ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute

The Petroleum Institute | Annual Report - Academic Year 2011 - 2012
III. Strategic Research Themes
There are four strategic research themes and
focus areas. These are addressed by professors
who take the lead in developing their respective
themes. Two GRC chair professors have been
appointed: Dr. Jorge Salgado Gomes (Partex)
and Dr. Yves Gunaltun (Total). The following
research themes have been identified:
• Gas processing and gas treatment
• Materials science and corrosion
• Advanced dynamic process simulation &
control
• Energy efficiency and environmental
technology
Application for projects
In principle, new proposals can be submitted
to the GRC twice a year. The approval process
comprises of three steps:
• The GRC Technical Committee considers/
evaluates each project on its scientific
merit and relevance for GASCO.
• In case of a positive recommendation by
the Technical Committee, the budget of
the proposal will be evaluated by the GRC
Finance Committee.
• Final approval of the proposal belongs
to the authority of the GRC Steering
Committee.
Monitoring progress of the projects
The GRC requires quarterly reports from
each project in order to monitor its progress.
These reports will be evaluated by a
Project Management Committee, which has
representatives from ADNOC, GASCO, Shell,
Total, Partex and the PI. The GRC director
chairs the committee and conclusions and
recommendations will be reported to the GRC
Steering Committee.
Overview of approved projects
At the moment (December 2012) kUSD 17,400
has been assigned to 10 GRC research projects.
An overview of these projects is given below:
1. GR001: “Advanced Chemistry & Materials
Laboratory”, Principal Investigator Dr. Yves
Gunaltun; total budget: kUSD 4,200.
2. GR002: “Black Powder, Sources, Detection
and Mitigation in Gas Transmission and
Distribution Systems”, Principal Investigator
Dr. Mohamed Saeed AlShehhi; total budget:
kUSD 4,100.
3. GR003: “BTX removal in the sulfur recovery
process using adsorption”, Principal
Investigator Dr. Ahmed Al Shoaibi; total
budget: kUSD 1,500.
4. GR004: “CUI Monitoring Tool”, Principal
Investigator Dr. Yves Gunaltun; total budget:
kUSD 1,400.
5. GR005: “Surface-Engineered Self-Healing
Anti-Corrosion Particle Coatings for Pipes
and Storage Tanks”, Principal Investigator
Dr. Vikas Mittal; total budget: kUSD 700.
6. GR006: “Deterioration of solvent Quality
and Foaming problems in a Gas Sweetening
Unit“, Principal Investigator Dr. Fawzi Banat;
total budget: kUSD 1,200.
7. GR007: “Corrosion Modeling for Best
& Worst Case Contaminants”, Principal
Investigator Dr. Yves Gunaltun; total budget:
kUSD 600.
8. GR008: “Proposed Solutions for the new
challenges GASCO is facing in existing
and new Gas plants: High H2S and
CO2, and unconventional contaminants
concentrations”, Principal Investigator Dr.
Abdallah Berrouk; total budget: kUSD 700.
9. GR009: “Ionic Liquids for CO2 Separation”,
Principal Investigator Dr. Abdallah Berrouk;
total budget: kUSD 2,000.
10. GR010: “N2 removal from Natural Gas”,
Principal Investigator Dr. Kean Wang; total
budget: kUSD 1,000.
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