About IPC in brief
Институт химии нефти СО РАН
The Institute of Petroleum Chemistry, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was founded in 1970.

The scientific line of the basic studies carried out at the Institute is the chemistry of Russian oils: composition, structure, properties, processes and mechanisms of oil conversion and surface effects, scientific fundamentals for the methods of enhanced oil recovery and hydrocarbon refining.

Based on the results of basic investigations carried out at the Institute developed are scientific fundamentals of more effective methods for forecasting, surveying and exploring hydrocarbon accumulations, advanced technologies allowing one to increase the depth of oil refining, to improve the quality of petroleum products and to extend the fields of their application.
For about 20 years basic and applied researches are carried out dedicated to the solution of one of the most important problems - enhanced oil recovery. A new approach to the development of effective oil-displacing systems was suggested. Seven new commercial technologies for enhanced oil recovery were devised. They are applied in real practice of the development of West-Siberian oil fields. Due to their application more than 1 million tonnes of incremental oil were produced.
The Scientific Research Information Center including the Museum of Oils accumulates the information obtained at the Institute's laboratories on the composition and properties of oils, comprehensive data on their geological, geochemical and physico-chemical parameters. The studies are carried out on the stability and transformation of the components of oil contaminations in various natural objects of West Siberia. For the solution of regional environmental problems and for the sustainable development the databases are formed and GIS-technologies are developed.
Unique properties of nanosized powders of metals and metal-containing materials were found. The methods for the production and control of the properties of high-effective adsorbents based on nanosized aluminum powders were developed. On the basis of adsorbents of different types (fibrous and powdered) novel technologies of water purification from oil and petroleum products were developed. A whole complex of means intended to eliminate the consequences of oil and petroleum product spills during their storage and transporting was worked out. The filtering-and-adsorption technology for sewage treatment from petroleum products was devised.
At the Institute there are developed the devices for researches and control of petroleum product quality (thermostatic regulators, microcalorimeters etc.). The octane tester and the digital laboratory densimeter were entered into the State Register.
The technical expertise of two Institute's laboratories in the field of analysis of the quality of oils and petroleum products and analysis of environmental components has been accredited.
The starting point of the innovation activity of the Institute is the protection of intellectual property. The Institute keeps in force more than 60 Russia patents and files foreign applications. Protected by patents the technologies are marketable. The Institute sold 9 licenses for IPC technologies.
The Institute of Petroleum Chemistry, SB RAS, is reputed not only in Russia but abroad as well. For some years the Institute's staff performs works on the shelf of South China Sea (Vietnam). The Institute carries out joint works with the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia) and with the School of Geology and Geophysics of the Oklahoma University (USA). Joint researches are carried out with Petro-Canada Lubricants (Canada) and Dunwell Petro-Chemical Company (Hong-Kong).