France’s SNF Group has opened a regional technical centre at its site at Gandhidham, in Gujarat state, India. This will carry out core flooding, compatibility study and chemical enhanced oil recovery screening, focusing on high-performance anionic polymers for oil and gas applications. It will serve as the firm’s R&D hub for India, while also facilitating joint projects with oil operators. The firm had invested heavily in polacrylamides at the site earlier in the year.