Gazprom’s Science and Technology Prize

Technology for the preparation of commercial hydrocarbon reserves by drawing on the example of the Shtokmanovskoye gas and condensate field

A new method for the preparation of commercial hydrocarbon reserves has been created and practically tested. The new approaches to the processing of geophysical information implemented in said method have made it possible to significantly reduce the scopes of expensive prospecting and exploratory drilling. The supervisory exploratory drilling at the Shtokmanovskoye gas and condensate field has confirmed the accuracy of the projected data obtained.

For the first time ever, the State Commission on Mineral Reserves has approved an addition in reserves without supplementary drilling.

Supervisor of the work: Yu. Ampilov

D. Mirzoev, Ya. Shtein, A. Timonin (VNIIGAZ), F. Badikov (Sevmorneftegaz), A. Mandel (Gazflot), V. Parasynya, Yu. Pyatnitsky, V. Vovk (Gazprom)

Aggregated monitoring and control system for the production site of the Astrakhanskoye gas and condensate field

The authors of the research work have created a system for the control of the technological processes at said production site. The system ensures an automated regulation of the flow rate of each well; strict compliance with the technical regulations for well operation; and the reduction of costs incurred for intensifying the inflow of formation fluids.

The implementation of the system has enhanced the reliability and safety of the production process and increased the quality and stability of the products of said production site. 

Supervisor of the work: A. Filippov

A. Andreev, D. Avyazov, V. Bocharnikov, N. Bogomolov, A. Nevshupa, V. Rodovanov, P. Zamoskovin (Astrakhangazprom), V. Elfimov, V. Lavrukhin

Development and adoption of a system for collecting, transmitting, processing and storing the data on the process facilities of Mostransgaz

The authors of the research work have created a distributed multi-level information analysis system for collecting, organizing, accumulating, updating, processing, and analyzing the technical specifications and process information about the facilities and equipment of the gas transmission system of Mostransgaz.

The implementation of the system has made it possible to reduce the time for drawing up the overhaul schedule for the facilities, improve the monitoring of the schedule implementation, and upgrade the procurement and supply of inventory items for performing repairs at said facilities.

Supervisor of the work: I. Egorov (Orgenergogaz)

A. Golubnichy, A. Verbilo, A. Zhdanov (Mostransgaz), V. Plesnyaev, T. Sakharova (Orgenergogaz), I. Reshetnikov (Gazpromenergodiagnostika), V. Gerke, B. Grigoriev, A. Kolotovsky (Gazprom)

Creation of domestic import-substituting self-propelled complexes and technologies for performing gas-hydrodynamic research in horizontal wells, including in such wells at underground gas storage facilities, in order to enhance their operating efficiency

The authors of the research work have created an innovative stepper motor design that makes it possible to deliver geophysical instruments to the horizontal part of wellbores, as well as to conduct measurements in order to obtain information about the interval productivity of wellbore areas, filtration characteristics of pay zones, location of gas-water contacts, etc.

Supervisor of the work: V. Geraskin

Yu. Bakanov, A. Brazhnikov, N. Kobeleva, V. Kolesnichenko, G. Sevryukov, A. Shostak, S. Zhvachkin (Kubangazprom), S. Khan, V. Volsky (Gazprom)

Creation, manufacture and use of the RIUS-KVANT unified monitoring and control system for workshops and process units that serves as an automation tool for foreign and domestic gas compressor units and compressor workshops under reconstruction

A unified monitoring and control system for compressor workshops with gas turbine drive gas compressor units of foreign and domestic make has been created and put into batch production. In terms of its functional and technical capabilities, the new development is not inferior to the best cutting-edge foreign analogues and surpasses them in some parameters. The adoption of the system will make it possible to increase the reliability and efficiency of the control over the gas compressing process.

Supervisor of the work: A. Yakovlev

Yu. Troshev (Severgazprom), V. Kireev, A. Zhenev, K. Zhukov (Gazprom), V. Antonets, V. Antonushkin, A. Selivanov, V. Shvabsky (Vega-GAZ)

Social aspects of technical regulation of the shift work practice in the Far North

The authors of the research paper have analyzed and summarized the 20-year-long experience gained by Yamburggazdobycha in the organization of shift work.

