Polar researcher Fyodor Shipulin told students about his work
This year marks the 205th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica. As part of the celebration of this significant date, Kazan Federal University hosted a meeting of with a participant in the 69th Russian Antarctic Expedition, Fyodor Shipulin. Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, who himself has visited the southern continent, noted, “During his round-the-world voyage, Ivan Simonov, who...
Supervisory Board of the Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons convenes at KFU
Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov presided over the meeting. Among the participants were Rector of KFU Lenar Safin, President of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences Rifkat Minnikhanov, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, and board members. “The Year of Scientific and Technological Development in Tatarstan has drawn a symbolic line under the completion of the Science and Universities National Project....
KFU scientists among authors of top 100 publications in Russia by impact factor in 2024
Kazan Federal University ranks 6th in the nation. The top 100 scientific papers of 2024 prepared by Russian researchers include 6 articles by scientists from Kazan Federal University. The list of original scientific publications by Russian authors published in journals with the highest impact factor (IF) last year was prepared by the CoLab project participants together with...
Center for Advanced Training concludes another successful year
In 2024, 1,324 people from 273 oil and gas companies completed training, including Rosneft (and subsidiaries), Gazprom (and subsidiaries), Surgutneftegaz, LUKOIL (and subsidiaries), Gazprom Neft, and Tatneft. 1,091 students improved their qualifications, 136 underwent professional retraining, 209 certificates were issued, 60 students of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies (IGPT) were trained to become...
Experience of using low-mineralized waters in oil fields discussed at Institute
Today, when most large oil fields are at the final stage of development, the problem of formation water cut is becoming critical. At a number of fields, the water cut level exceeds 90%, which makes the composition of the injected water a key factor influencing the efficiency of oil displacement. This problem is especially acute...
Presidential Council for Science and Education holds year-end meeting
Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Mikhail Varfolomeev joined the meeting as one of the members of the current convocation. On December 23, members of the Presidential Council for Science and Education discussed the issue of providing engineering personnel for priority areas of scientific and technological development to achieve technological leadership. "A number of problems require...
Three Institute employees win Tatarstan Academy of Sciences grants for young scientists
The Academy announced the results in late December. Our colleagues set to receive grant funding are: Raushaniya Mudarisova - Development of a methodology for searching for carbonate reservoirs of super-viscous oil in the Permian deposits of the Republic of Tatarstan; Kamil Minnebaev - Sources of detrital material of the Middle Devonian-Early Permian rocks of the South Tatar arch...
Scientific Regiment: Alexander Vasilyev’s letter from the frontline
Kazan Federal University continues to publish a series of materials as part of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science’s Scientific Regiment campaign. Before the year of the 80th anniversary of the Victory, we tell about the courage and heroism of the university’s students and teachers during the Great Patriotic War. AlexanderVasilyev went to the front...
Chinese students of the Preparatory School get acquainted with the Institute’s programs
The presentation in Chinese took place in the new building of the preparatory faculty in Kazan at 12 Isaeva Street. The Institute was represented at the meeting by Deputy Director for Advanced Training and Industrial Partnerships Ildus Chukmarov and International Cooperation Officer Yury Nurmeev. A special guest of the meeting was Deputy General Director – Head...