Geologist Day celebrated at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies
Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences, congratulated the students. He shared memories of his student internships and expeditions. “A geologist is a special person because he looks at nature with different optics,” he noted. "Any piece of land has everything, just in very small quantities - gold, diamonds, meteorites, rare earth metals.” The most interesting thing in...
Vice-Rector Danis Nurgaliev’s and Institute Director Vladimir Silantyev’s addresses on Geologist Day
First Sunday of April is Geologist Day in Russia. “Dear friends, I congratulate you on Geologist Day! This holiday is not by chance falls in spring, when geologists begin preparations for expeditions and look forward to the pleasure of new discoveries. I wish you good health, exciting adventures and success in exploring the beautiful corners of our...
Danis Nurgaliev: “We are using the method that I invented in my student years to look for oil”
On Geologist Day (first Sunday of April), Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences, Distinguished Scientist of Russia and Tatarstan, Doctor of Sciences in Geology in Mineralogy, Professor Danis Nurgalev speaks about his life in science and the current affairs at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies. "When I was a kid, in our village of Tatyshly in...
Students meet with representatives of TNG-AlGIS
Employees of one of the largest oilfield services companies of Tatarstan arrived to talk with young people on 4 April. Deputy Director of IGPT for Academic Affairs Andrey Teryokhin noted, "During the year, we have many meetings with our industrial partners and your potential employers. Direct contact is very important. No one can answer your questions,...
Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism School-Conference
The event takes up 31 March to 4 April. On the opening day, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev welcomed the participants, “Paleomagnetism is amazingly interesting! Research in this area helps to understand when the Earth’s magnetic field emerged, what was it like a billion years ago, when it disappeared and reappeared, and how its changes influenced the...
Aide to the Head of Tatarstan and university rectors visit the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies
The meetings took place on 28 March. The tour was preceded and concluded by brief meetings at the Institute. In the beginning, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev spoke about KFU and the Institute in detail. The guests then proceeded to the 3D Geo Center, as well as several laboratories – geomechanics; X-ray computed tomography; pertrophysics and physics of oil...
Delegation of Shandong Province education officials and academics tours KFU
The meeting was joined by Deputy Head of the Department of International Affairs of the Provincial Party Committee of Shandong Sun Yebao, Head of the Europe and Asia Section of said department Ji Caiyun, Deputy Head of said section Ji Dandan, Director of the Department of International Exchange and Cooperation of Dezhou University Du Yali, Director of Herzen International Institute of Arts...
Regional Center of the Russian Geographical Society opened in Kazan
The ceremony was held at KFU on 21 March. In the foyer of the UNICS Center, several hallway exhibitions were organized, including 180 years of the Russian Geographical Society, Symbols of the Volga-Kama State Natural Biosphere Reserve, Unique Rocks of Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk Oblast, and 105 Years of the Birth of Anver Taisin - Author of...
Vice-Rector Danis Nurgaliev speaks with Regional Director of the Society of Petroleum Engineers in Russia and the Caspian Region Aleksey Borisenko
They were joined by Deputy Director of IGPT for Continuing Education and Industrial Partnerships Ildus Chukmarov, Deputy Director of IGPT for Research Pavel Krylov, Deputy Director for Marketing of Gazpromneft-KFU Center Vladislav Sudakov, and Chairman of the Student Research Society of Petroleum Engineers of KFU Radmir Bakhtigaraev. Talking about SPE, Mr Borisenko noted that the organization...