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Quintessa supports Well Decommissioning Guidelines

9 Dec 2022

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has developed the Well Decommissioning for CO2 Storage Guidelines in response to an action set by the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to the UK offshore oil and gas industry. Quintessa has supported the development of Guidelines as a member of…

GHGT-16: Quintessa presents on the development of a CCS risk register

8 Dec 2022

In October 2022, Quintessa attended the 16th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-16), in Lyon, France. The GHGT conference series is established as the principal international conference on greenhouse gas mitigation technologies, focussing on Carbon Capture, Utilis…

Sports Rating Algorithm Predicts FIFA World Cup 2022 Final Stages

7 Dec 2022

Quintessa mathematicians and scientists enjoy analysing numbers. Over the last few months, Simon Rookyard and Jodie Stone have further enhanced Quintessa’s algorithm for sports team rating and result prediction that was used to predict results for the UEFA Euro 2020 competition. It will be put thro…

Sports Rating Algorithm Predicts FIFA World Cup 2022 Knockout Stages

2 Dec 2022

Quintessa mathematicians and scientists enjoy analysing numbers. Recently, Simon Rookyard and Jodie Stone presented predictions of the results in the group stage of the ongoing FIFA World Cup - Qatar 2022. With the group stage complete, they now present predictions for the round of 16.

Employee Ownership Association Annual Conference 2022

23 Nov 2022

The 2022 Employee Ownership Association (EOA) Annual Conference was held on 3rd and 4ᵗʰ October at the ACC Liverpool. Among the 670 delegates from 214 businesses were Quintessa's Louise Bruffell, Vicky Gaskin, Laura Limer, Rebecca Newson and Amy Taylor.

Alex Bond to Present IMechEng Webinar

21 Nov 2022

Alex Bond will be giving a webinar hosted by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers at 2 pm GMT on Wednesday 30ᵗʰ November. It will focus on the application of COMSOL to model the potential for thermally induced fracturing of deep clays as part of DECOVALEX-2023.

Sports Rating Algorithm Predicts FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Stages

18 Nov 2022

New publication on risk assessment methodology for geoenergy technologies

6 Sep 2022

Quintessa employees have co-authored a paper on a flexible risk assessment methodology for geoenergy technologies with Cardiff University's Geoenvironmental Research Centre.

Modelling of dietary iodine intake and excretion

29 Jul 2022

Quintessa’s compartment modelling software, AMBER, has recently been used in a Canadian PhD study, to model the dietary intake and excretion of I-129 and I-127 in human biological materials.

University students Jodie Stone and Josh Nicholas start their placement year at Quintessa

28 Jul 2022

Quintessa welcomes Jodie Stone and Josh Nicholas from the University of Bath as they start placements with us as part of undergraduate courses in Mathematics and Physics, respectively.

Well Decommissioning White Paper

27 Jul 2022

Quintessa has developed a White Paper highlighting the importance of well decommissioning in the transition to a net zero carbon-emitting economy.

Renato Zagorscak gives lecture at seminar on Climate Change in Civil Engineering

22 Jul 2022

Renato Zagorscak was an invited speaker at the Climate Change in Civil Engineering Seminar Series organised by Brunel University London on 16ᵗʰ June 2022.

AMBER 6.6 Released

19 Jul 2022

Quintessa is pleased to announce that the latest version of AMBER has been released. AMBER 6.6 offers an improved user experience on small screens, as well as a number of calculation and usability improvements and bug fixes.

Quintessa Relocates for Two Days

13 Jun 2022

On 10ᵗʰ and 11ᵗʰ May Quintessa employees held an offsite meeting at Nailcote Hall Hotel, Coventry, which provided us with a wonderful opportunity to socialise in an enjoyable non-work environment.

Biosphere Assessment for Radioactive Waste Disposal

6 Jun 2022

Updated international guidance has recently been published for biosphere modelling in support of long-term safety assessments of solid radioactive waste disposal facilities through the IAEA MODARIA II programme and supported by the BIOPROTA forum.

Quintessa Prize Awarded to Bristol University Students

9 May 2022

In 2020, Quintessa established an annual prize for the best dissertation on the MSc Course in Nuclear Science and Engineering at the University of Bristol. The prize was established in recognition of the vision, enthusiasm and ethos of our founder, David Hodgkinson, who has encouraged many people t…

Quintessa presents at Waste Management Conference

29 Apr 2022

Louise Bruffell and Alan Paulley travelled to their first in-person event for two years, in order to present at the recent Waste Management conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Rebecca Newson Interviewed by Employee Ownership Association

28 Apr 2022

Rebecca Newson, an elected employee trustee director at Quintessa, has been interviewed by the UK Employee Ownership Association (EOA). You can read about how a flat management structure helps us share control amongst our employee owners on the EOA Website.

Online Database of Bentonite Experiments Published

28 Apr 2022

As part of the Euratom Beacon (Bentonite Mechanical Evolution) project, Quintessa have compiled a database of experiments relevant to the mechanical evolution of bentonite that is now available on the Beacon website in a searchable webpage format.

Containment Risk Assessment (CRA) for Underground CO₂ Storage Using Multiple Lines of Evidence

4 Apr 2022

Organised by SPE Aberdeen and PESGB, the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) virtual Conference was held from 21ˢᵗ to 24ᵗʰ February 2022, and featured current CCUS projects, case histories, technical initiatives, operating practices and panel discussions.

Vicky Gaskin joins Quintessa

18 Mar 2022

Quintessa is pleased to announce that Vicky Gaskin joined the company on 1ˢᵗ March 2022.

TESLA 2.2 Decision Support Software Released

17 Feb 2022

Version 2.2 of TESLA's decision support software, TESLA, has been released, introducing new features and improving quality, security and its future maintainability. The TESLA 2.2 Release Note describes changes in this version and the TESLA User Guide provides a comprehensive guide to its usage.

Well Decommissioning in the Energy Transition

10 Jan 2022

The UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) held a virtual conference on 7ᵗʰ-8ᵗʰ September 2021, with a dedicated poster session held on 16ᵗʰ November 2021, entitled “Delivering on COP26: CCS across the world”. The conference involved several prominent contributors who outlined sign…