Tag - Lukoil

Director Vladimir Silantyev: “If there was time travel, I would only travel to the future”

Director of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies gave an interview to the KFU Media Communications Center before the new academic year. Vladimir Vladimirovich, many boys are interested in dinosaurs. Did your love for geology and paleontology also begin with them? V.S.: I was not interested in dinosaurs as a child. My love for geology was...

How to enhance oil extraction – all about in-situ combustion

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...

Center for Advanced Training finishes year with best ever results

In 2023, the Institute's Center for Advanced Training (CdoGEO) has provided courses to 1,370 persons from 250 companies, including national leaders Rosneft, Gazprom, Surgutneftegaz, Lukoil, and Gazpromneft. 132 programs have been completed in geology, petroleum engineering, geophysics, hydrogeology, surveying, metrology, and other subjects. Rosneft was the biggest client this year, sending 598 professionals for training. Graduation questionnaires...

Fourth test conducted with UniCat catalyst in Samara Oblast

The In-Situ Combustion Lab continues its field testing in Samara Oblast. Commissioned by RITEK, KFU scientists arrived at Aksyonov oil field on 22 November to organize a field test of a catalyst precursor based on iron, nickel, and cobalt. Lab Head Alexey Vakhin comments, "The effectiveness of this catalyst precursor in regard to oil refining was...

Danis Nurgaliev: Development of technologies and equipment for the oil and gas industry is a new way to develop the country as a whole

Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences gave an interview to Burenie i Neft, a Russian oil industry magazine.   - Danis Karlovich, what forecast can you give for the oil and gas industry in the near future from the point of view of a geologist? Will oil run out? - One can often hear in the media that the Earth...

UniCat oil catalyst tested at Strelovo oilfield in Samara Oblast

KFU’s Laboratory of Catalytic Aquathermolysis continues its research in in-situ oil refining. In June of this year, a catalyst precursor was tested at the same oilfield. The observations showed its efficiency for heavy oil reservoirs. On 16 August, a pilot field test was held on commission from RITEK LLC. “Aquathermolysis catalysts function in the porous medium of...