A day in the life of a research chemist at BP: Oliver WiIliams

By Akshat Rathi2011-01-01T12:05:00

Oliver Williams has been working as a chemistry at the BP Technology Centre at Pangbourne for nearly two years on their graduate rotation scheme. He talks to Akshat Rathi about his typical day

British Petroleum (BP), a global oil and gas company, is the third largest energy company in the world. BP’s headquarters are in London and in the UK it has research and development sites located at Pangbourne, near Reading, and Hull. Oliver Williams is a graduate chemist based at the site at Pangbourne.

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