The Flow Assurance and Scale Team (FAST) at Heriot-Watt University recently prepared a report and software for delivery to industrial funders on completion of the 8th three-year phase of the FAST JIP, marking 24 years of FAST – which itself was preceded by 12 years of the Oilfield Scale Research Group (OSRG). The report was summarised during two afternoons of presentations, which were delivered by staff and PhD researchers from Heriot-Watt University and our partners in the University of Leeds to representatives from the 15 industrial sponsor companies. On the third afternoon, FAST launched the next three-year phase, FAST9, which runs from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2028. The photograph shows members of FAST and sponsors who attended in person – with about twice as many sponsor representatives also attending online.