The Role of Innovation Centres

Ian Phillips – Chief Executive – OGIC

Wednesday 12th February 2015

Agenda

• Industry context – necessity is the mother of invention

• Technology Readiness levels – a useful language

• Government backing for industrial innovation

• Innovation Centres – OGIC, CENSIS, The Data Lab and more

• Connection to NSRI

• Production decline continues• Oil price down c. 50% since June

2014• Operating costs do not reflect new

reality• Industry agenda shifting rapidly• Focus on

• Standardisation & work practices

• Cost & efficiency

• Innovation

Industry dynamics

Industry context – necessity is the mother of invention

1 • Basic principles observed and reported

2 • Concept or application formulated

3 • Experimental proof of concept

4 • Concept or process validated in a lab

5 • Component and / or breadboard validated in relevant environment

6 • System model or demonstrator in a relevant environment

7 • System prototype demonstrated in a relevant environment

8 • Actual product completed and verified through test

9 • Actual product proven through successful operations

NASA devised TRLs

Technology Readiness levels – a useful language

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TRL 1 TRL 2 TRL 3 TRL 4 TRL 5 TRL 6 TRL 7 TRL 8 TRL 9

Basic Research Most Government Innovation Support

CommercialExploitation

Commercial Research Funding

UK Research Council Funding (NERC, ESPRC etc)

SFC Research Excellence Grants

SFC Research Postgraduate Grants

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Innovate UK funding

Innovation Centre funding

EU Project funding

Scottish GovernmentScottish Enterprise / HIE funding

Where Government funding is available

Technology Readiness levels – a useful language

Research funding – mainly to universities

Government Funding for Innovation in the UK

2012-2013 funding• £1.95 billion on grants, studentship and fellowships• £0.9 billion on Institutes and infrastructure• Total £2.9 billion

Innovation funding – mainly to companies

Government Funding for Innovation in the UK

Innovate UK 2014-2015 funding• £0.54 billion on thematic programmes• £0.42 billion core funding• Total £0.96 billion

Scottish Enterprise & HIE• £0.34 billion

“Catapults” and “Institutes”

Government backing for industrial innovation

Aero

space Tech

no

logy In

stitute (£

2.2

bn

)

Ad

vanced

Pro

pu

lsion

Cen

tre (£1

bn

)

High Value Manufacturing Catapult

Connected Digital Economy Catapult

Satellite Applications Catapult

Source www.catapult.org.uk

9 Catapults launched to date• Cell Therapy• Connected Digital Economy• Energy Systems• Future Cities• High Value Manufacturing• Offshore Renewable Energy• Precision Medicine• Satellite Applications• Transport Systems

Aerospace Technology Institute - Objectives

• Strategy• Develop the UK’s strategy for aerodynamic, propulsion, aerostructures and

advanced systems technology research

• Capability Mapping• Bring greater coherence to the UK’s existing design and manufacturing capabilities

across industry and academia

• Funding• Provide the means to protect and develop capabilities in the relevant disciplines

critical to achieving the UK’s Strategic Vision for aerospace

• Launch Programmes• Within the funding allocation, recommend projects for funding by BIS and

contracted through the Innovate UK or similar organisations

• Outreach• Raise the profile of the UK as an attractive location to carry out expert design and

manufacturing

Government backing for industrial innovation in other industries

• National Technical Committees – major industry engagement• Advanced Design & Manufacturing

• Aerodynamics

• Autonomous Systems

• Aviation and the Natural Environment

• Electrical Power Systems

• Electronics Systems

• Environmental Technologies

• Health Management & Prognostics

• Human Factors

• Materials and Structures

• Simulation and Synthetic Environments

• Sustainable Air Traffic Management

• Systems Engineering

• Major themes – major areas of funding• Propulsion• Advanced Systems• Aerodynamics• Aerostructures

Aerospace Technology Institute - Organisation

Government backing for industrial innovation in other industries

Oil & Gas Technology

Institute

Digital Offshore

Ageing Structures

Decom

Improved / Enhanced

Oil Recovery

Subsea

Wells

Shale Oil and Gas

Other Areas?

