TECHNOLOGY
Chevron invests millions of pounds in technology, innovation and research and development in the U.K., helping create and unlock a host of growth opportunities for the future. Our continued investment supports the economic health of the U.K. through job creation, tax revenues, investments in the U.K. supply chain, research and development and the purchase of local goods and services.
Technology plays a critical role in meeting the challenges we face in the energy business. It enables Chevron to maximise resource recovery, improve operational efficiency, maximise reliability and production efficiency from existing assets and develop new oil and gas reserves in deeper water and more complex formations.
Success depends on sustained collaboration across business segments and time zones. We are leveraging the ingenuity of our employees, suppliers and research partners to test and develop innovative new technologies that will help us meet energy needs and support economic growth around the world.
at the centre of technology
Chevron’s U.K. Global Technology Centre (GTC) was established in 2007 to align with Chevron's long-term energy growth strategy and improve our connection with the vibrant European oil and gas technology ecosystem and supplier marketplace.
The GTC is a strategic extension of Chevron’s Energy Technology Company and complements Chevron’s existing technology facilities in Houston and Richmond in the United States; and Perth, Australia. It provides a hub of technical excellence that supports Chevron's global portfolio of projects leveraging the U.K. technological capability.
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The GTC helps increase our pool of technical talent and covers a range of strategic disciplines including:
- Drilling Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Geophysics
- Materials
- Reliability
- Reservoir Simulation
- Process Engineering and Safety
- Rock Mechanics
- Subsea Engineering
- Digital Science
- Technical Computing
The GTC provides facilities engineering support for Chevron’s deep-water assets worldwide, has been at the forefront of Chevron's application of advanced methods to understand the subsurface, such as ocean bottom node seismic, geomechanical modelling and reservoir simulation and is a developing centre of digital science expertise.
The GTC also develops partnerships to enable innovation and new technology deployments for a diverse range of Chevron operations and development projects, including Gorgon and Wheatstone in Australia, Tengizchevroil in Kazakhstan, the Permian Basin in the United States and Captain in the U.K.
creating innovative solutions
The U.K. has a strong track record of innovation. Chevron is well placed to benefit globally from new technologies developed in response to the ever-changing needs of oil and gas operations.
Chevron develops alliances with leading U.K. universities, industry research partners and start-up technology ventures to work to enable innovation and support the acceleration of new technology deployments across the energy spectrum. As the digital transformation gathers pace, Chevron is focused on applying data science, predictive technologies, workflow automation and robotics to improve the safety and reliability operations.
Collaborative partnerships include offshore field trials with the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and key academic institutions including the University of Bristol, Heriot-Watt University and Imperial College; and partnerships with small, innovative companies in fields such as fibre optics and subsea well control.
