Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group’s innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program.

The Research & Innovation function (R&I) leads Solvay into new growth territories with breakthrough innovation to generate new products, applications and processes in the field of sustainable chemistry. Partners with the GBUs to deliver more value and leverages the Group’s capabilities to improve competitiveness and create new business opportunities for Solvay and its customers.

Solvay's oilfield research group is involved in understanding the properties of fluids used in stimulating oil & gas wells. Increasing demand for deeper oil drilling requires formulation fluids that can perform in harsh conditions such as higher temperatures, high pressure, and brines with high salt content.

The Oil and Gas group is looking for an intern interested in laboratory experimental work and capable of working independently with guidance. He/she will be required  to learn the safety procedures at Solvay, develop good safety habits and document well every step of his/her work. The intern will gain knowledge about formulating and testing several surfactant and polymer based fluid systems. In particular He/she will:

1)     Familiarize him/her with the current literature on Oil & Gas stimulation fluids, their formation, stability and physical behavior

2)     Develop a good understanding of how several instruments operate and the best practice for sample preparation techniques

3)     Get involved in research projects aiming at developing new products and/or optimizing current ones

4)     Develop good practices in experiment recording in Lab Note Books and Result reporting

5)     Gain knowledge and understanding in the physical chemistry of formulations and the influence of composition and mixing dynamics on their performance properties.

6)     Gain first insight of product development in a corporate research environment.

The time-line of the internship is as follow:

This internship will provide the trainee a good opportunity to interact actively with industrial researchers in a corporate environment.  The experience to translate theoretical knowledge into practical applications and the skills obtained in this process during the internship will also help the trainee to achieve his professional objectives. The trainee will interact frequently with his/her supervisor, and the training will be under constant supervision.

This internship will provide the trainee a good opportunity to interact actively with industrial researchers in a corporate environment.  The experience to translate theoretical knowledge into practical applications and the skills obtained in this process during the internship will also help the trainee to achieve his professional objectives. The trainee will interact frequently with his/her supervisor, and the training will be under constant supervision.