Your Innovation Partner
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre is your innovation partner – working with you to make it happen!
Their goal is to unlock the full potential of the UK North Sea, anchor the supply chain in North East Scotland and inspire a culture of innovation and transformation.
Established in October 2016 with £180 million from the Aberdeen City Region Deal, the OGTC aims to be the go-to technology centre for the oil and gas industry - both in the UK and internationally.
Their Technology Vision 
They provide an industry-led, focused and flexible approach to deliver, accelerate, stimulate and inspire innovation. This includes a specific focus on technology that will fix today, unlock potential and transform tomorrow for the net zero future.
So far they have co-invested nearly £130 million in over 200 industry-led projects, developing and deploying new technologies - while creating a broader culture of innovation. To date they have now welcomed over 20,000 people through their doors!
Transforming ideas into solutions
They partner with industry, government and academia to transform ideas into solutions. This is delivered through:
Driving
Action through technology roadmaps to achieve the full potential of the North Sea and grow the supply chain.
Delivering
Projects that move the dial on key challenges and opportunities across the UKCS and beyond.
Connecting
Industry, governments, regulators and academia to drive technology investment and deployment.
Vision and values
Their vision is to help make the North East of Scotland a great place to live, work and invest.
Their ambition is to become the go-to technology centre for the oil and gas industry in the UK and internationally.
Their values reflect our role as a leading research and knowledge technology organisation. They guide their behaviours and actions as they seek to fund and build sustainable partnerships with industry, academia and government.
Their values are:
Independent
They operate within a network of stakeholders with independence and integrity. Providing unbiased selection of ideas and projects to drive performance improvements in their industry.
Innovative
They believe great technology appropriately deployed can make a step change in an industry and want to be part of creating that change in how they work.
Inclusive
They serve the whole of the oil and gas industry, from the biggest operators to the smallest technology specialists, and everyone in between.
Inquisitive
We do not take anything at face value. They are constantly looking for new ideas and opportunities which could make a difference in their sector.
Inspiring
They seek to inspire younger generations to join the industry and transform it through technology. They support the development of an inspiring, dynamic and vibrant technology-oriented community anchored in the region.


