Pore → Reservoir → Policy
A front door to the subsurface energy transition.
SET-IT integrates geoscience, engineering, and data to deliver safe, scalable CO₂ storage, geothermal heat, hydrogen energy storage, and critical mineral solutions.
Field pilots
North Sea focus
Research culture
Collaborative by design
Pore → Policy Integration
End-to-end
From micro-scale physics to deployment decisions.
Multi-commodity focus
CO₂ + H2 + Heat
Storage, geothermal, and critical minerals.
Test-bed advantage
North Sea
Real-world pilots with global relevance.
Collaborative culture
SET-IT
Cross-school, interdisciplinary, inclusive.
Research themes
From storage to stewardship
Hydrogen & Energy Storage
Subsurface storage and systems optimization for large-scale flexibility.
Critical Minerals
Responsible recovery and subsurface characterization for supply security.
Radioactive Waste Disposal
Safe, long-term geological disposal backed by coupled risk assessment.
Oil & Gas in Transition
Responsible subsurface stewardship and re-use of legacy assets for net-zero.
Projects & pilots
Demonstrating impact at scale
SET-IT projects connect fundamental science with field-ready pilots, accelerating deployment across CO₂ storage, geothermal, hydrogen, and critical minerals.
Explore projects
Project map
GeoSafe Project
Geological disposal research focused on safe, long-term containment.
View projectNorth Sea CO₂ Demonstrator
Integrated storage workflows combining rock physics, reservoir modeling, and monitoring.
Hydrogen Storage Readiness
Risk and performance assessment for large-scale subsurface H2 storage.
Geothermal Heat Accelerators
Field-ready workflows for heat extraction and reservoir sustainability.
Founding members
A collaborative, interdisciplinary team
Culture
Inclusive, evidence-led, and designed for collaboration across disciplines and scales.
Training & skills
CPD micro-credentials, PhD/EngD pathways, and industry co-supervision.
Partnerships
Build the next wave of pilots together
Strategic partners
Multi-year programs, co-developed pilots, and knowledge exchange.
Project partners
Multi-year programs, co-developed pilots, and knowledge exchange.
Collaborator partners
Multi-year programs, co-developed pilots, and knowledge exchange.
Updates
Latest activity
SET-IT launch workshop
Aligning our mission, audiences, and flagship programs with partners.
Pilot collaboration call
Opening pathways for industry to co-develop subsurface demonstrators.
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