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We have strong partnerships with a number of local and national engineering companies, whose details can be found below.
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3sun
more...a group of companies that support the offshore industry internationally with training and inspection services. As a key member of EEEGR’s Skills for Energy Board they have supported UEA for many years. They offer placements to both undergraduate and postgraduates students and have employed some of our graduates.
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Aquaterra Energy
more...Aquaterra Energy works with the oil and gas industry to provide innovation and solutions. They are particularly interested in offering a riser analysis service to the industry. Breakfast meetings for students and support with MSc dissertations are just some of the ways that they help us.
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Arriva
more...Arriva is one of the largest providers of passenger transport in Europe, employing more than 55,000 people and delivering more than 2.2 billion passenger journeys across 14 European countries each year. They are developing a strategic partnership with UEA aimed at using our students to help deliver their Destination Green environmental strategy.
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Claxton Engineering
more...Claxton Engineering deal in innovative riser pipe solutions for the oil and gas sector. They offer fascinating site visits to explore the huge pipeline assets in their yard in support of our oil and gas engineering module.
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Gardline
more...Gardline is a group of over thirty companies supporting offshore oil and gas industries in the southern North Sea in various supply chains. They recently joined all the above companies in supporting the undergraduate SELECT sponsorship scheme.
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Hethel Innovation
more...Hethel Innovation now supports more than forty SMEs in their incubator facility twenty minutes drive from UEA. This provides many links into the automotive, materials, composites and other sectors that have a significant presence in our region.
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James Fisher Group
more...James Fisher Group are a large marine support organisation. They have sponsored the prize for best second year student and employed postgraduates in developing their Offshore Wind Management System for assisting wind farm installers and operators to manage their assets efficiently.
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Mott MacDonald
more...We are fortunate that global consulting engineers Mott MacDonald have an office in Norwich that allows our students access to their wide range of expertise including structural and water engineering as well as energy and environment.
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Offshore Design Engineering
more...ODE (Offshore Design Engineering) is an international engineering contractor to the oil, gas and renewable energy markets. They have an operations arm at Great Yarmouth that assists a range of companies in maintaining offshore assets. They support our SELECT scheme for undergraduates and have employed some of our postgraduates.
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Perenco UK
more...Perenco UK operates gas platforms and recently bought BP's southern North Sea assets. They have made a generous donation to support us in buying laboratory equipment.
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Scottish Power Renewables
more...Scottish Power Renewables are planning their installation of Europe’s largest wind farm, East Anglia ONE. It will utilise 102 turbines, each with a capacity of 7 megawatts (MW). As part of their support for the local region they have sponsored four scholarships for our MSc students.
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Seajacks
more...Seajacks operate a number of jack-up barges that support the installation of the many wind turbines in various farms in the southern north sea. Human Resources Manager Ian Robertson has supported a number of events and recently employed one of our MSc graduates.
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Shell UK
more...Shell UK process and deliver approximately 20% to 25% of UK’s gas supply at Bacton on the north east Norfolk coast. Each year they take one or two of our MSc students to work on process improvements at the plant. The also regularly accommodate site visits to see thermodynamics in action.