OREANDA-NEWS. December 20, 2012. Professionals of TATNEFT Company were named laureates of the prize named after Academician I.M. Gubkin, which is the highest industry branch public award for the best scientific research, design and development works in the oil, gas, and oil/gas refining industry.

The prize n.a. Academician I.M. Gubkin was established by the Central Board of the Scientific and Technical Society of the oil and gas workers (NTO NG) n.a. Academician I.M. Gubkin and it is awarded biannually to promote the best scientific research, design and development works of considerable interest in the theory and practice of the oil and gas industry and construction of enterprises in these sectors. These projects contribute to the acceleration of technological progress, increased production efficiency, improvement of the products and services quality, as well as improvement of the reliability and safety of production operations and solution of complex environmental problems.

This year, regional organizations of the Scientific and Technical Society have filed 21 applications with 19 works selected for final submission to the jury. It should be noted that according to the existing rules the number of the projects rewarded should not exceed 10, but in 2012, winning awards were conferred to 13 projects. According to the opinion of V.V. Kulchitsky, Executive Director of the Central Board of NTO NG n.a. Academician I.M. Gubkin, the level of the works nominated for rewarding had been so high that it was decided to make an exception.

The projects submitted have virtually covered topics of all technological areas of the oil and gas industry - from geology, drilling and field development to transportation of hydrocarbon raw materials and their processing. The projects participating in the contest mostly represent serious scientific and technological engineering developments executed as inventions (protected by Russian patents) and introduced into operation in the oil and gas regions with achievement of a significant economic effect.

The Academician I.M. Gubkin prize for 2012 was awarded for four papers presented by composite author teams of the Company:

NGDU "Leninogorskneft" - "Set of technologies for development of complicated carbonate reservoirs" (R.S. Nurmukhametov, M.M. Khamidullin, R.G. Shaydullin);

NGDU "Bavlyneft" - "Advances in reservoir pressure maintenance technologies at the late stage of the oil fields development" (R.V. Chernov, M. Valeyev, V.A. Leader, V.P. Lanin, B.M. Lazarev) ;

JSC TATNEFT - "New approaches to thermal and hydrodynamic studies of wells and reservoirs" (R.Kh. Muslimov, A.S. Sultanov, M.Kh. Khairullin, R.G. Farkhullin, M.N. Shamsiev);

NGDU "Yamashneft" - "A new approach to operation of highly watered oil field areas with application of the products gravity separation technology in the wellbore followed by injection of water into intake beds without elevation to the surface " (V.V. Smykov, B.C. Saetgaraev, R.R, Gazizov, I.D. Fazullin, G.Yu. Basos).

All awarded professionals were conferred diplomas and medals "Laureate of the Academician I.M. Gubkin Prize".