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Record year for Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh has strengthened its position as Scotland's leading research institution by earning a record £210 million to fund its research in 2006/07 – an increase of 50 percent on last year.

The Institute of Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, is recognised, as a specialist centre of excellence, reflecting Edinburgh’s research strength in the academic disciplines associated with oil and gas.

Oil and gas companies based in Edinburgh City Region include Cairn Energy, Bredero Shaw and BUE Marine, who are making considerable progress into emerging oil and gas regions in the Caspian Sea and West Africa.   

The city's universities are leading a number of multi-disciplinary research projects and training courses:

Heriot Watt University – School of Life Sciences

The school offers a number of directly related undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Marine Resource Management, and chemical engineering in Oil and Gas.   

Heriot Watt University, Institute of Petroleum Engineering

A world-renowned centre for research and training, with the largest Petroleum Engineering programme in the UK.  The Institute adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to focusing on upstream oil and gas resources and has well-established links with industry and other academics around the world.

Edinburgh Collaborative of Subsurface Science and Engineering (ECOSSE)

ECOSSE combines research groups based at the University of Edinburgh, Heriot Watt University, the Scottish branch of the British Geological Survey, and the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre. Research areas - hydrocarbon systems, subsurface storage of greenhouse gases and waste materials, and geothermal processes.

University of Edinburgh – Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions

A multidisciplinary centre designed to promote the study of materials at extremes of pressure and temperature, and in electromagnetic fields.  The Centre’s work is applicable to many areas including oil drilling in deep sea conditions, geosciences and geoplanetary science.  

Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage

Recently set up as a partnership between the University of Edinburgh, Heriot Watt University and the British Geological Survey, the Centre provides research and development capability to create containment solutions for Carbon Dioxide (CO2).