Energy Magazine October 2016 | Page 16

TECHNOLOGY
THE ‘ DREAM ’ — and this applies to the energy industry more than anywhere else — is to be able to do more for less .
And one Oxford-based company is working hard ( though not too hard , of course ) on being able to do just that .
Oxford Flow was launched last year , following the commercialisation of a new type of pressure-reducing valve originally discovered during research into jet engines at Oxford University ’ s Osney Thermo-Fluids Laboratory .
The innovation has been funded by Oxford Sciences Innovation ( OSI ), a new £ 320m fund created to support ambitious Oxford technology companies and backed by names such as Google and the Wellcome Trust .
The team behind Oxford Flow is drawn from the very best of
16 October 2016