Hydrafact People
Hydrafact is managed by senior staff from the Centre for Gas Hydrate Research (CGHR) at Heriot-Watt University. The team currently consists of a business manager and three senior consultants under the direction of Prof Bahman Tohidi. Technical support and experimental facilities are supplemented by the staff and laboratories of the CGHR and Reservoir Fluids Research Group at Heriot-Watt, where Hydrafact is based.
Prof Bahman Tohidi
Position: Managing Director
Tel: +44 (0)131 449 7472
Fax: +44 (0)131 451 3127
E-mail: bahman.tohidi@hydrafact.com
Following graduation in 1984 (BSc in Chemical Engineering, Abadan Institute of Technology, Iran), Bahman Tohidi joined the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), where he worked as production engineer and university lecturer for seven years. In 1991 he joined Heriot-Watt University, graduating with a PhD in Petroleum Engineering in 1995 with his doctoral work on the phase behaviour of water-hydrocarbon systems and gas hydrates. He started his employment at Heriot-Watt in January 1994, working on both Hydrate and Reservoir Fluids research projects.
Iain Young
Position: Project Engineer
Tel: +44 (0)131 449 7472
Mob: +44 (0)7931 570 191
Fax: +44 (0)131 451 3127
E-mail: iain.young@hydrafact.com
Iain is a time-served, multi-disciplined engineer with over twenty years engineering experience in various industries, of which the last 10 years have been in the oil and gas industry. More recently he worked as a Project Engineer with Weatherford in flow assurance and pipeline inspection, primarily in semi-intelligent pigging and data logging. He joined Hydrafact in March 2010 as Project Engineer.
Ross Anderson
Position: Senior Consultant
Tel: +44 (0)131 449 7472
Fax: +44 (0)131 451 3127
E-mail: ross.anderson@hydrafact.com
Ross Anderson holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Geology (University of St. Andrews, UK, 1998), and an MSc in Geochemistry (University of Edinburgh, UK, 1999). Following graduation, he joined the team of the Centre for Gas Hydrate Research at Heriot-Watt. He has over 10 years hydrate and flow assurance experience, working on both industry-funded flow assurance projects and government sponsored research into naturally-occurring gas hydrates. He is first or co-author on over 50 refereed journal and conference publications, primarily concerning fluid phase behaviour, gas hydrates in marine sediments, and avoiding hydrate problems in the oil and gas industry. Mr Anderson is a Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Rod Burgass
Position: Senior Consultant
Tel: +44 (0)131 451 3672
Fax: +44 (0)131 451 3127
E-mail: rod.burgass@hydrafact.com
Following graduation from the University of Aberdeen, UK (1983), Rod Burgass worked on routine and special core analysis, first for Redwood Corex (1984 to 1988), then Corelabs (1988 to 1989). In 1989, he took up a research position at Heriot-Watt University, first within the Reservoir fluids Group, then the Gas Hydrate Group, during which him he obtained his MPhil (1995). He has over 20 years experience of hydrocarbon PVT, hydrate and flow assurance studies, and is first or co-author on over 60 refereed journal and conference publications, primarily concerning reservoir fluid phase behaviour, and avoiding hydrates/wax problems in the oil and gas industry.
Antonin Chapoy
Position: Senior Consultant
Tel: +44 (0)131 451 3672
Fax: +44 (0)131 451 3127
E-mail: antonin.chapoy@hydrafact.com
Dr Antonin Chapoy holds a DEA (MSc) in Chemical Engineering (Université d'Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France, 2001), an MSc in Energy Engineering (Institut Universitaire des Systémes Thermiques et Industriels, Marseille, France, 2001) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (Paris School of Mines, France, 2004). As an undergraduate, he trained with BP Chemicals (Lavéra, France and Hull, UK), Fondis SA, (France), Adecco (France) and Rhodia-Alsachimie (France). Following completion of his PhD, he joined the Centre for Gas Hydrate Research at Heriot-Watt as a Research Associate. Dr Chapoy has over 8 years research experience of gas hydrate and hydrocarbon phase behaviour, and has managed a wide range of projects, predominately sponsored by industry. He is first or co-author on over 60 refereed journal and conference publications, primarily concerning gas hydrates, flow assurance and water-hydrocarbon phase behaviour. Dr Chapoy is a Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.