India, Dec. 17 -- HT Syndication

Kattankulathur (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 17: SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pon Pure Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, to establish a Joint Laboratory for Oil-Field Chemical Product Development and Analytical Testing, with a focused emphasis on drilling fluids and related formulations. The initiative marks a first-of-its-kind industry-academia collaboration in India in the domain of oil-field chemicals.

The joint facility, to be named the "SRMIST-Pon Pure Chemicals Lab," will be established at the SRMIST main campus. The tentative cost of equipment for setting up the Oil Field Testing Laboratory is estimated at Rs.75 lakh. As pa...