PhD student studies influence of ultrasound on rheological properties of heavy oil
Heavy oil, with its high viscosity and complex composition, presents significant technological and economic challenges for the oil industry. Therefore, the development of new technologies to effectively change the rheological properties of heavy oil is a pertinent task for the oil and gas sector. One of the promising directions for solving this problem is the...
Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods: Challenges Facing the Petroleum Industry conference wrapped up
The event took place on 29 – 31 May; the organizers were the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies (IGPT) and the Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons (CLH). The conference partners were Gazpromneft, SNF Vostok, POLYMER SYSTEMS, SIBUR Holding, NORCHEM Group of Companies, the Center for Advanced Training, Quality Management and Marketing, and the Eco-Geo-Neft Charitable Foundation. The three-day conference...
KFU represented at the Developing Carbon Potential – Green Technologies conference in Ufa
The event took place at Ufa State Petroleum Technical University on May 21 - 23, organized by the Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons and the Institute of Scientific Communication. More than 100 leading scientists and talented young researchers from foreign and Russian universities, as well as authoritative figures of science and higher education from other countries, such...
Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons’ projects in oilfield chemistry presented at a conference in Ufa
Scientists of the Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Technologies represented Kazan Federal University at the conference Practical Aspects of Oilfield Chemistry on 22 - 24 May. The co-organizers were Rosneft-BashNIPIneft Research Institute and Bashkortostan Academy of Sciences. This year the delegates of the conference discussed topical issues of oilfield chemistry and automation of oil and...
Research shows acetic acid salts simplify the production of heavy oil
Picture URL: https://pubs.acs.org/cms/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c04335/asset/images/medium/ie3c04335_0016.gif KFU's project is supported by the Russian Science Foundation. According to the official website of the Russian Science Foundation, Kazanian scientists managed to find out that acetates - salts of acetic acid with transition metals - in combination with steam treatment reduce the viscosity of heavy oil by 58%. This approach was 19% more...
First ever geothermochronology conference held at Institute
The event spanned from 15 to 19 May and was attended by more than 70 people from Kazan and various cities of Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Syktyvkar, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Magadan, and Yakutsk. Among the participants there were also representatives of China, France, USA, and Kazakhstan. The moderators of the event were Anna Kulikova, Senior Research...
Resource-saving technology of processing common reed waste helps to obtain bioethanol and cellulose-containing material
Cleaning of soil and artificial reservoirs from Phragmites reed overgrowth and rational utilization can reduce the environmental burden. At the same time, the newly formed biomass creates additional problems of environmental pollution, especially in regions with intensive agricultural activity. The problem of finding rational ways of qualified utilization of biomass, in particular, of common reed...
Breakthrough Russian Technologies for Mature Oil and Gas Fields in the Focus of Economic Efficiency, Digital Transformation and Decarbonization panel session held as part of Russia – Islamic World KazanForum 2024
The event took place at Kazan Expo on 15 May. KFU’s Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies was represented by Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, Institute Director Vladimir Silantyev, Deputy Director for Marketing – Director of the Center for Advanced Training Ildus Chukmarov, Deputy Director for Research Anton Kolchugin, Deputy Director for Academic Affairs Andrey Teryokhin, Deputy Director for Innovation Vladislav...
Two conferences held with support from the Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons
On May 13, two major events were launched in at KFU - 20th Scientific and Practical Conference and Exhibition Engineering and Ore Geophysics 2024 and 6th Scientific and Practical Conference Horizontal Wells 2024. The events are organized by Geomodel Razvitie LLC. Horizontal Wells started its history with a workshop in 2015. And today the conference has...