World-Class Research Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons – Structure
Laboratory of Research of the State and Evolution of Underground Reservoirs
| Head | Vladislav Sudakov Deputy Director for Innovation, Institute of Geology and Hydrocarbon Technologies |
| Research areas | New paradigm for exploration of giant reservoirs Res Neuro software tool for AI-assisted localization of oil pillars GISneuro software for automatic processing of geological and geophysical data Geoindicator monitoring technology Automatic analysis of digital petrographic images |
| Partnerships | Rosneft, Tatneft, Gazpromneft |
| Contacts | vlasudakov@kpfu.ru |
Laboratory of Studies of Oil and Gas Bearing Basins
| Head | Danis Nurgaliev Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences |
| Research areas | Technology of forecasting, prospecting and exploration of large and giant hydrocarbon deposits in poorly studied territories Reconstruction and study of sediment basin evolution Center for Geothermochronology Geochemical research to solve the problems of prospecting, exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbon deposits Seismic data processing and interpretation |
| Partnerships | Gazprom |
| Contacts | danis.nourgaliev@kpfu.ru |
Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery
| Head | Mikhail Varfolomeev Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering |
| Research areas | Surfactants for enhanced oil recovey Catalysts for oxidation and in-situ refining Complex gas injection technologies Gel particles for leveling oil profile and limiting water supply Binary mixtures for intensifying extraction and improving fracturing efficiency |
| Partnerships | Gazpromneft, Tatneft, Lukoil, Novatek, Zarubezhneft |
| Contacts | mikhail.varfolomeev@kpfu.ru |
GeoLab Research Center
| Head | Danis Nurgaliev Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences |
| Chief engineer | Artyom Chemodanov |
| Testing and experiments | Petrophysical Petrochemical Geochemical Hydrogeochemical Isotope and element analysis Phase analysis |
| Equipment | Pyrolysis system X-ray diffractometer Atomic absoprtion spectrometer Electric and elastic properties analysis device Chromatography installations VIscometer Rheometer |
| Contacts | chemodanov41659@mail.ru |
Center for Advanced Training, Quality Management and Marketing
Center for Geothermochronology
| Research supervisor | Mikhail Buslov Deputy Director, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Testing and experiments | Correlation of «silent» stratra by paleomagnetic and isotopic methods Construction of paleotemperature models of sediment basins using thermochronological methods Development of methods and technologies for assessing the oil and gas content of sedimentary basins to improve the competitiveness of Russian oil and gas companies Determination of the age of crystallization of a number of minerals: zircons, baddeleites, monacytes, perovtses using uranium-lead isotopy Determination of characteristics of primordial magma on lutetium-hafnia isotopy and geochemistry of rare earth elements in zircons Complex examination of one grain zircon: «double dating» – U-Pb and ZFT, Lu-Hf and REE for accurate identification of provinces Development of paleotectonic and paleogeographic reconstructions Thermochronology with tracks of uranium fission fragments in apatites and zircons Construction of paleotermal and paleotectonic models of sedimentary basins (incl. oil and gas bearing basins) with the help of thermochronology on apatites and zircons Determination of the isotopic composition of strontium, carbon and oxygen in carbonate deposits Performing stratigraphic correlations based on Sr- and C-isotopic data |
| Equipment | Isotopic mass spectrometer Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescent spectrometer Policapillary micro X-ray fluorescent spectrometer Portable X-ray fluorescent analyzer Synchronous thermal analyzer Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer |