ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Major milestone in National Subsea Centre development
Chris Pearson
RGU’s multimillion-pound partnership with The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) to deliver a worldclass subsea research and development hub in Aberdeen has hit a major milestone with the appointment of a Director.
Chris Pearson joins RGU to lead the National Subsea Centre’s drive to tackle current and future challenges in subsea engineering. The NSC represents a massive investment by the partners to deliver cost effective, faster, smarter and cleaner technology which will be developed with, and deployed across, the industry. Chris joins RGU from the OGTC, where he led a team focused on identifying and introducing new technologies and techniques to reduce the cost of marginal field development, improve hydrocarbon recovery and unlock small undeveloped discoveries. In addition, he led the integrated
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energy strategy in his group, combining offshore renewable energy with oil and gas to facilitate energy transition and decarbonisation. Chris commented: “We are at a pivotal stage in the NSC’s development and are currently shaping the vision and the sense of direction of travel. A major part of this involved recruiting the right people who can enable us to achieve that vision “In the first instance it’s about establishing sustainability, developing funding streams, and building collaborative relationships with industrial partners, oil and
