Gas injection to enhance reservoir recovery has drawn more and more attention, and laboratory study is a very important step for oilfield gas injection.

BASF is now trying to secure its lines of supply from Russia by a joint project with Gazprom to build a gas pipeline across the Baltic. It also has a share in a west Siberian oilfield.

The state has the largest oilfield in America—and, on its North Slope, the largest known untapped natural gas reserve.