The results of numerous studies in the field of shift work have been introduced into the current operations on a permanent basis, including the following: shift personnel selection methods; a system for the optimization of the working conditions of shift personnel; a system for keeping the employee careers active and long; a system for the prevention of professional diseases among shift personnel; a system for organizing the works and the working regime in shift camps; a system for an automated medical and environmental monitoring of the environment; and other.

Supervisor of the work: O. Andreev

A. Arabsky, V. Borovikov, A. Fomin, V. Kramar, I. Orlova, Z. Salikhov (Yamburggazdobycha), A. Ananenkov (Gazprom), A. Sobakin (Gazprommedservice), S. Okhotnikov (Sogaz)

Development and adoption of a set of new import-substituting and resource saving technologies and multipurpose coatings that ensure high performance of equipment at gas industry facilities

The repair technologies developed by the authors of the research work make it possible to create multipurpose wear-resistant coatings that enhance the performance of equipment to the level equal to that of new items. The newly created technologies have no precedent in the world and can be used for repairing a wide range of machinery, including that of foreign make. 

Supervisor of the work: G. Nabiev

S. Litvinov, V. Treshchev, N. Yakovlev (Volgogradtransgaz), V. Sedov (Gazprom), E. Tesker (Agromash), S. Mikhailenko, A. Zarudensky, V. Zhilyaev (Astrakhangazprom), E. Dovgalenko (Zavod Rotor)

Identifying and solving a range of sci-tech issues pertaining to the creation and operation of the Severo-Stavropolskoye UGS facility

The authors of the research paper have developed and implemented the technical solutions that ensure the following: a very prompt control over the operation regimes of the Severo-Stavropolskoye UGS facility; faster injection of gas into the UGS facility after the autumn/winter gas withdrawal period; and an increased daily deliverability of the UGS facility coupled with a decreased number of wells in operation.

Supervisor of the work: V. Zinoviev

O. Aksyutin, S. Belenko, V. Belenko, S. Varyagov, A. Zavgorodnev (Kavkaztransgaz), A. Dobonyan (Gazprom), I. Zinoviev (Mostransgaz), Yu. Ignatenko (SevKavNIPIgaz)

Development and adoption of comprehensive air-cleaning units of the TsN series for turbine-driven gas compressor units

As a result of the research work, a unified air-cleaning unit has been created and its batch production has been launched. In terms of its technical specifications, the newly developed air-cleaning unit surpasses its existing domestic and foreign analogues of similar purpose and, while having a minimal air-flow resistance, ensures that the air involved in the thermodynamic cycle is highly purified.

Supervisor of the work: S. Zhdanov (Gazprom)

V. Chernikov, L. Chernoshchekov, Yu. Khokhlov, A. Potryasaev (Yugtransgaz), V. Pchelkin, L. Prokofiev (VNIIgaz), V. Efanov (Gazprom), A. Andronov, V. Tsodokov (Samara-Aviagaz)

Development of an automatic fire protection system for gas compressor units designed for application in indoor spaces with a volume of more than 1,000 cubic meters that uses high sensitivity fire detectors and a gaseous fire suppression unit with an isothermal module for liquid carbon dioxide (MIJU) and distribution devices of reversing type

The authors of the research work have created an automatic low-pressure carbon dioxide gaseous fire protection system that uses both total flooding fire suppression (for a compressor workshop) and local fire-fighting (for an individual gas compressor unit). The new system makes it possible to simultaneously protect several gas compressor units, has a fast response time, consumes little power, and can be used at air temperatures of up to minus 40 degrees Celsius, including outside of permanent buildings.

Supervisor of the work: B. Dovbnya

E. Lebedeva, A. Pavlenko, R. Tagiev (Gazobezopasnost), Yu. Arbuzov, P. Smirnov (Volgotransgaz), E. Afanasyev (Orgenergogaz), A. Merkulov (Artsok), A. Chibisov (FGBU VNIIPO of EMERCOM of Russia), T. Kulikova (Spetspozhinzhiniring)