Researchers have been able to document changes occurring at the micro level in carbonate rock using enhanced oil recovery methods. “One of the main problems with mature oil fields is that after long-term development, a significant portion of the oil remains ‘locked’ in the rock. Conventional water or gas injection often works unevenly: the fluid passes...
A report titled Evolution of the Magnetic Properties of Meteorites Over Time: Evidence from Atacama Desert Meteorites was presented by her in Collonges-la-Rouge, France. The international conference brought together scientists from China, India, Russia, Australia, Brazil, and European countries. Presenting her poster, Dr Kuzina explained how the magnetic properties of meteorites change after prolonged exposure to...
The researchers returned from an expedition to Nefteyugansk District of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra. “We conducted seismoacoustic studies of bottom sediments to investigate the structure of their layering and the lake’s bottom morphology, and also collected two sediment core columns needed for paleomagnetic and paleoclimatic research,” commented expedition leader Pavel Krylov, Deputy Director for Research...
Researchers from the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies and Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering have assessed the dependence of construction ceramics properties on their porosity. “The properties of ceramic materials are determined by their mineral composition as well as the morphology of their porous structure,” explained Evgenia Nurieva, Associate Professor at the Department of Mineralogy...
A new enhanced oil recovery reagent, a thermally stable surfactant peptizer, developed at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, has successfully undergone field trials at the Aksyonovskoye heavy oil field in Samara Oblast. The substance was synthesized by researchers of the In-Situ Combustion Lab. “The new reagent, under conditions of steam-assisted thermal treatment of a heavy...
The Laboratory of Hydrate Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Storage and Utilization has developed a laboratory complex that can produce, press, and test gas hydrates, as well as manage the process of gas extraction from them. Ahead of Inventor and Innovator Day, celebrated on June 27, we spoke with the creator of this scientific complex, Matvey Semyonov,...
A castor oil-based biopromoter developed by researchers at the Laboratory of Hydrate Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Utilization and Storage at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies allows for the long-term stabilization of associated petroleum gas hydrate granules. “Billions of cubic meters of associated petroleum gas are flared annually in oil-producing regions – this is both...
“Our technology is based on a systematic consideration of poroelastic, filtration, and physicochemical processes occurring in a saturated porous medium under the influence of an elastic wave field. It differs from existing empirical approaches by providing a rigorous physical and mathematical justification and experimental verification,” informs Ruslan Kemalov, Associate Professor of the Department of Oil, Gas, and...
Gas hydrates look like ordinary snow or ice, but they burn readily. This is due to gas molecules securely "packed" within a crystal lattice composed of water molecules. These compounds form at high pressure and low temperature and have great potential as containers for the safe storage and transportation of methane, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide....
The new paper describes promoters of hydrate formation based on amino acids and gluconic acid. Shamil Gainullin, a junior research associate at the Laboratory of Hydrate Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Utilization and Storage, discussed the advantages of storing and transporting natural gas as gas hydrates and a new "growth stimulator" developed at KFU for these solid,...
