Dr Marc Jung

Title: BASF’s Performance Chemicals for Solutions to Challenges in the Oilfield Industry
Maturing oilfields and growing global energy demand create new challenges for the oilfield industry. These
challenges range from increasing water cuts in maturing fields, to the demand to produce what has been
referred to as ‘untreatable oils’, to the need for high performance hydrate inhibitors in deep sea exploration.
Beyond conventional resources, recovering oil and gas from unconventional resources requires a growing
demand for more and innovative oilfield chemicals.
BASF offers solutions not only to the changing needs in conventional reservoirs but also to the fast growing
Enhanced Oil Recovery markets combining our expertise in chemistry and our capability to produce and
reliably deliver the required quantities of specialty chemicals. With chemical solution development for
challenging field conditions, we go beyond standard chemicals but offer tailor-made solutions that allow our
customers to make the most from limited resources. As the world’s leading chemical company, BASF is
leveraging chemical expertise to find solutions for challenges of the oilfield industry.
Biography
Dr Marc Jung
Head of Global Research Centre
BASF South East Asia Pte Ltd
Dr. Marc Jung was born in Worms, Germany in 1975.
He obtained his PhD in Organic Synthesis and Transition Metal Catalysis from the University of Konstanz,
Germany, and went on to Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada as a DAAD Postdoctoral Fellow
working in the field of Maingroup Organometallic Chemistry.
Dr. Jung was appointed as Head of BASF Global Research Center, Singapore from April 1, 2012.
He began his career with BASF as Laboratory Manager in Polymer Research, at BASF SE, Ludwigshafen,
Germany, in 2005. Since the end of 2009, Dr. Jung has assumed positions in BASF Oilfield and Mining
Chemicals department in BASF SE, including his last role as Head of Regional Marketing and Product
Management, Oilfield and Mining Chemicals Europe.
BASF set up its Research and Development Laboratory for Nanostructured Surfaces in April 2006 – the
company’s first research facility in Asia Pacific for Nanotechnology. The goals of this research unit are to
realize innovative ideas in product development for existing growth markets (automotive, construction,

household, cosmetics and electronics); to support unique scientific solutions for emerging markets (electronics,
energy and resource conservation). In May 2007, this research facility was further expanded to include the
R&D Lab for Organic Electronics, which also houses the R&D activities for Organic Photovoltaics. By October
2008, the research facility was named the BASF Global Research Center Singapore, with its research
capabilities in key growth clusters like functionalized materials, nanotechnology and energy management.