MSc in Geoenergy

This MSc offers training and experience in geoenergy as we move to a low-carbon economy. The Geoenergy programme includes a range of resource-related themes, including Petroleum, Unconventional Hydrocarbons, Geothermal, Clean Coal, Resources from Waste, Carbon Capture and Storage, Water and Mineral Resources. The programme is unique in offering a research-focused masters with some taught and training components supported by the Durham Energy Institute (DEI) and MSc in Energy and society (L6K807, Department of Anthropology). Training in this field could lead to job opportunities within the energy industry or with regulatory bodies and consultancies.

Applications are welcome at any time - there is no specific deadline. The list of projects in Geoenergy is below.

Further information and how to apply for an MSc by research degrees contact: [email protected]

New Research Projects

• Controls on faulted geothermal systems.
  (Prof. Ken McCaffrey, Dr Charlotte Adams, Prof. Jon Gluyas)
• The geology of fissure fills in fractured crystalline reservoirs.
  (Bob Holdsworth, Ken McCaffrey, Richard Jones (GRL))
• The heat beneath our feet: modelling geothermal energy from abandoned mines.
  (Prof Jeroen van Hunen, Julien Mouli-Castillo)
• Subsurface voids and their sedimentology: implications for drilling into mines for heat!
  (Stuart Jones, Jeroen van Hunen, Leigh Sharpe)

Entry: via application form here and following successful interview. For subject specific enquiries please contact the project supervisor, and for general postgraduate enquiries contact: earthsci.[email protected].

Duration: 12 months [or 24 months part-time].

Entry requirements: 2.1 Bachelor's degree or above (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.

Assessment: research dissertation.