Concept of an Oil and Gas “Technology Institute”

An emerging possibility

TLB Theme- Corrosion Inspection

TLB Theme- Small Pools

TLB Theme- Wells

The Innovation Centre Programme

Innovation Centers – OGIC, CENSIS, The Data Lab and more

OGIC – part of the oil and gas landscape

Innovation Centers – OGIC, CENSIS, The Data Lab and more

PILOT / ILGTechnologyLeadership

Board

IndustryCouncil

ResearchCouncilUK / SFC

Innovate UKSE / HIE

Sevenother

InnovationCentres

OGIC areas of activitySupporting demand-led innovation

Developing major innovation initiatives

Finding new technologies for oil and gas

Supporting University technology commercialisation

Multi-University Research Masters programme

Capital equipment grants to Universities

Innovation Centers – OGIC, CENSIS, The Data Lab and more

Projects executed

Project approval

Projects development

Initial University contacts

OGIC project hopper

Innovation Centers – OGIC, CENSIS, The Data Lab and more

~75 approaches

~15 in discussion

2 projects signed

Industry led governance

Innovation Centers – OGIC, CENSIS, The Data Lab and more

Board

Chair

Paul de Leeuw

CEO

Ian Phillips

Enquest

Neil McCulloch

Proserv

David Lamont

Heriot Watt

Garry Pender

ETP

Barrie Shepherd

Oil & Gas UK Oonagh

Werngren

SFC - observer

Keith McDonald

SE / HIE -observer

David Rennie

Industry Advisory Panel

Project Review Panels

SubseaSeismic & Reservoir

Characterisation

Asset Integrity and Life

ExtensionDecom

Enhanced

Oil Recovery

Production

optimisation

Shale Gas Exploitation

Well

Construction

• SFC-funded, industry-led Innovation Centre• Sensor and imaging systems (SIS) focus in Scotland

• Generate GVA through collaborative projects

• Collaborative partnerships• Brings academic researchers and industry together

• Work with other ICs, Catapults and research orgs

• In-house capabilities• Expert input from own team of industry-experienced

hardware and software engineers

• Project management and commercial framework

• Engaging with the SIS community• Structured outreach programmes

• Special interest groups addressing common challenges

• Mapping vertical supply chains across multiple sectors

• Centre of Excellence for SIS

CENSIS - Sensor & Imaging Systems (SIS)

Innovation Centers – OGIC, CENSIS, The Data Lab and more

CEN

SIS

CENSIS - Offshore & Subsea

Innovation Centers – OGIC, CENSIS, The Data Lab and more

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Transductance& Pre-

Processing

Communications

and networking

Data repository

Analysis &post processing

Visualisation & presentation

Sensor Element

Applications• Robotic platforms• Sensor networks• Decommissioning• IRM• Asset management• Subsea mining• Ultrasonic• Sonar• Ocean scanning• Condition monitoring

World class researchers

IndustryData

science

• Extracting value from data

• useful information that positively benefits ‘business’ and/or society

• What sort of benefits ?

• Typically, prevention (of bad things)

• product or service efficiency improvement

• new products

• new business models.

The DataLab

Innovation Centers – OGIC, CENSIS, The Data Lab and more

• Three academic centres

• Based in Edinburgh (EU, admin centre)

• Aberdeen (RGU)

• Glasgow (GU).

• Industrial focus

• Financial Services, Government, Health, Oil & Gas, Online & Digital

Three DataLab Centres across Scotland

Innovation Centers – OGIC, CENSIS, The Data Lab and more

OGIC and NSRI – complementary activity

OGIC

• Funding

• Project Management

NSRI

• Sector connections

• Sector expertise

Connection to NSRI

• Co-located• Single project review process• Regular operational meetings

Innovation support for

Oil and Gas companies large and small

Ian Phillips – Chief Executive – OGIC

Wednesday 12th February 2015