KFU will advise the Chinese oil industry workers on production of high-viscosity oil

(Kazan, on November 30, "Tatar inform", Anvar Malikov). Experts FGAOU IN "KAZANSKY (PRIVOLZHSKY) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY", FGAOU IN KFU, KFU, KAZANSKIY FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, KAZAN UNIVERSITY, KAZAN (VOLGA) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY will advise the main oil company China "Petrochayn" concerning application of thermal methods of production of high-viscosity oil (VVN). The agreement is signed with the assistance of Southwest oil university China.

About it were reported today to journalists by the vice rector for science, the director of Institute of geology and the KFU oil and gas technologies Nurgaliev Danis and the head of SAE "Ekoneft" (strategic academic unit on the basis of seven KFU institutes) Varfolomeev Mikhail following the results of a trip to China.

China Karamay, located in the Xinjiang-Uigur autonomous area Is a question of one of the largest oil and gas fields.

the Agreement is calculated by p on long cooperation. KFU offers a number of the practices.

Own know-how of university – technology of monitoring of distribution of heat in layer. Here the university has experience of cooperation from the Tatneft companies who develops the Ashalchinsky field of superviscous oil (SVN) a method of pumping steam. The three-year contract is signed with "Tatneft" at KFU. It is supposed that the Tatarstan oil company too will be connected to cooperation across Karamay. Together with "Tatneft" catalysts are developed for change of SVN properties directly in layer for simplification of production.

of V KFU bear also idea of underground initial processing of superviscous oil in layer that will allow to extract the "improved" oil on a surface. Authors of idea suggest to burn the heavy remains in layer for receiving the electric power, and to pump being allocated carbon dioxide in layer for oil recovery increase.

at the beginning of 2017 arrival to Republic of Tatarstan the Chinese delegation is expected. For this moment of KFU will prepare the offers.

In the KFU same directions the agreement with the main Colombian oil company Ecopetrol and Industrial university Santandera.