Institute toured by Delta Oil Service delegation
A delegation from the oilfield service company Delta Oil Service, led by General Director Rifkat Nasretdinov, visited on February 11.
In the morning, a meeting was held with representatives of the university leadership. Participants included: Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences; Mikhail Varfolomeev, Director of the KFU Low-Tonnage Chemical Technology Park and Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering; Pavel Krylov, Deputy Director for Research; as well as staff members from several of the institute’s departments and laboratories.
Rifkat Nasretdinov spoke about Delta Oil Service, which has been in operation since 2010, noting that its primary area of activity is flow diversion technologies.
Subsequently, Dr Nurgaliev presented Kazan University. He introduced the guests to the university’s structure and strategic projects being implemented within the framework of the federal Priority 2030 program. The Vice-Rector spoke separately about IGPT. Dr Varfolomeev focused on KFU’s cooperation, specifically projects with oil companies, and informed the guests about activities related to the application of low-tonnage chemistry in the oil and gas industry.
Following this, the institute’s scientists presented their developments to the guests and answered their questions. The introduction to the institute continued with a tour of its laboratories.
Maxim Domrachev, Head of the Industrial and Technical Department at Delta Oil Service, who is an IGPT alumnus and until recently taught at the institute, remarked that he always visits his alma mater with pleasure.
“The institute’s staff has many interesting developments regarding which they spoke to us today. The laboratory complex also made a very good impression,” shared the guest. “Our company’s main area of activity is flow diversion technologies, which allow for increasing reservoir sweep efficiency during waterflooding, raising the oil recovery factor, and reducing the water cut rate in producing wells. Currently, the global oil industry is trending toward simple and cost-effective solutions, which must be no less effective than existing ones. Preference is given to chemical methods. I think we will find what we are looking for at KFU.”
Mikhail Varfolomeev summarized the meeting, “Delta Oil Service performs work on well treatment and oil reservoir treatment. Chemical solutions necessary to make these treatments effective are being created at our university. Today we discussed our cooperation with Delta Oil Service. I believe that the chemical reagents created at KFU, as well as low-tonnage chemistry products, will be in demand by this oilfield service company for application at the fields of oil-producing companies. The main directions in which we plan to work jointly are related to injectivity profile modification, enhanced oil recovery, bottomhole zone treatment, and the creation of acid compositions.”
