OREANDA-NEWS.  A meeting of the labor collective was held at TatNIPIneft, where there were considered the results of the Institute’s activities in 2015.

TatNIPIneft is a structural division of PJSC TATNEFT and one of the largest research centers of the oil industry. This year the Institute is celebrating a jubilee anniversary: 60 years since the Institute establishment.

Scientific/research and design/survey work planned by the Institute in 2015 were implemented in full volume.

The professionals of TatNIPIneft continue regular systematic work to build up the intellectual property of the Company. In 2015, the Institute sent 81 applications to the state-financed entity "Federal Institute of Industrial Property" for patents for inventions and 15 applications for official registration of computer programs.

During the reporting peroiod the Institute received 95 patents for inventions of the Russian Federation, 2 patents for inventions of the United States, 12 certificates of the Russian Federation State registration of the computer programs. 216 scientific papers were  published in the industry trade journals and collections during the year, as well as there were 2 monographs published.

The experts of the Institute participated in numerous international conferences held in Russia and abroad during the year, including the World Heavy Oil Congress; China Global Forum on unconventional sources of hydrocarbons and the XII European Catalysis Congress, etc.

The scientific and research activities of the TatNIPIneft’s experts and scientists during the year was primarily focused on the development of the high viscosity oil production project, including   creation of new types of equipment and technologies; development of hard-to-recover reserves,  development of  technologies to improve the efficiency of drilling   and the wells’ maintenance and workover, creation of new enhanced oil recovery methods, as well as performance of design and survey works for field development and the construction of wells in the Republic of Tatarstan , Samara region , etc., and others.