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PhD Carbonate Reservoirs at Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

PhD research in carbonate reservoirs at Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh campus, studying how to characterise, model and predict hydrocarbon recovery from carbonate formations from pore to reservoir scale. It is available full-time or part-time and is self-funded unless a scholarship is secured.

Faculty: School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Research themes are the International Centre for Carbonate Reservoirs (pore-scale characterisation and modelling, run with the Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford), IOR and EOR simulations in fractured carbonate rocks, and next-generation experiments and modelling including 3D-printed porous materials.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants contact the institute to discuss entry. English language requirements apply to applicants for whom English is not a first language.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,238 a year. Scotland fee, full time Source

International applicants: GBP 27,400 a year. International fee, full time Source

Intake: September

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