OREANDA-NEWS. Projects of TATNEFT Company won the contest "50 best innovative ideas for the Republic of Tatarstan" in 2016.

The following projects were named the winners:

Category “Project of the Year”: projects of NGDU “Elkhovneft" Oil and Gas Production Division  "Wellhead sealing device" (protected by patent No. 2565604 of the Russian Federation), Andrei Paskidov); "Method of determining occurrence intervals of gas-bearing formations in the well" (protected by patent No. 2567935 of the Russian Federation), Gayssa Mussayev); a joint project of TatNIPIneft Institute and “Yamashneft” Oil and Gas Production Division “Process of the oil reservoir development with horizontally completed wells" (protected by patent No. 2569514, Vadim Ahmetgareyev and “Jalilneft” Oil and Gas Production Division "A process of the oil reservoir development wells with application of horizontally completed wells” (protected by patent No.2590918, Lenar Sagidullin);

Category "Start of Innovations": projects of "Elkhovneft" Oil and Gas Production Division “Computerized simulator complex for training the process personnel of the NGDU "Elkhovneft"’s combined oil refining installation (Sergey Ostrovsky); “Yamashneft” Oil and Gas Production Division "Commissioning of wells with downhole pumping assembly filled with magnesium following acid treatment" (Catherine Andayeva);  “Leninogorskneft” Oil and Gas Production Division "Method of optimizing the sucker rod drive parameters”, (patent No. 2577922, Radic Galimov).”

There were more that two thousand applications submitted for participation in the in the XIIth Republican contest of innovative ideas, organized by the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan jointly with the Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic.