U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y UGELSTAD LABORATORY - group for surface, colloid and polymer chemistry ~30 persons Experimental and modelling group World-class instrumentation 3rd floor K5 and PFI 1

U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y Colloidal systems Two-phase systems: - particles/drops/bubbles dispersed in another phase or self-assembly systems - dimensions between 1nm and 1  m (i.e. interfaces important) 2

U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y Food industry (margarine, butter, salad dressings...) Pulp and paper industry (fibers, coating, strength...) Detergent industry (cleaning processes...) Agricultural industry (formulations, insecticides...) Mineral and mining industry (flotation...) Paint industry (film formation, pigments, viscosity...) Pharmaceutical industry (drug carriers, diagnostics, implants,…) AND IN THE OIL INDUSTRY 3 Industrial applications of Colloid Chemistry

U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y Head: Prof. Johan Sjöblom Board of Ugelstad Lab Colloid Chemistry in Crude Oil Production and Processing Professor Johan Sjöblom Colloid Chemistry in Crude Oil Production and Processing Professor Gisle Øye Colloid Polymers / Special Polymers, Associate Professor Wilhelm Glomm Computational Chemistry Associate Professor Brian Grimes Research Topics: Crude oil characterization Heavy oil processing Oil sand processing Emulsions Separation Transport Surfactants Naphthenic acids Research Topics: Produced water management Separation Fluid characterisation Water based EOR Oil spill clean-up Colloidal templates / nanostructures Research Topics: Bionanotechnology Biopolymers Drug delivery Stimuliresponsive polymers Nanoplasmonics Synthesis of nanostructures Polymer composite materials Research Topics: Molecular dynamics Density functional theory Interfacial mass transport Film drainage Coalescence Flocculation Population balances Multi-scale modeling Laboratory Manager Camilla Dagsgård Topics: Contracts Training Health and Safety Day-to-day menagement of lab Organisation chart 4

U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y Petroleum production R-COOH R COOH R-COOH (RCOO) 2 Ca Gas Oil Wat er Pressure release Increased pH (RCOO) 2 Ca R- COOH CO2CO2 (RCOO) 2 Ca Topics: EOR Flow assurance (wax, asphaltenes, hydrates) Separation Water treatment Oil spill response Approach: Experimental Modelling 5

U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y Bionanotechnology Topics: Functionalised nanoparticles Stimuli response Targeted drug delivery pH, T, hv, salt 6

U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y General approach 7

U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y Extensive collaboration - Industry - Research Institutes - University groups 8

U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y TKP4525: Specialisation course (7.5 SP) TKP4 Industrial Colloid Chemistry TKP5 Surfactants and polymers in aqueous solutions TKP4520 Specialisation project (15 SP) - Study of the Mechanism of Formation of Calcium Naphthenate Deposits by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. - Determination of Mass of Tetra Acid at the Water/Oil Interface by Combining Langmuir Trough with QCM Measurements - Study of the efficiency of commercial and green demulsifiers on water removal efficiency» - Preparation and characterization of particle stabilized model oil emulsions - New PPD Formulations - Influence of dispersed nano-crystals on the non-Newtonian rheology of paraffinic oils - Interfacial characterisation of gas-liquid interfaces related to gas flotation in offshore produced water treatment - Characterisation of liquid-liquid interfaces related to offshore produced water treatment - Investigation of loss of surfactant by adsorption onto clay minerals related to enhanced oil recovery methods - Partitioning of surfactants between the water and oil phases related to enhanced oil recovery methods - Design of Smart Superparamagnetic Polymer Nanocomposites - Synthesis and Characterization of Chemically Stable FeCoPt Alloy Nanoparticles - Smart nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery - Introduction to molecular simulation of multi.component adsorption at liquid-liquid interfaces. - Introduction to modeling gravity separation of emulsions: Application to crude oil-water separations 9