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Sponsor companies are encouraged to be involved in the studies by helping to define the research challenges, providing data, supporting the students in the field, offering internships for the PhDs and participating in workshops that are held on a regular basis.</p> <p>Our focus is the generation of new data and concepts, often driven by extensive fieldwork.</p> <p>Research themes reflect the broad research interests of the universities and sponsor companies, and include:</p> <ul style="padding-left: 15px;"> <li class="small-margin-bottom">Sedimentology;</li> <li class="small-margin-bottom">Reservoir characterisation;</li> <li class="small-margin-bottom">Digital outcrop and reservoir modelling;</li> <li class="small-margin-bottom">Basin modelling and geochemistry;</li> <li class="small-margin-bottom">Shale-gas and mudrock diagenesis;</li> <li class="small-margin-bottom">Source to sink studies;</li> <li class="small-margin-bottom">Sequence stratigraphy and regional chronostratigraphy; and</li> <li class="small-margin-bottom">Deepwater systems.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="full columns no-padding margin-bottom bottom-tabs"> <div class="third columns mobile-two no-padding-left margin-bottom">  <a href="/research/themes/" title="Research by Theme" style="border-bottom-style: none;"> <div class="img-tab-wrapper"> <img alt="Research by Theme" src="http://www.cl.eps.manchester.ac.uk/medialand/narg/images/thumbnails/narg-gueriza-beach-01_500x245.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 245px;"> <div class="img-tab-title"><h6>Research by Theme</h6></div> </div> </a> <div class="http://www.cl.eps.manchester.ac.uk/medialand/narg/images/thumbnails/img-tab-body">Research projects catalogued by theme; reservoir characterization, source rock studies etc.</div> </div> <div class="third columns mobile-two no-padding-left margin-bottom"> <a href="http://www.narg.org.uk/research/countries/" title="Research by Country" style="border-bottom-style: none;"> <div class="img-tab-wrapper"> <img alt="Research by Country" src="http://www.cl.eps.manchester.ac.uk/medialand/narg/images/thumbnails/dem500x245.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 245px;"> <div class="img-tab-title"><h6>Research by Country</h6></div> </div> </a> <div class="img-tab-body">Research projects catalogued by country.</div> </div> <div class="third columns mobile-two no-padding-left margin-bottom">  <a href="/research/projects/" title="Research Projects" style="border-bottom-style: none;"> <div class="img-tab-wrapper"> <img alt="Research Projects" src="http://www.cl.eps.manchester.ac.uk/medialand/narg/images/thumbnails/collenia-stromatolites-01_500x245.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 245px;"> <div class="img-tab-title"><h6>Research Projects</h6></div> </div> </a> <div class="img-tab-body">Integrated projects that involve multiple themes across countries.</div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="three columns right"> <div class="people-panel font-larger-still"> <h2>Lead researchers</h2> <h6 class="no-margin-bottom"><span style="color: grey;">Manchester:</span></h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/jonathan.redfern.html" target="_blank" title="View Jonathan's research profile">Prof Jonathan Redfern</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/david.hodgetts.html" target="_blank" title="View David's research profile">Dr David Hodgetts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/cathy.hollis.html" target="_blank" title="View Cathy's research profile">Dr Cathy Hollis</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/stefan.schroeder.html" target="_blank" title="View Stefan's research profile">Dr Stefan Schroeder</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/mads.huuse.html" target="_blank" title="View Mads' research profile">Dr Mads Huuse</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/kevin.taylor.html" target="_blank" title="View Kevin's research profile">Prof Kevin Taylor</a></li> </ul> <h6 class="no-margin-bottom"><span style="color: grey;">Heriot-Watt:</span></h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://search.hw.ac.uk/s/redirect?collection=meta-hw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hw.ac.uk%2Fstaff%2Fuk%2Fegis%2Fdorrikstow.htm&auth=E55Zz%2FJQ2du4vM9r44odYQ&profile=_default&rank=1&query=Dorrik+Stow" target="_blank" title="View Dorrik's profile">Prof Dorrik Stow</a></li> <li><a href="https://search.hw.ac.uk/s/redirect?collection=meta-hw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hw.ac.uk%2Fstaff%2Fuk%2Fegis%2Fpatrickcorbett.htm&auth=EUMPOuR6IZ3jbIAN7eg%2FgA&profile=_default&rank=3&query=Patrick+Corbett" target="_blank" title="View Patrick's profile">Prof Patrick Corbett</a></li> <li><a href="https://search.hw.ac.uk/s/redirect?collection=meta-hw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hw.ac.uk%2Fstaff%2Fuk%2Fegis%2Fandygardiner.htm&auth=VeYEDyHpWG%2Fpt1%2BDYnt6dg&profile=_default&rank=1&query=andy+gardiner" target="_blank" title="View Andrew's profile">Dr Andrew Gardiner</a></li> </ul> <h6 class="no-margin-bottom"><span style="color: grey;">TU Delft:</span></h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ceg/about-faculty/departments/geoscience-engineering/sections/applied-geology/staff/academic-staff/bertotti-g/" target="_blank" title="View Giovanni's profile">Prof Giovanni Bertotti</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ceg/about-faculty/departments/geoscience-engineering/sections/applied-geology/staff/academic-staff/storms-jea/" target="_blank" title="View Joep's profile">Prof Joep Storms</a></li> </ul> </div>   <div class="related-links-panel"> <h2>NARG Universities</h2> <ul> <li><a class="purple" href="http://www.seaes.manchester.ac.uk/" target="_blank" title="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Manchester">The University of Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.hw.ac.uk" target="_blank" title="Heriot-Watt University">Heriot-Watt University</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.tudelft.nl/en/" 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