Oil & Gas Institute

We respond directly to industry needs, helping to address key challenges in the oil and gas sector.

About us

The University of Strathclyde's Oil & Gas Institute works in partnership with industry to further support innovation and deliver economic impact.

What we do

We provide the oil and gas sector with skilled graduates, access to world-leading research and cutting-edge facilities.

Our research

The Strathclyde Oil & Gas Institute brings together expertise from Scotland's largest Engineering Faculty with other academics and researchers in Science, Business and Humanities and Social Sciences.

Work with us

Our expertise spans from the initial design of platforms and other equipment, the measurement and monitoring of equipment during its operation through to decommissioning and data analytics.

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Industry Perspective:

Paul White, Chief Engineer at Baker Hughes, explains the fundamentals of digital technology within the Oil and Gas industry including the huge potential it offers in terms of delivering value, reducing cost and risk, whilst improving both productivity and efficiency.

InterventorTM - From Concept to Commercialisation

OGIC Project Case Study: Hydrasun with the University of Strathclyde

X Ray Scanner is now up and running.

As well as as new academic studies we are now also seeking new industrial partners in order to make full use of the scanner to the benefit of the OIl and Gas supply Chain.

MSc Energy Systems Innovation

Support the development of new ideas and technologies in the energy sector by combining aspects of systems management, entrepreneurship and technical aspects of energy systems.

N-Sea and the University of Strathclyde

Practical Implementation of Deep Learning for Subsea Video Annotation - A joint R&D project between N-Sea and the University, the project involved developing a deep learning video annotation model for the automatic eventing of subsea survey video.

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Computational Fluid Dynamics / Design Analysis of Mechanical Fluid Heater

OGIC Project Case Study: Cavitas Energy with University of Strathclyde

Willie Reid presents to SE's Energy team at their Strategy meeting in Dundee

Willie Reid gave his views on the Global Oil and Gas supply chain and the role of oil and gas in the transition to the low carbon economy to the 50 strong Scottish Enterprise energy team.


Oil and Institute attends World Future Enery Summit

Willie Reid talks with Bob Dudley, Group CEO, BP at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. BP was joined by Total, Occidental, ADNOC, Saudi Aramco and Exxonmobil as Oil and Gas company contributors to this major event. Nick Hurd, UK Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry also visited the BP stand and presented at the conference.

Funding secured for CCS study

Strathclyde have secured funding for a four-year project to study the ability of complex rock strata beneath the North Sea to trap carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions securely