Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/C507002/1
Developing hydropyrolysis and allied innovative high-pressure techniques for applications in oil exploration and detection of steroid abuse.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor CE Snape, University of Nottingham, Sch of Chemical and Environmental Eng
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Sephton, The Open University, PSSRI (Planetary & Space Sciences RI)
- Grant held at:
- University of Nottingham, Sch of Chemical and Environmental Eng
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Science Topics:
- Earth Resources
- Properties Of Earth Materials
- Earth Engineering
- Technol. for Environ. Appl.
- Abstract:
- Hydropyrolysis (hypy) is a special analytical pyrolysis technique that solves key problem areas in oil exploration where conventional analysis of biomarkers (hydrocarbons with known biological precursors) fails. In particular, the chemically bound biomarkers released via hypy provide extremely reliable molecular fingerprints for severely biodegraded oils, contaminated cores, oil-field solids (tar mats and pyrobitumens) and this new information has real value in enabling correlations between oils and source rocks that were simply not possible previously. In addition, allied high-pressure techniques are being established for predicting the timing of oil generation under the overpressured conditions often encountered in basins, again being of enormous benefit in oil exploration. We have established recently that hypy has other major potential applications, particularly in steroid drug detection. The overall aim of the follow-on project is to conduct further scientific and technical development of hypy and an allied high-pressure pyrolysis procedure where 'proof of concept' is required to expand the commercial possibilities for a business venture based on hypy and thus bridge the pre-seed funding gap between the completion of the NERC award and the lead-in time before new funding can be secured to further advance the R&D.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/C507002/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Follow on Fund Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Follow on Fund
This grant award has a total value of £51,068
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2,028 | £30,115 | £5,072 | £13,853 |
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