilical in the water column and transferring the weight, TechnipFMC approached OGIC and partnered with the University of Aberdeen to undertake concept design, detailed design, prototype manufacture and testing of their load bearing connector. - Read More
Subsea UK has issued a call to action, urging supply chain companies to step forward with ideas and solutions that could support the decommissioning of the largest nuclear site in Europe. - Read More
Pitch@Palace 10.0, which will take place in London on 8 November, is well underway. We have already had two fantastic On Tour events in Edinburgh (2 July) and Wrexham (11 July). The final On Tour event will take place in Belfast on 21 September and Boot Camp will be held at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School on 4 October. - Read More
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) has signed its 75th project, taking its total investment into innovative technology over the last four years to £3.8million. The latest project comes as OGIC finalises agreements on five new technologies, all of which have the potential to cut operational costs and improve efficiency in the oil and gas industry. - Read More
The Weir Group identified an opportunity to develop a coating material combining a 2D nanomaterial with polymers that would either reduce or eliminate gas permeation and worked with OGIC and Heriot-Watt University as their academic partner. - Read More
On 31st May 2018, OGIC hosted an event to discuss methods of getting innovations to market in the oil and gas industry. Covering innovation funding options, discussing IP protection and finding new markets for innovations, attendees heard from a host of speakers with experiences working through from concept to commercialisation. - Read More
Building on the success of delivering over 30 Produced Water Management and Oil-in-Water Measurement Conferences globally, TUV SUD NEL is now organising this year’s Produced Water Workshop. - Read More
About our team The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre was set up in 2014 to support the industry agenda to increase production and reduce costs in the UKCS by enabling the delivery of innovative technical solutions, using the skills and expertise of Scottish Higher Education Institutes, innovators and SMEs. The OGIC Management Team is … Continued - Read More
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) has today (Monday 14th May) reported that more than 500 jobs will be sustained or created in Scotland over the next six years as a direct result of its support for research and development. - Read More
As part of an open call for innovation, the Game Changers Programme are inviting businesses to attend an event to learn how their oil and gas decommissioning expertise could be translated to meet the challenges faced at Sellafield. - Read More
RAB-Microfluidics identified an opportunity to revolutionise petroleum testing and analysis services by making conventional laboratory procedures mobile, rapid and routine. RAB-Microfluidics engaged with OGIC and collaborated with the University of Aberdeen as its academic partner. - Read More
Rawwater partnered with the University of Aberdeen to determine creep behaviour of novel alloys for well plugging and abandonment. - Read More
The SMAS National Manufacturing Conference returns to the Westerwood Hotel in Cumbernauld on Wednesday 30 May, where 400 manufacturing leaders will gather to be inspired, learn, network and debate. - Read More
A course delivered by James Hutton Institute specialist staff with contributions by honorary associate Tony Fraser. - Read More
On the 23rd April ETP will host the 2nd Energy Innovation Emporium, to convene the energy community to inform Scotland's energy future. Participants come from academia, industry and public bodies. By debating energy policy, we will identify avenues of cooperation, and define research & investment needs. - Read More
Aberdeen’s Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) has invested £300,000 in three new projects with the potential to improve efficiency and cut costs in the energy industry. - Read More
Aubin identified an opportunity to transform Well P&A, by using chemical and material technology to create a rigless solution. Aubin approached OGIC and selected Heriot-Watt University as their academic partner. - Read More
ScotCHEM has a benchtop NMR available for loan to businesses for short industrial projects between April and September 2018. - Read More
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC), working together with the University of Aberdeen, the coordinating university for the MSc in Oil & Gas Engineering, is seeking companies willing to provide a short project or feasibility study for an enrolled student. - Read More
Scotland’s top oil and gas research and development organisations (the Royal Society of Edinburgh, OGIC and The Data Lab - Innovation Centre) are to travel to China this month as part of a knowledge share designed to fortify ties and increase business. - Read More
There are only a few days left to submit your proposal to the Fundación Repsol Entrepreneurs Fund (until 12th March). - Read More
In the last 12 months, the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) to benefit the oil and gas industry has been accelerated with the arrival of 4G technology offshore. With the agility to adopt new technologies, and the ability to collect and assess big data and communicate offshore analysis and results in real time, 4G is bridging the last few metres from control room to the live plant. IoT devices are now a more accessible and viable resource to develop alternative solutions for industry challenges. - Read More
RSE Enterprise Fellowships are now available to apply for. These fellowships enable promising science and technology researchers to develop into successful entrepreneurs. Awardees get to focus solely on refining their business ideas, whilst receiving one year’s salary, expert training in entrepreneurship and access to mentorship from business Fellows of the RSE and other successful entrepreneurs in the business community. - Read More
Fundación Repsol has launched the 7th call for proposals for its Entrepreneurs Fund, the business accelerator that supports innovative startups in the fields of energy industry and advanced mobility. - Read More
For businesses aiming to develop their supply and distribution chains in new or key international markets, employing an experienced MBA student who has language skills and cultural awareness together with business connections in that area, could certainly benefit the company. - Read More
Our case studies Flip Book is now published. The Flip Book includes numerous examples of companies collaborating with Scottish Universities, alongside OGIC support, to complete innovative projects. - Read More
Industry body Subsea UK in partnership with Scottish Enterprise has today announced that it has opened an R&D funding call for innovation projects to drive forward research and development projects between Scotland and Japan that will help solve the industry’s most complex technological challenges. - Read More