Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons represented at Innoprom 2023 in Yekaterinburg
One of the largest industrial expos in Russia is being held in the Uralian megapolis on 10 – 13 July.
Over 1,000 businesses from Russia and 35 other countries are partaking in the event.
Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev and Head of Enhanced Oil Recovery at the Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons (CLH) Mikhail Varfolomeev spoke about comprehensive scientific and technological programs (CSTP) in the hydrocarbon industry.
“The CSTP 2.0 project is based on the results of CLH and Priority 2030 projects. Over the past years, we have managed to solve serious problems of fundamental and exploratory nature, and even create interesting technologies that will begin to be implemented. It is worth noting that the technologies developed within the framework of CSTP 2.0 will find their practical application not only in our country, but also abroad,” noted Dr Nurgaliev.
“As part of the training at the Russian Federation’s Science, Technology and Higher Education Personnel Management Reserve Program, we proposed a project on CSTP 2.0. At the session we showed an example of assembling such a program within the framework of a new model for the oil and gas sector, dedicated to technologies for the development of deposits of hard-to-recover hydrocarbons. This program has specific consumers and there is groundwork in fundamental and applied research, as well as industrial and academic partners with whom it is possible to create a whole line of products ranging from equipment, materials, chemistry to specific technologies and services that can bring a significant economic effect for the oil and gas industry. The first steps in this direction have already been taken together with Gazpromneft, Tatneft, LUKOIL and Rosneft,” added Dr Varfolomeev.
CLH specialists conduct research of oil and gas accumulation basins, forecast hydrocarbon reserves, assess their availability for development, identify the most promising areas for development through the use of end-to-end technologies. CLH is engaged in research of the state of large and giant oil and gas fields at the late stage, creation and realization of a new paradigm of their rational development. Another promising area is the development of environmentally friendly, energy-efficient and economically viable technologies and ensuring rational development of complex reserves (low-viscosity, viscous, ultra-viscous oil, oil from carbonate reservoirs, oil from tight and oil-bearing rocks).
The Russian energy transition project, which is being implemented under the Priority-2030 grant, is also in line with today’s urgent agenda. For this purpose, the KFU team is conducting projects dedicated to the development and practical implementation of technologies for hydrogen production from natural resources, its storage and transportation, development of technological solutions and necessary materials for their practical implementation. Part of the projects is devoted to the development of carbon dioxide utilization technology for the extraction of methane from gas hydrate deposits by substitution method. Researchers are also engaged in the development of carbon dioxide utilization technology for the extraction of hydrocarbons from depleted fields by substitution method and transformation into new energy sources.
Among Innoprom’s key events are a strategic session, award ceremonies for established and young industrial leaders, business forums, and other meetings.
