BASF opens technical centre at Gubkin University in Moscow

20 May 2005 17:36  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (CNI)--BASF is opening a technical service centre for refinery chemicals at the Gubkin State University of Oil and Gas in Moscow on Friday, the company announced.

 

Ludwigshafen-based BASF said it is the first company to set up a laboratory on the Gubkin campus. BASF said today’s opening of the service centre will enhance its presence in the oil industry market.

 

“Russia will play a key role because of the large increase in demand for performance chemicals for the oil industry that has been generated by expanding oil production,” BASF said.

 

“The new service centre underlines our commitment to the Russian oil industry,” said Sergei Andreev, BASF regional sales manager. “By offering a regional technical service, we can respond quickly to the specific demands of the local market.”

 

Products supplied by BASF include pour-point improvers and paraffin dispersants for middle distillates, lubricity improvers, corrosion inhibitors, antioxidants, metal deactivators, stabilisers, conductivity improvers and cetane number improvers, and anti-icing additives for jet fuel.

 

BASF said many factors influenced its choice of Gubkin University for the laboratory. The university is the leading academic institution in the field of oil and gas technology in Russia. The department teaches all subjects relating to the oil and gas industry, including: geology and exploration, oilfield development, transport and distribution, business administration, environmental sciences and law.

 

“The key to success is to combine university-based and industry-based research, and the aim of the oil and gas experts at Gubkin University is to speed economic impact of innovations,” BASF said.

 

BASF said Gubkin University students will have the opportunity to familiarise themselves with up-to-date processes and practices in cooperation with colleagues from BASF. One of the main tasks for BASF’s research staff in the next few years will be to work with the students to upgrade Russian engine fuels. Prompted by very high exhaust emissions, the government in Moscow is calling for higher-grade gasoline and diesel fuel beginning in January 2006, and these standards can only be achieved by using additives.

By: Brian Ford
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