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PhD Centre for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Solutions at Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

PhD research at the Centre for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Solutions in Edinburgh, investigating hydrocarbon recovery mechanisms using laboratory flow visualisation, core testing and modelling of flow through porous media. It is available full-time or part-time.

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 areas include gas-condensate flow near the wellbore, well deliverability improvement, trapping and remobilisation of hydrocarbon, water alternating gas (WAG), miscible WAG and simultaneous water and gas (SWAG) injection, and recovery from naturally fractured reservoirs.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants contact the institute to discuss entry.

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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