Dr Thomson has almost 20 years experience in evaluating polymer performance for the Oil and Gas sector.

Experience

Dr. Thomson is the company expert within the Oil & Gas sector where the performance of polymeric materials requires evaluation. He has almost 20 years experience of evaluating polymer performance for a wide variety of Oil & Gas industry sector applications and is highly experienced in designing and executing tests involving H2S.

His particular focus is on elastomers and thermoplastics as they are used in hostile service conditions for example, resistance to chemical ageing and RGD events. 

He is actively involved in:

  • Fluid exposure tests involving oils, brines, hydrogen sulphide, acids, treatment chemicals, HPHT gas
  • The development of functional and custom tests to measure component (e.g., seal, pipe) performance as well as new test methodology and procedure development.

During his career, Dr. Thomson has been involved in hundreds of material performance related projects for commercial clients. In terms of large projects Barry was the manager of the internationally supported oil & gas sector SOUR and SOUR2 Joint Industry Projects (JIP’s).

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Dr Thomson has almost 20 years experience in evaluating polymer performance for the Oil and Gas sector.

Experience

Dr. Thomson is the company expert within the Oil & Gas sector where the performance of polymeric materials requires evaluation. He has almost 20 years experience of evaluating polymer performance for a wide variety of Oil & Gas industry sector applications and is highly experienced in designing and executing tests involving H2S.

His particular focus is on elastomers and thermoplastics as they are used in hostile service conditions for example, resistance to chemical ageing and RGD events. 

He is actively involved in:

  • Fluid exposure tests involving oils, brines, hydrogen sulphide, acids, treatment chemicals, HPHT gas
  • The development of functional and custom tests to measure component (e.g., seal, pipe) performance as well as new test methodology and procedure development.

During his career, Dr. Thomson has been involved in hundreds of material performance related projects for commercial clients. In terms of large projects Barry was the manager of the internationally supported oil & gas sector SOUR and SOUR2 Joint Industry Projects (JIP’s).