R & D and Training

Research & Development

Local Scientific centers

International Scientific centers

Human force

Recruitment of the Elite Graduates of Universities

R&D directorate of NIOC is a body which has been established to institutionalize and promote research culture and lead scientific researches to be fruitful in oil upstream industries.

Major Activities of this directorate are as following:

Implementation of 22 research projects on recovery enhancement, oil reservoirs and operation (IOR&EOR projects)

Supervision of 14 projects implemented by "Research Institute of Petroleum Industry" on recovery enhancement and operation

Conducting the projects for reducing operation costs

Establishment and improvement of upstream laboratories-PVT and Core

This directorate has established scientific and research relations with numerous local and foreign scientific centers, chief among them are:

Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI)

Sharif Industrial University

Amir Kabir Industrial University

Petroleum Industry University

Sahand University (Tabriz)

Bahonar University (Kerman)

Consulting companies such as Zeef and M.I.I
Universities such as Calgary of Canada, Imperial College of UK, Texas of America, Harroit watt of Scotland and Torenheim of Norway
Through formation of scientific and research consortiums and recovery enhancement, R&D directorate has done desirable activities, chief among them are: National Japanese Oil Company Shell, Statoil and Total Fina Elf.

In order to recruit and maintain its skilled human force, NIOC has steadily developed and performed comprehensive policies and plans.
In the year 2003, NIOC staff have had 52096 and 3470790 man hour on-the-job training respectively abroad and at home. One of the other training activities on human force is scientific links with some reliable local and overseas universities. To receive the required training and update various arenas of petroleum industry, such industry techniques, such as administration, finance, services, operation and upstream industry techniques, staff have been dispatched aboard.
It is worth mentioning that in 2003, through coordination with Petroleum Industry University, 41 and 155 employees attended Bsc, Msc and Phd courses respectively at local and overseas universities. The per capita training for NIOC staff, in 2003, amounted to 81.7 man hour that compared with the same figure in previous years, has enjoyed a suitable growth rate.

Based on the principle of engaging efficient and competent staff in the petroleum industry whose managerial, operational, technical and engineering complexes require presence of competent and capable staff, in the preceding years some persuasive policies have been adapted to absorb the top and elite graduates of reliable industrial universities such as Amir Kabir Industrial University and Sharif Industrial University. So far, some of these elite graduates of universities have been recruited by NIOC and at present work with the company.