Institute employees offer short courses in Qingdao, China
From June 30 to July 3, 2024, Boris Platov and Igor Ognev gave a series of lectures at the China University of Petroleum for master's and PhD students. Boris Platov dedicated his course to modern methods of geophysical well logging, detailing the physical principles of their operation and geological interpretation of the data. Igor Ognev presented the...
Director Vladimir Silantyev: “If there was time travel, I would only travel to the future”
Director of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies gave an interview to the KFU Media Communications Center before the new academic year. Vladimir Vladimirovich, many boys are interested in dinosaurs. Did your love for geology and paleontology also begin with them? V.S.: I was not interested in dinosaurs as a child. My love for geology was...
Two PhD students receive Presidential scholarships
Over 4.7 thousand applications were submitted this year, most of them in technical sciences. Under the guidance of Mikhail Varfolomeev, Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Saeed Shadi is developing technologies for hydrocarbon production from low-permeability unconventional shale rocks using hydrothermal conversion. It is mainly the application of specialized catalysts for in-situ conversion of fixed...
Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons implementing new projects with Sichuanese colleagues
The Kazanian delegation visited longtime partners Southwest Petroleum University and a new research facility in clean energy in Sichuan Province, China. Russian and Chinese scientists will launch a batch of new projects, as was agreed on 4 and 5 July in Chengdu. KFU was represented by Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Mikhail Varfolomeev and Senior Research...
Institute’s projects discussed in Dzerzhinsk
A joint meeting of members of the Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Dzerzhinskkhimregion and representatives of leading universities and research institutes of the Republic of Tatarstan was held in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. At the initiative of the Science and Technology Foundation of Tatarstan, representatives of the leading universities of Tatarstan were invited to the...
Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Mikhail Varfolomeev included into Rais (Governor) of Tatarstan‘s Personnel Reserve list
Personnel Reserve of the Republic of Tatarstan is a project aimed at fostering local managerial talent. Mikhail Varfolomeev is also currently Deputy Director for Research at the Gazpromneft-KFU Research and Development Center. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Russian Presidential Council for Science and Education. To participate in the project, the scientist underwent a...
Pertinent issues discussed at Practice GeoChemistry 2024
3rd Scientific and Practical Conference on Petroleum Hydrogeology, Geochemistry and Hydrodynamic Modeling opened at Kazan Federal University on 25 June. The conference is organized by the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies (IGPT) and the Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons. Danis Nurgaliev, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences, opened the conference. He noted that...
Institute visited by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia Dmitry Afanasyev
On June 12 Dmitry Afanasyev visited the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies. He was met at the Institute by Marat Safiullin, Vice-Rector for Economic and Strategic Development, and Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences. The meeting was also attended by Mikhail Varfolomeev, Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, and Alexander Bolotov, Roman Paveliev,...
Applications open for Hard-to-Recover Reserves 2024
The conference is going to be held on 23 - 25 September 2024 in Almetyevsk. The conference aims to assess the capabilities of young researchers, students, and professionals in research endeavors, foster project initiatives, and facilitate the free exchange of information and viewpoints among scientists and practitioners in hard-to-recover-reserves. The conference provides a valuable platform for...