Tag - World-Class Research Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons

Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons’ five-year results discussed in Moscow

Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev spoke in front of a panel of experts of the Coordination Center of the Government of Russia. The event was joined by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia Valery Falkov and chaired chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko. Also present were Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Stepan Kalmykov, representatives...

Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies presents new unit for pelletizing of gas hydrates

Experts from Kazan University, together with colleagues from the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian State University of Oil and Gas, have created the first installation in Russia for the rapid production and pressing of gas hydrates. Its use will make it possible to...

Supervisory Board of the Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons convenes at KFU

Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov presided over the meeting. Among the participants were Rector of KFU Lenar Safin, President of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences Rifkat Minnikhanov, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, and board members. “The Year of Scientific and Technological Development in Tatarstan has drawn a symbolic line under the completion of the Science and Universities National Project....

Center for Advanced Training concludes another successful year

In 2024, 1,324 people from 273 oil and gas companies completed training, including Rosneft (and subsidiaries), Gazprom (and subsidiaries), Surgutneftegaz, LUKOIL (and subsidiaries), Gazprom Neft, and Tatneft. 1,091 students improved their qualifications, 136 underwent professional retraining, 209 certificates were issued, 60 students of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies (IGPT) were trained to become...

Experience of using low-mineralized waters in oil fields discussed at Institute

Today, when most large oil fields are at the final stage of development, the problem of formation water cut is becoming critical. At a number of fields, the water cut level exceeds 90%, which makes the composition of the injected water a key factor influencing the efficiency of oil displacement. This problem is especially acute...

Institute shows new developments and holds meetings at TatOilExpo 2024

Among the many events was the agreement signing with Yugra State University. The Forum is an effective platform for exchange of ideas, discussion of key industry issues by Russian and foreign specialists and the scientific community of the oil and gas industry, demonstration of the latest developments and technologies, and a meeting place for the scientific,...

Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons optimizing technology of supercritical water application for enhanced oil recovery

A research team of scientists from Kazan Federal University presented the results of creating a kinetic model to describe the conversion processes of organic shale under thermochemical action in the presence of various catalysts. The results saw light in Journal of Supercritical Fluids. The kinetic data show that the catalyst intensifies the conversion reactions of organic matter from...

Representatives of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies spoke at the 12th All-Russian Congress of Councils of Young Scientists and Student Scientific Communities

This year it was held in Vladivostok, the youth capital of Russia in 2024, on 15 – 17 July. The forum was attended by more than a thousand people from different provinces and other countries. In total, more than 1,800 applications for participation were submitted. Iskander Vakhitov, Chairman of the Association of Young Scientists of KFU, Research...

Researcher Anastasia Mikhailova commended at 5th International Oil and Gas Forum in Almetyevsk

The forum was held at Almetyevsk State Technological University. The main events of the forum were the annual Oil Summit of the Republic of Tatarstan and an educational program in the hackathon format. Participants of the hackathon united in teams of six people and analyzed the solution of a case in one of four directions. The areas...

Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons implementing new projects with Sichuanese colleagues

The Kazanian delegation visited longtime partners Southwest Petroleum University and a new research facility in clean energy in Sichuan Province, China. Russian and Chinese scientists will launch a batch of new projects, as was agreed on 4 and 5 July in Chengdu. KFU was represented by Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Mikhail Varfolomeev and Senior Research...