Texas

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Texas the United Kingdom Partners in Energy
Innovation

• Azeemeh Zaheer, Vice Consul (Energy - Oil
  Gas)International Energy Team, UK Trade and
  InvestmentBritish Consulate - General Houston

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UK Trade Investment
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UK Energy Bit of History

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Current Trends A Few Numbers
Global demand for energy has risen inexorably in
the last 150 years in step with industrial
development and population growth. Hunger for
energy is predicted to continue to rise, by at
least 50 by 2030, as developing countries like
China and India seek to fuel their rapid economic
growth.
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Innovation and RD
Commercialisation
Strategy
Research
Development
RD Phase I
Pilot
Finance
RD Phase II
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The Energy White Paper
Published in May 2007 states that the UK faces
two long term challenges

• Tackling climate change by reducing carbon
  dioxide emissions both within the UK and abroad
• Ensuring secure, clean and affordable energy as
  the UK becomes increasingly dependent on imported
  fuel
• (www.berr.gov.uk/files/file39387.pdf)

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UK Priority

• Power and Renewables
• Wind onshore and offshore
• Carbon Abatement Technologies
• Nuclear Decommissioning
• Marine
• Oil and Gas
• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
• Subsea structures
• Enhanced recovery

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BP - Rice University

• CASE STUDY
• BP selected Rice University (Houston) to lead a
  consortium of renowned universities to support
  its global technical learning program.

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Ubiquitous Technologies, Austin the University
of Hull

• CASE STUDY
• The University of Hull is renowned for its work
  on liquid crystals materials, following its
  invention of the first commercial liquid crystal
  which heralded the advent of the multi-million
  dollar liquid crystal display technology. The
  University was awarded The Queens Award for
  Technological Achievement in 1979 and a Royal
  Society of Chemistry Chemical Landmark award in
  2006 for achievements in this field.

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Brinker Technology Aberdeen University

• CASE STUDY
• Brinker Technology spun out from the University
  of Aberdeen in 2003. Its work embodies the
  perfect example of successful research
  collaboration between industry and UK
  universities. In November 2007, Brinker
  Technology completed a 3 million deal with
  Epi-V, a new specialist oil and gas private
  equity fund and thus has the working capital to
  undertake more projects and additional research.

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The Single EU Market

• The Single Market principle of mutual recognition
  of standards means that British manufacturers can
  sell their products all over the EU without
  expensive re-testing in every country.
• The Single Market has led to the scrapping of
  some 10 million customs forms for UK firms alone,
  saving UK business an estimated 135 million per
  year.
• Membership of the EU has made Britain a magnet
  for inward investment the UK attracts 40 of the
  EU's inward investment from the USA and Asia,
  which are using the UK as a gateway to the Single
  Market.

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How We Can Help

• Key executives
• Skilled workforce /
• graduate population
• Visas and work permits
• Salary benefits
• Personal tax

DETERMINING STRATEGY
IDENIFYING LOCATION
IDENIFYING PEOPLE

• Location
• customers, skills pool
• Infrastructure
• Growth potential
• Property
• Grants and incentives

• Business rationale
• Channels partnering
• Funding
• Corporate structure
• - taxation, transfer pricing
• - branch v subsidiary

• Outsourcing
• Accounting, legal services
• Consultancy
• Recruitment services
• Support from RDAs

SUPPORT

• Company registration
• Intellectual property
• Licences
• Data Protection
• Banking
• VAT, Customs

STARTING THE BUSINESS