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The course is designed to provide an understanding of the current status of nanotechnology projects with potential impact on oil and gas.

The first type of industry pain that can be addressed by nanotechnology is the increase in the lifetime of various components together with the need for downtime reduction. Specific examples include pipe and tanker corrosion, drilling-bit wear, gas hydrate formation and marine fouling. The second type of industry pain revolves around filtration solutions based on nanotechnology. This includes the separation of different gas mixtures, the filtration of heavy metals as well as oil-water separation. Finally, we will quickly survey the impact of nanotechnology in a few other areas including the increase in catalytic activity and lifetime, usage of nanofluids as drilling muds and the potential impact of in-situ catalysis on the efficient exploitation of heavy oil.

The course will end with a discussion on the activity of the most important players, intellectual property aspects and strategic options.