Conference

KFU offers innovative solutions for Black Sea oil spill cleanup

A special event of the 5th Congress of Young Scientists was held, dedicated to eliminating the consequences of the oil spill in the Kerch Strait. The purpose of the meeting was to select the best technological solutions to eliminate the problem on the Black Sea coast. Our researchers presented innovative solutions and took an active part...

KFU’s work presented at Potential of the North of Western Siberia: Resources and Technologies Conference

The event took place on June 3–4 in Tyumen. The conference, organized by NOVATEK, was joined by employees of a number of Russian and foreign companies, universities, and research institutes, including CNOOC (China), RIPED (China), and Belorusneft. The main topic of discussion was maintaining production levels at existing gas fields, including gas condensate fields. The plenary session was...

Development of Gas Condensate Deposits session held at KFU

Representatives of Russian oil and gas companies, universities, research institutes, and scientific centers discussed issues related to improving the efficiency of developing such deposits. The event was headed by Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev and moderated by Deputy Director for Marketing at the Gazprom Neft-KFU Center Vladislav Sudakov, and Head of the Product Development Program...

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...

KFU Technology Park and AIM Global Foundation sign cooperation agreement at AIM Congress in Abu Dhabi

Employees of Kazan Federal University took part in the AIM Congress 2025. It was held in the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) on April 7-9 and was organized by AIM Global Foundation - the largest investment platform in the Middle East. This year's theme of the congress, which gathered more than 20,000 people from 180 countries, was...

Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism School-Conference

The event takes up 31 March to 4 April. On the opening day, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev welcomed the participants, “Paleomagnetism is amazingly interesting! Research in this area helps to understand when the Earth’s magnetic field emerged, what was it like a billion years ago, when it disappeared and reappeared, and how its changes influenced the...

KFU represented at Future Technologies Forum

The annual flagship event, which presents innovative technologies and scientific developments that determine the vector of development of economic sectors in the coming years, was held at the World Trade Center in Moscow. The participants included Mikhail Varfolomeev, Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, and Irek Mukhamatdinov, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery. The...

Experience of using low-mineralized waters in oil fields discussed at Institute

Today, when most large oil fields are at the final stage of development, the problem of formation water cut is becoming critical. At a number of fields, the water cut level exceeds 90%, which makes the composition of the injected water a key factor influencing the efficiency of oil displacement. This problem is especially acute...

Kazan Golovkinsky Stratigraphic Meeting held at Institute

The conference was opened by Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev. He emphasized that this year's conference is marked by an important date: November 17 is the 190th anniversary of the birth of Nikolay Golovkinsky. The meeting took up 28 to 30 October. “Golovkinsky is the Einstein of geology, and these are not just fancy words,"...