2023 graduates receive diplomas
190 bachelor and 96 master diplomas were given to fresh alumni on 12 July. They were congratulated by Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences, Institute Director Danis Nurgaliev. "I remember how a few years ago, as freshmen, you came to the institute confused and a little scared. And I was like that myself in your years! In September it...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cooperation agreement signed with Iran University of Science and Technology
Rector Lenar Safin’s visit to Iran continues. At the meeting, he was accompanied by First Vice-Rector Dmitry Tayursky and Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev. IUST was represented by Vice-Chancellor for Technology and Innovation Said Mohammad Ali Butorabi, Vice-Chancellor for Research Dawood Yunesyan, PR Director Puyan Ayar, and others. The two sides discussed cooperation, including artificial intelligence in the hydrocarbon industry. The Kazanites visited IUST”s...
Deputy Director Vladislav Sudakov joins memorandum signing ceremony with Shiraz University
The delegation to Iran was headed by Vice-Rector for International Affairs Timirkhan Alishev. Shiraz University is a comprehensive educational institution offering programs in engineering, petroleum industry, materials science, social sciences, and humanities. The sides presented each other’s strategies and current developments and discussed cooperation in research and academic exchange. The signing was preceded by Shiraz University Chancellor Mohammad...
Talks held with Uralchem Innovation
A visit to the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies and the Institute of Chemistry took place on 19 June. Of special interest to the guests were KFU labs’ capabilities to scale up production of chemical products, from catalysts to polymers and composites. The delegation spoke about catalyst production and oilfield products with the Head of Enhanced...
Scientists find pine forest endangered by grey heron
KFU and Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University researched pines near Panovo village in Tatarstan; the paper appeared in Frontiers in Environmental Science. Associate Professor (Department of General Ecology) Denis Tishin comments, “We study colonies of grey heron. It’s a rather widespread bird in Tatarstan. At a logline near Panovo village we found about 300 nests. The logline is about 100 meters in...