The Team
Hydrafact was founded and is managed by senior staff from the Centre for Gas Hydrate Research (CGHR) at Heriot-Watt University. In addition to its own team and laboratory facilities, Hydrafact is further supported by the staff and laboratories of the CGHR and Reservoir Fluids Research Group at Heriot-Watt.Key People
Tel: +44 (0)131 451 3672
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.
Prof Tohidi's research interests include gas hydrates, flow assurance, phase behaviour and properties of reservoir fluids, and the development of low carbon energy technologies. Currently, he leads the Reservoir Fluids Research Group and is Director of the Centre for Gas Hydrate Research and the newly formed Centre for Flow Assurance Research (C-FAR) at the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, where he manages a wide variety of research projects on gas hydrates, flow assurance, phase behaviour and properties of reservoir fluids.
Prof Tohidi teaches Petroleum Engineering and Production Technology at postgraduate level, as well as offering several short courses to the industry. He has published more than 150 papers and currently holds 8 patents primarily concerning gas hydrate and PVT technologies. He is a Professor at the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Adjunct Professor at the University of Tehran, and Honorary Professor at the School of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Prof Tohidi is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers, and a member of EPSRC (the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council) Peer Review College for 2006-2009. He was SPE Distinguished Lecturer for 2004-2005, giving high-profile presentations on gas hydrates worldwide over the course of the year.
Tel: +44 (0)131 451 3798
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. Currently a Research Fellow at Heriot-Watt, 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.
Tel: +44 (0)131 451 3797
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). 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. Currently a Research Fellow at Heriot-Watt, he is first or co-author on over 90 refereed journal and conference publications, primarily concerning gas hydrates, flow assurance and water-hydrocarbon phase behaviour.
Tel: +44 (0)131 451 3797
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 he obtained his MPhil (1995). Currently a Research Fellow at Heriot-Watt, 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.
Tel: +44 (0)131 451 3564
E-mail: jinhai.yang@pet.hw.ac.uk
Dr Yang holds a BSc in Physics (1982) and a PhD in Reservoir Engineering (1999), both from Southwest Petroleum University (SWPU), China, where he worked as an Associate Professor before joining the Centre of Gas Hydrate Research, Heriot-Watt University in 2000. Currently a Research Fellow at Heriot-Watt, he is first or co-author on over 30 refereed journal and conference publications, primarily concerning physical properties of gas hydrate systems, hydrate reservoir geophysics, and CO2 phase behaviour in porous media.
Tel: +44 (0)131 449 7472
E-mail: iain.young@hydrafact.com
Iain Young is a multi-disciplined engineer with over twenty year's 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.