Sunbury Research Centre
Sunbury Research Centre | |
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BP Sunbury, BP International Ltd, International Centre for Business & Technology, ICBT Sunbury | |
Former names | Sunbury Research Station, BP Research Centre, Sunbury Research Laboratories |
Alternative names | Sunbury Business park |
General information | |
Type | Energy Research Centre |
Address | Chertsey Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey (former Middlesex), TW16 7LN[1] |
Coordinates | 51°26′N 0°26′W / 51.43°N 0.43°W |
Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
Current tenants | 3,500 staff in 55 business teams |
Completed | 1917 |
Inaugurated | 1917 |
Client | BP |
Landlord | BP |
Dimensions | |
Other dimensions | 33 acres |
The Sunbury Research Centre -- also known as ICBT Sunbury—is a main research institute of BP in north-east Surrey.
History
It began in 1917 as the Sunbury Research Station. Research began with the employment of two chemists to look into the
By the 1950s, BP Research was in a 39-acre site in Sunbury.[2] Geophysical research had also taken place at Kirklington Hall Research Station in Nottinghamshire, until 1957. Around 1958, the site was expanded with a new Physics laboratory and five other buildings. A Linear electron accelerator was installed. By early 1958, Kirklington Hall had been sold.
Products that the
Construction
Three new buildings were built from 1998 as part of Phase 1. Since 2001, four new buildings were built as part of Phase 2.
Structure
It is situated off the
The retail division of BP UK is at Witan Gate House. BP employs around 15,000 people in the UK.
It has an enhanced oil recovery laboratory.[3]
See also
- Castrol Technology Centre
- Oil fields operated by BP
- Peter Mather (businessman), Head of BP UK
- National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)
References
- The History of the British Petroleum Company, October 1982, ISBN 0521246474