A new enhanced oil recovery reagent, a thermally stable surfactant peptizer, developed at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, has successfully undergone field trials at the Aksyonovskoye heavy oil field in Samara Oblast. The substance was synthesized by researchers of the In-Situ Combustion Lab. “The new reagent, under conditions of steam-assisted thermal treatment of a heavy...
Researchers at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies conducted a comprehensive study and identified the mechanisms of chemical processes that occur when steam and a catalyst precursor are injected during the development of high-sulfur heavy-oil fields. An urgent problem associated with developing unconventional reserves of heavy hydrocarbons with high sulfur content requires the introduction of...
This innovative idea, implemented in laboratories at Kazan Federal University, will help oil companies increase the production of highly viscous oil while simultaneously improving its quality without complex infrastructure changes. The research demonstrates the high technological efficiency of thermal steam treatment using a water-soluble nickel-based catalyst. Important laboratory results were published in Scientific Reports. “A water-soluble catalyst is...
The Non-seismic Methods for Hydrocarbon Exploration program course was held last week. For a week, six specialists not only studied but also learned about Kazan and KFU. Their program comprised lectures, including one given by Danis Nurgaliev, KFU Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences, practical classes, and visits to laboratories, museums, the Kazan Kremlin, and TNG Kazan Geophysics,...
The paper saw light in Scientific Visualization. The article presents a method developed by university geologists for predicting the gas permeability of carbonate rocks, based on X-ray microtomography data and machine learning. Using this method, the researchers analyzed standard core samples used in the oil and gas industry to evaluate reservoir properties. “Reservoir rocks are those that have...
MNKT, one of Tatarstan's small oil and oilfield services companies, sent a delegation to our Institute to discuss its current business and possible points of mutual interest. The guests toured the institute's laboratories and then held a meeting with Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev and other IGPT employees. Representing the company at the meeting were: Director...
The guests arrived on 30 September. During the visit, KFU's interactions with industrial partners were discussed. The focus was on cooperation with Norilskgazprom, represented by Ildar Ibragimov, Deputy General Director for Industrial Asset Management, and Artyom Ganin, Head of the Enhanced Gas Recovery and Well Workover Department. The delegation also included Ramil Bariev, Project Manager for Oilfield...
Employees of the Laboratory of In-Situ Combustion of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of Kazan Federal University have developed a catalyst based on salts of weak acids to increase the efficiency of heavy oil production. The main difficulty that oil companies face when developing such oil is its high viscosity, due to the high...
A peptizer for the upgrading of heavy oil, developed by the staff of the In-Situ Combustion Laboratory of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of the Kazan Federal University, has been tested at one of the fields of the RITEK-Samara-Nafta territorial production enterprise. “We have synthesized new heat-resistant surfactants based on medium-molecular polyglycols (polyethylene glycol...
“The core extraction process itself is expensive and technically challenging. After a number of laboratory tests, the samples become unsuitable for further research, which significantly limits the possibility of conducting repeated analyses to study various aspects of fluid behavior inside the rock,” says Rail Kadyrov, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of In-Situ Combustion. “We decided to find...
