Author - Yury Nurmeev

Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods conference held at KFU

The event took place on 27 and 28 May. The two-day event brought together more than 150 specialists from Russia, China, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. Among the participants were representatives of the academic community, employees of oilfield service and oil production companies, including such industry giants as Gazprom Neft, Tatneft, SIBUR, SNF Vostok, as well as...

Institute visited by Vice Chancellor of Sultan Qaboos University

A delegation from Sultan Qaboos University (Sultanate of Oman) headed by Vice Chancellor, His Highness Dr. Fahad Bin Al Julanda Al Said, visited on 26 May. The guests were accompanied by Timirkhan Alishev, Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences, Ildus Chukmarov, Deputy Director for Continuing Education and Industrial Partnerships, Vladislav Sudakov, Deputy...

IGPT students among prizewinners of the First World Championship in Geology

It was held as part of the 11th International Environmental Congress in St. Petersburg. The team of third-year students of Stella Ižová (Slovakia) and Martha-Dorcas Zau (Republic of the Congo) took the first place in the team competition. Second-year student Yaroslav Burylin was among the top ten participants. His team was second. The championship, organized by the...

Several agreements reached with companies and government agencies of Oman

During a trip to the Sultanate of Oman to participate in the Oman Petroleum & Energy Show and the conference organized as part of it, employees of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of KFU visited oil companies and universities of this country. Mikhail Varfolomeev, Director of the Technological Park of Low-Tonnage Chemical Technologies, Associate Professor...

Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons presented at KazanForum 2025

The session ‘Technological Leadership as an Opportunity for the Rational Development of Oil and Gas Fields’ was devoted to this topic and co-organized by Kazan Federal University and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. The speakers and guests of the forum were welcomed by Konstantin Tsyganov, First Deputy Minister of...

‘Geospatial cooperation: prospects for Russia and the Islamic world’ session held at KazanForum

The central theme of this year’s business program was digitalization and its impact on the development of international cooperation. The speakers and participants of a number of events were representatives of Kazan Federal University. On May 16, the panel session ‘Geospatial Cooperation: Prospects for Russia and the Islamic World’ was held. It was moderated by Timirkhan Alishev,...

KFU represented at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show in Muscat

Employees of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of Kazan Federal University are taking part in the Oman Petroleum & Energy Show - OPES. The large-scale three-day event takes place from May 12 to 14 in the city of Muscat with the support of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Oman. It aims to...

Institute toured by Rector of Kazakh National University Zhanseit Tuimebayev

He met with Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev. They were joined by the Official Representative of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Republic of Kazakhstan Denis Valeev and Director of the International Office of KFU Timirkhan Alishev. The Vice-Rector informed about the achievements of KFU, emphasizing that the university ranks 35th in the QS Petroleum Engineering...

Microtomography helps scientists clone core plug samples

“The core extraction process itself is expensive and technically challenging. After a number of laboratory tests, the samples become unsuitable for further research, which significantly limits the possibility of conducting repeated analyses to study various aspects of fluid behavior inside the rock,” says Rail Kadyrov, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of In-Situ Combustion. “We decided to find...