Oil and gas companies
Dear University of Abertay Dundee,
This is a request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. I would like to request the following information:
For the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, I would like to be provided with details on accepted donations, gifts, grants, sponsorships, scholarships and funding (including research funding and teaching funding, as well as funding for university staff and professorships) that have come from oil and gas companies. For each, I would like the following information:
- The name of the oil/gas company that gave the donation, gift, grant, sponsorship, scholarship or funding
- The start and end date of the donation, gift, grant, sponsorship, scholarship or funding if available
- The sum and description of the accepted donation, gift, grant, sponsorship, scholarship and funding
- A description of what the donation, gift, grant, sponsorship, scholarship and funding was used for
If your records are held in such a way where it is difficult to search by sector (e.g. oil and gas), then I am happy to narrow the request to the following companies:
- BP
- Shell
- Saudi Aramco
- Gazprom
- Total
- Chevron
- Equinor / Statoil
- China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC)
- Eni
- Exxon
- ConocoPhillips
- PetroChina
- Rosneft
- Lukoil
- China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)
I would like to receive this information in an Excel format. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I can refine the request. If you need any clarification, please contact me. I look forward to receiving a response in 20 working days. Many thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Jenna Corderoy
Dear Jenna Corderoy,
Thank you for your enquiry, which has been logged and passed to the relevant department within the University for processing. Please quote the reference number on the subject line above, should you need to contact the University regarding this request.
The University will make every effort to provide you with the information requested; if any clarification is required, the University will contact you as soon as possible.
In some circumstances, it may not be possible to provide you with an answer to your enquiry. Where the University believes this is the case, you will be informed in writing, stating the reason(s).
If the information you are seeking is already published by the University, or is otherwise available to members of the public, you will be sent details outlining how to access the information.
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Yours sincerely,
FOI Processing
Abertay University
Bell Street
DUNDEE DD1 1HG
E-mail: [University of Abertay Dundee request email]
Abertay University is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC016040
Dear Jenna Corderoy,
I refer to your EIR dated 19 July 2022 and now enclose the University's response.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Processing
Abertay University
Bell Street
DUNDEE DD1 1HG
E-mail: [University of Abertay Dundee request email]
Abertay University is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC016040
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