Grants for oil and gas universities

TNK-BP announces the results of the TNK-BP grants tender for the industry-related universities of the Russian Federation launched by the company with the support of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science of the Russian Federation on February 15, 2008.

Presented to the tender were 40 projects from 12 industry-related universities for the total value of $7 02 mln. TNK-BP supported 17 projects from 11 RF universities (including invited grants for Higher School of Economics and MGIMO) for the total value of $3 05 mln.

The following projects were announced winners of the 2008 tender:

UniversitiesProjectBudget, $

I. Gubkin Russian State University of Oil & Gas

Virtual oil/gas processing complex — a new professional training environment. Part 2: Production facilities interface and product quality management

250 000

I. Gubkin Russian State University of Oil & Gas

Training-Methodology Center «GeoPraktik-A». Part 2

245 665

Tyumen State Oil & Gas University

Enhancement of graduates’ managerial competencies in the specialist field «Oil and gas well drilling» under conditions of transferring drilling enterprises to service maintenance in constructing wells by the example of TNK-BP

228 334

Tyumen State Oil & Gas University

Creation of an educational-methodical complex of litho-facial types of oil-and-gas bearing sediments in West Siberia

200 000

Ufa State Oil Technical University

Creation of a specialized educational laboratory for petroleum lithology and lithofacies modeling

213 786

Ufa State Oil Technical University

Creation of a laboratory complex to model the development and operation of oil-and-gas fields

179 377

Tomsk State Polytechnic University

Creation of a training center for the physical modelling of oil-and-gas field development

250 000

Tomsk State Polytechnic University

Creation of an educational collection and class for studying the carbon-bearing conditions of sediments

131 491

Samara State Technical University

Establishment of a research laboratory complex on the drilling of horizontal wells offshore and onshore

150 000

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Development and implementation of new training methods ranging from field geological studies to 3D field model build-up and hydrocarbonate system modeling techniques

122 344

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Establishment of a laboratory practical training session for the master’s program «Well geophysical and petrophysical investigation of oil and gas fields»

99 911

Perm State Technical University

Creation of a research complex for the development and investigation of plugging materials for cementing operations in oil-and-gas wells

178 209

Irkutsk State Technical University

Development of a laboratory for the full-scale computer modelling of geophysical methods for well investigation

230 000

Russian University of People Friendship

Development of an educational complex on HSE management with the application of virtual models in a professional environment

219 271

Subtotal:

14

2 698 388

State University — Higher School of Economy

HSE{tube} — a portal for direct web-broadcasts and videos of training courses and events at HSE State University

79 730

State University — Higher School of Economy

Development and improvement of SU HSE student economists’ analytical skills and competencies through the use of economic and sociological information data bases in the learning process

75 000

MGIMO

Situational Training Center «Strategic Management in a Vertically Integrated Oil and Gas Company»

200 000

Subtotal:

3

354 730

Total:

17

3 053 118

For more details on the tender, please, address your inquiries to: grant@tnk-bp.com.

TNK-BP congratulates the winners of the tender!