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Mr Rod Burgass

Position:

Senior Research Associate
Mr Rod Burgass

Tel:

+44 (0)131 451 3798

Fax:

+44 (0)131 451 3539

e-mail:

rod.burgess@pet.hw.ac.uk
Expertise:

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Research Areas:

Laboratory studies of gas hydrate and wax equilbria, use of QCM (Quartz Crystal Microbalance) technology, hydrate inhibitors, effect of water on HPHT fluids. Transportation of hydrate slurries. Hydrate formation in low water content gases. Wax and hydrate inhibitors.

Start Date:

1989
Qualifications:

Part-time PhD (Petroleum Engineering) Student
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
 

MPhil Petroleum Engineering (1995)
Heriot-Watt Unviersity, Edinburgh, UK.
 

BSc Plant Science (1983)
Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, UK.
Academic Experience:

2005 to Present
Senior Research Associate, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, UK.
 

1989 to 2005
Research Associate, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, UK.
Industrial Experience:

1988 to 1989
Laboratory Supervisor, Corelab, RCA and SCAL.
 

1984 to 1988
Redwood Corex, Routine Core Analysis (RCA) and Special Core Analysis (SCAL).