OREANDA-NEWS. December 24, 2013. The awarding ceremony of the Russian Federation Government   prizes was held In the Great Hall of the Russian Federation Government House (Moscow). There were representatives of JSC TATNEFT among the persons awarded the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in science and technology.

The title of "Winner of the Russian Federation Government Prize in science and technology" for creation and industrial introduction of viscous oil field development technologies was conferred to: Shafagat Fakhrazovich Takhautdinov, Member of the Board of Directors of JSC TATNEFT, Nail Gabdulbarievich Ibragimov, First Deputy General Director - Chief Engineer, Rais Salikhovich Khisamov, Chief Geologist - Deputy General Director, Ravil Rustamovich Ibatullin, Director of TatNIPIneft, Nakip Salakhovich Gatiyatullin, Head of the Tatar Geological Exploration Administration of JSC TATNEFT, Ilgiz Misbahovich Salikhov, Head of NGDU "Nurlatneft", Azat Timeryanovich Zaripov, Deputy Head of Department – Laboratory Manager of TatNIPIneft and Rinat Kasimovich Sabirov, Assistant to President of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The set of technologies for development of extra-viscous oil (EVO) fields has been developed and implemented by the professionals of TATNEFT Company within the framework of large-scale integrated activities related to solving the most important scientific and technical challenge to put into commercial development the significant reserves of extra-viscous oil in the Republic of Tatarstan. Introduction of the efficient technologies complex to improve the field development system and application of modern techniques and technologies in recent years has allowed achieving significant growth in production of EVO.

 Organization of a new type of oil production and innovative field development technologies applied at JSC TATNEFT are becoming the most important reserve in the country’s oil industry. The efficient technologies and equipment developed during experimental works for production and processing of EVO can be widely applied in the development of similar deposits in other regions of Russia and abroad.

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Following Governmental Executive Order No. 254-r dated February 27, 2013 “On awarding the Russian Federation Government prizes of 2012 in science and technology”  40 annual awards in science and technology were conferred, including 10 awards for the works in the field of defense and security (Federal Order of the Russian Federation Government for classified operations is issued separately).

291 persons including 18 academicians and 13 corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, 1 corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, 89 doctors of science and 94 candidates of sciences were awarded the Prize of the Russian Federation Government of 2012 in science and technology with the title of the Russian Federation Government Prize winner in science and technology. 

The representatives of 24 constituents of the Russian Federation are the authors of the works.