Dr. Abubakar Abbas
School of Science, Engineering and Environment
Newton Building, Room G82.
Please email to arrange an appointment.
Office times
Monday 14:00 - 16:00
Wednesday and Friday 11:00 - 13:00
Current positions
Lecturer in Petroleum and Gas Engineering & Programme Leader for M.Sc. Petroleum and Gas Engineering
Biography
I am a Chartered Engineer with Engineering Council (UK) under the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers, UK, PhD graduate in Gas Engineering, and a Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), with about 16 years combined academic, technical and commercial experience dominantly in energy industry, leading academic research groups in Natural Gas / Hydrogen blends and Decarbonization innovation projects through Carbon capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), among many energy sources including oil, natural gas, hydrogen, in relation to fuel interchangeability as part of energy transition projects and UK Net Zero Carbon target of 2050.
Areas of research
Natural Gas and Hydrogen pipelines/networks, Carbon capture, Enhanced Oil Recovery and Enhanced Gas Recovery
Areas of supervision
Energy transition and Carbon capture
- Gas Flow and Network Analysis
- Experimental and Measurement Methods
- Heat Transfer, Combined Heat and Power
- Petroleum Production Engineering
- Overview of Petroleum Industry and Chemistry
- Natural Gas and Hydrogen pipelines/networks
- Carbon capture
- Enhanced Oil Recovery
- Enhanced Gas Recovery
- Energy transition
Qualifications
- PhD Gas Engineering
- M.Sc. Gas Engineering and Management
- B.Eng. Chemical Engineering
- Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
Memberships
- Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council UK
- Chartered Member, Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers UK
- Fellow Higher Education Academy