Dr Giulia Ness is the Director and Principal Consultant at Flow Confidimus.

She is a chartered chemical engineer with over 10 years experience in oil and gas production and operations and a PhD in flow assurance from the Heriot-Watt University Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering.

Dr Ness is a leading expert in scale predictions and flow assurance field studies and her main areas of expertise are:

- Scale predictions with particular focus on carbonate and sulphide scales;

- Scale risk assessments associated with the deployment of new technologies such as EOR;

- Root cause analysis of field scale problems downhole, in topside facilities and injection wells;

- Integration of PVT modelling and aqueous phase modelling with the use of multiple software;

- Sulphide scale modelling and interface with corrosion mechanisms;

- Investigation of well injectivity loss;

- Reservoir souring modelling.

Giulia also collaborates with the Flow Assurance and Scale Team (FAST) at Heriot-Watt University, Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering and is a visiting scholar at HWU.

She currently serves on the SPE Oilfield Chemistry Conference committee and has been invited to review many technical papers. Her publications can be found here.