OREANDA-NEWS. September 17, 2012. Following the results of the Contest for the best exhibit, project or technical solution, held as part of the XIXth International Exhibition "Oil and Gas. Petrochemicals - 2012", TATNEFT Company won five high awards, reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.  

Awards of the prestigious Contest were presented for four engineering developments of TatNIPIneft of TATNEFT. The R&D Institute scientists were awarded the Grand Prix of the Contest in the nomination "Enhanced oil recovery" for the development of a "Technology to increase oil recovery from reservoirs by injecting micro-gel polymer systems with surfactants (MGS-KPS technology)".

Two more projects of TatNIPIneft scientists were awarded the I-st degree Diplomas:

- "Technology of cathodic protection of underground and surface facilities against soil corrosion at the industrial sites" in the category "Innovative environmentally friendly technologies";

- "Technology of developing extra-viscous oil fields with small thickness of layers by cyclic steam/solvent injection into single directional wells" in the nomination "Energy-saving technologies and equipment".

The II-nd degree Diploma was awarded to the professionals of TatNIPIneft for "Technology to increase oil recovery from the reservoir by injecting biopolymer compositions ("RBC-Xanthan" Technology)" in the nomination "Enhanced Oil Recovery".

The I-st Degree Diploma was also awarded to Bugulma Mechanical Plant of TATNEFT for the engineering development of "Pipe design with an internal anticorrosion coating TPS - U" in the nomination "Products with new or improved characteristics".