Author - Yury Nurmeev

Danis Nurgaliev: Development of technologies and equipment for the oil and gas industry is a new way to develop the country as a whole

Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences gave an interview to Burenie i Neft, a Russian oil industry magazine.   - Danis Karlovich, what forecast can you give for the oil and gas industry in the near future from the point of view of a geologist? Will oil run out? - One can often hear in the media that the Earth...

Freshmen welcomed by Institute leadership

On September 1, the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of Kazan Federal University hosted a meeting of freshmen. This year, 405 students enrolled here, with 240 of them for bachelor's degree and 165 for master's degree. Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences and Institute Director, greeted the young people, "It is nice to see young...

TNG Group’s education and production center opened at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies

The ceremony took place on 31 August. It featured General Director of TAGRAS Holding LLC Lenar Nazipov, General Director of TNG Group LLC Yan Sharipov, and Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences, Director of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies Danis Nurgaliev. Mr Nazipov noted the significance of the new facility, “We have been cooperating with Kazan University for a long...

Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies takes the baton in gifting study kits to first-graders

Institute Director Danis Nurgaliev held the event on 30 August. Institute employees whose children enter elementary school this year visited the Institute to receive presents. Senior Lecturer Artur Fattakhov spoke about his daughter, “Amira enters first grade this year, and my wife and I are joking that we are actually excited more than she is. When I went to...

KFU now part of Synchrotron Radiation in Petroleum Technology Consortium

A thematic event took place in Novosibirsk, Russia, during the 10th International Forum on Technological Development (Technoprom-2023). A KFU delegation comprises Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, Deputy Director for Innovation of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies Vladislav Sudakov, and Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Mikhail Varfolomeev. The forum includes ten technological tracks, including IT, nuclear...

New data on sulfonated castor oil reveals potential in gas hydrate formation

A new paper appeared in Fuel. “Gas hydrates are solid crystalline substances resembling ice and consisting of gas and water molecules. Under conditions of high pressure and low temperature, gas molecules are contained within the cavities of the frameworks formed by water molecules. One volume of hydrate can hold about 160 volumes of gas. A promising method...

UniCat oil catalyst tested at Strelovo oilfield in Samara Oblast

KFU’s Laboratory of Catalytic Aquathermolysis continues its research in in-situ oil refining. In June of this year, a catalyst precursor was tested at the same oilfield. The observations showed its efficiency for heavy oil reservoirs. On 16 August, a pilot field test was held on commission from RITEK LLC. “Aquathermolysis catalysts function in the porous medium of...

Research makes inquiries into electron paramagnetic resonance as means for enhanced oil recovery

A joint paper by Kazan Federal University and Tyumen Industrial University saw light in Fuel. Despite the fact that electromagnetic heating processes have been known since the middle of the last century, the nature of the interaction of the electromagnetic field with heavy oil components has not yet been studied. In one of the latest studies,...

New study reveals potential of Domanik formation in Russia’s Volga-Ural basin

A joint research by KFU and Saudi Arabian (King Saud University) and Malaysian (University of Malaya) scientists saw light in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. As demonstrated by recent studies by the Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, most of the studied Domanic carbonate samples with depths ranging from 1726.5 meters to 1784.9 meters have now reached...