Department of Earth Sciences funding

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Dear University of Oxford,

I write to request information regarding funding the Department of Earth Sciences has received from the following companies:
BP Plc, Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil, Total SA, E.ON, Maersk Oil, ConocoPhillips, OMV, BHP Billton, Exxon Mobil, Rio Tinto, Gazprom, Glencore, Tullow Oil, Perenco, Petro China, Chevron Corporation, Sinopec, Rosneft, Reliance Industries, Valero Energy, Engie, Marathon Petroleum, Saudi Aramco, China National Petroleum Corporation, Kuwait Petroleum Company, ENI, APICORP, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Delonex Energy, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Petrobras, Cheniere Energy, Enagás, Mercuria Energy Group, RS Energy, Vitol, Tellurian Inc., Snam S.p.A., Schlumberger and Techint.

Please include the following information:
For each of the above companies/bodies please list all projects, industrial research, industrial consultancy and university positions that the Department of Earth Sciences has received funding for over the past five academic years, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19. Please also include donations from any of the aforementioned companies/bodies.
Please ensure that details show the company that provided the funding, the start and end date of the contract/project, the title of the project/research/donation/position and the total funding of each contract/project/position year-by-year for the past five academic years.
Please also show any public research councils involved or participating in the contract/project in question.

Yours faithfully,
Ben Jacob

FOI, University of Oxford

Dear Student

I write to acknowledge receipt of your subject access request.

We will inform you of the action taken on your request as soon as possible and no later than the statutory deadline of 9 September 2019.

Yours sincerely,

Information Compliance Team
Vice Chancellor’s and Registrar’s Office | University of Oxford
University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD

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