11Aug

First in the world monograph on catalytic underground oil refining published by Kazan Federal University

A press briefing was held on 10 August at Tatar-Inform agency. The briefing featured Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, General Director of Tatarstan Petroleum Chemistry Investment Holding Rafinat Yarullin, and co-authors of the book, Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Mikhail Varfolomeev, Invited Professor Jorge Ancheyta, Senior Research Associate Irek Mukhamatdinov, and Senior Research Associate Jose Guillermo Felix Lugo. Director...

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08Aug

KFU IT Lyceum team wins 14th Russian Field Olympiad of Young Geologists

The tournament was organized in Almetyevsk District of Tatarstan from 27 July to 7 August. 32 teams from Russia and neighboring countries joined the competition. The IT Lyceum pupils won both all-Russian and international contests. The team is called Romashki (Daisies) and trained by Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies student Bulat Gazizullin. He has been training the...

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02Aug

New estimations of karst collapses near Kazan made during summer field practice

Engineering geology and hydrogeology students visited Sobakinskie Yamy, a chain of lakes in Zelenodolsk Municipal District. The students were supervised by Associate Professor Airat Latypov and Senior Lecturer Anastasia Garaeva. Dr Latypov comments, “Thanks to the studies conducted during the practice period, it was possible to understand more deeply the mechanism of karst sinkhole formation in this part of Tatarstan....

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24Jul

First theses presented to Institute’s new dissertation board

The new board can accept dissertations in two specialization: 2.8.4 Development and maintenance of oil and gas fields (technical science) and 1.4.12 Oil chemistry (chemical science). The board unites prominent researchers from KFU, Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry (Kazan), Ufa State Petroleum University, Almetyevsk State Petroleum Institute, and TatNIPIneft (Tatarstan Research Institute of Oil Industry)....

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19Jul

KFU research showcased at Tatarstan Oil Summit

This 14th July, the summit marked the 80th anniversary of oil industry in Tatarstan and the 75th anniversary of the discovery of Romashkino oilfield, the bread and butter of local oil industry. Among the booths visited by industry captains and Rais (Governor) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov was one installed by KFU's Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons. Speaking about...

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12Jul

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...

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10Jul

Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Mikhail Varfolomeev graduates from federal staff pool program

84 educational and science executives from 27 provinces participated. The graduation ceremony was visited by Vice-Premier of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko, Aide to the President of Russia Andrey Fursenko, and Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia Valery Falkov. “This program was launched on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin to create a personnel management reserve for science, higher...

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05Jul

KFU’s reagents for enhanced oil recovery presented in Tyumen

The conference "Science in the design and development of oil fields - new opportunities" was held in Tyumen by Rosneft. Alexander Bolotov, Senior Research Associate of the Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, shared details about KFU's work on reagents for EOR. "At the conference, I presented new reagents developed in KFU laboratories, and also presented successful results...

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03Jul

KFU students third in OilCase 2023 contest

The results of the largest Russian competition in case solving in petroleum science and petroleum engineering have been publicized. Over 800 participants from Kazan, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tyumen, Ufa, Perm, Orenburg, Nefteyugansk and Tomsk took part in the OilCase 2023. Kazan was represented by master's students Azat Galiev and Ilya Fedorov (Institue of Geology and Petroleum...

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