On June 12 Dmitry Afanasyev visited the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies. He was met at the Institute by Marat Safiullin, Vice-Rector for Economic and Strategic Development, and Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences. The meeting was also attended by Mikhail Varfolomeev, Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, and Alexander Bolotov, Roman Paveliev,...
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...
A paper saw light in Chemical Engineering Science. The latest series of inhibitors developed by scientists of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of Kazan Federal University surpasses the most effective foreign analogs in terms of their target properties, and also shows a tendency to biological degradation in offshore conditions. Today the developed class of hydrate formation...
4 reports were presented by KFU's Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons on 22 - 24 April. The extensive program of the event was attended by more than 15,000 specialists in hydrocarbons and energy from 300 companies representing 24 countries. The delegation of Kazan University comprised Mikhail Varfolomeev, Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Vladislav Sudakov, Deputy...
They are intended for in-situ combustion. The technology of in-situ combustion for heavy oil production has great potential compared to other thermal methods of enhanced oil recovery, including steam injection, because it can be used for fields with different depths. However, there are a number of technological challenges affecting the efficiency of its application. One of...
The IGPT team was headed by Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev. He was accompanied by Deputy Director of IGPT for Marketing Ildus Chukmarov, Deputy Director for Innovation Vladislav Sudakov, Senior Research Associate (Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery) Rail Kadyrov, Junior Research Associate (Laboratory of Utilization of Carbon Dioxide in Natural Underground Reservoirs) Airat Yarullin, and...
Below is a translation of an article from the latest issue of Neftegazovaya promyshlennost' (Oil and Gas Industry) magazine. Light oil in Russia is running out, and production requires the development of new technologies. In the old oil-producing region, Tatarstan, the focus is on developing high-viscosity oil fields and extending the life of mature fields. Solutions...
A paper in Journal of Energy Storage discusses a new biodegradable compound for hydrate formation. The Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery researches a new class of compounds where castor oil is used as a hydrate formation promoter. Senior Research Associate Matvei Semenov comments, “Special emphasis is placed on the study of toxicity and biodegradation. This is due to the fact that hydrate...
A paper appeared in Chemical Engineering Research and Design. Scientists of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies have obtained new results in the field of physicochemical hydrodynamics, characterizing the influence of surface tension and boundary wetting angle on the adsorbed amount of surfactants. Understanding the role and strength of factors affecting adsorption of surface-active agents (surfactants)...
A joint paper with Samaraneftegaz and SamaraNIPIneft saw light in Processes. In the course of recent research, the KFU team proved that highly concentrated binary compositions are capable of releasing more gas and heat in the process of thermal-gas-chemical reaction. The development provides effective thermochemical treatment of downhole zones of wells. "In order to increase the coverage...
