Tag - Center for Advanced Training

Shtukenberg Geological Museum opens exhibition commemorating Professor Ivan Penkov

The exhibition commemorates his 100th anniversary.   From a school bench to the war fronts Ivan Penkov (1923 - 2021) is warmly remembered as a prominent geologist, teacher, mentor, avid skier, gymnast, enthusiast fisher, and an overall good-hearted optimist. Penkov's descendants and relatives The future geologist was born in 1923 in the village of Sokolovka, Nikolskoe District, Penza Oblast. He...

Ongoing cooperation discussed with Union Cuba-Petróleo

Head of Training and Development Mario Miranda Márquez and HR Director Tania Pérez Delgado visited on 3 and 4 October. Since 2018, the Institute has been cooperating with Cuba's national oil company, having graduated 25 master's degree students and 267 short-term training students. In June 2023, Minister of Higher Education of Cuba Walter Baluja Garcia toured IGPT and...

Freshmen welcomed by Institute leadership

On September 1, the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of Kazan Federal University hosted a meeting of freshmen. This year, 405 students enrolled here, with 240 of them for bachelor's degree and 165 for master's degree. Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences and Institute Director, greeted the young people, "It is nice to see young...

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...