Tag - World-Class Research Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons

Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies represented at the Companion Event of the Congress of Young Scientists

The conference was organized at Perm State University of Humanities and Pedagogy on 4 – 6 October. Among the topics were environmental issues of the Kama Region, regional infrastructure, synergy between education and the industry, and new energy sources. Four workgroups comprising experts from various fields were formed, and each group was to defend its own project...

Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons presented its work at ADIPEC 2023 in Abu Dhabi

The annual oil and gas forum was held on 2 - 5 October. The 2023 event became the largest ever, having been attended by 160,000 visitors, comprising 350 thematic sessions with 1,600 contributors, including over 40 ministers and 120 executives of the energy sector. ADIPEC is organized by ADNOC, Ministry of Energy of UAE, and Society...

Institute projects represented at RAO/CIS Offshore in Saint-Petersburg

The forum took place on 26 - 29 September. The conference on oil and gas projects of the Russian Arctic and offshore areas is organized on odd years. It features representatives of governments, businesses, and research centers of the Commonwealth of Independent States. KFU's sizable delegation comprised Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, Deputy Director of...

Statistical research advances understanding of oil displacement

Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons submitted a new paper to Geoenergy Science and Engineering. The search for a solution to the problem of representativeness of core material sizes, on which pore space structure studies, filtration characteristics measurement, and chemical studies are carried out, has been going on for several decades. The most widespread today is the deterministic approach,...

Supervisory board of the Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons holds regular meeting

Rais (Governor) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov helmed the event. Rector Lenar Safin spoke about the Center’s main activities, “Research is conducted in three main areas. It is about developing technologies for prospecting and exploration of large fields on the shelf and unexplored territories, creating new technology for the development of giant fields that have been exploited...

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...

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...

New data on sulfonated castor oil reveals potential in gas hydrate formation

A new paper appeared in Fuel. “Gas hydrates are solid crystalline substances resembling ice and consisting of gas and water molecules. Under conditions of high pressure and low temperature, gas molecules are contained within the cavities of the frameworks formed by water molecules. One volume of hydrate can hold about 160 volumes of gas. A promising method...

KFU research showcased at Tatarstan Oil Summit

This 14th July, the summit marked the 80th anniversary of oil industry in Tatarstan and the 75th anniversary of the discovery of Romashkino oilfield, the bread and butter of local oil industry. Among the booths visited by industry captains and Rais (Governor) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov was one installed by KFU's Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons. Speaking about...

Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons represented at Innoprom 2023 in Yekaterinburg

One of the largest industrial expos in Russia is being held in the Uralian megapolis on 10 - 13 July. Over 1,000 businesses from Russia and 35 other countries are partaking in the event. Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev and Head of Enhanced Oil Recovery at the Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons (CLH) Mikhail Varfolomeev spoke about...