OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT: A POINT OF TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH*
STRATEGIC SESSION ON RUSSIA’S SHELF DEVELOPMENT
10:00–14:00 October 7 2025
CONFERENCE HALL В3–В5, LEVEL 2
Organisers:
Media Miry, Gazprom Shelfproject, ExpoForum International
Moderator:
Garry Oganov
D. Sc. in Engineering, Professor, Acting Head of Oil and Gas Wells Drilling Department, Gubkin Oil and Gas University; Deputy Director for Well Construction Design at the Ufa-based affiliate of Gazprom Proektirovanie Speaker:
Viktor Feller
Head of Department, Gazprom
Maxim Maximov
Head of Department, Gazprom
Sergey Sverchkov
Deputy Head of the Orenburg-based Gazprom Gazobezopasnost paramilitary formation
Yuri Ampilov
Professor of Seismometry and Geoacustics Department, Geology School, Moscow State University
Sergey Obukhov
Deputy CEO for Well Construction, Gazprom Shelfproject
Nikolay Shabalin
CEO, Marine Research Center, Moscow State University
Topic of the report: Offshore ecological monitoring: today’s challenges and solutions
Boris Khimyak
Director for Drilling and Well Works, Gazprom Shelfproject
Topic of the report: Defining organisation approaches to planning and performance of open flows elimination by construction of relief holes
Ilya Blinov
Head of Research and Development Centre, Technological Equipment Functional Services Group of Companies (TOFS)
Topic of the report: Offshore relief hole drilling technology. Problems and possible solutions
Pavel Marichev
Director for Key Customers Relations, Technological Equipment Functional Services Group of Companies (TOFS)
Topic of the report: Offshore relief hole drilling technology. Problems and possible solutions
Sergey Seregin
Head of Survival Equipment and Emergencies Department, Gazprom Shelfproject
Topic of the report: Equipment for offshore open flows elimination in case of subsea wellheads
Dmitry Zasypkin
Head of Seismic Survey Works and Engineering Geological Prospecting, Gazprom Shelfproject
Topic of the report: 4D seismic monitoring: development and use prospects
Alexey Mikhailuta
Director for Drilling Services Development, Gazprom Shelfproject
Topic of the report: Availability of marine drilling units for the Russian oil and gas sector: production plans, portable drilling units, and development strategy
Ilya Bychkov
Head of Sales, Technological Equipment Functional Services Group of Companies (TOFS)
Topic of the report: Graving packing technology at the Sakhalin shelf: challenges, solutions, and unique experience
Vladimir Doronin
Regional Director, Technological Equipment Functional Services Group of Companies (TOFS)
Topic of the report: Graving packing technology at the Sakhalin shelf: challenges, solutions, and unique experience
Konstantin Burdin
Deputy CEO for Well Operations, FracJet-Volga
Topic of the report: Using coil tubing technologies in Russian offshore projects
Denis Aleyev
Head of Well Works Design Department, Sakhalin Energy
Topic of the report: Improvements of methods for strength prediction in design, construction, and operation of wells in subsea fields
Nikolay Eremeev
Head of Wellhead Equipment Division, Gazprom 335
Topic of the report: : Development case: Russian-made subsea wellhead equipment. Results, prospects, and challenges
Sergey Vlakhov
Director for Subsea Mining Systems, Gazprom Shelfproject
Topic of the report: Control over production of Russian-made equipment for the subsea mining system. Reverse engineering of foreign equipment for subsea mining.
Ivan Kuznetsov
CEO, Geopromalliance
Topic of the report: State-of-the-art Russian-made technologies used for offshore coil tubing installation
Yuri Tikhonov
Head of New Products Development Division, United Metallurgical Company (OMK)
Topic of the report: Use case: products and new projects by United Metallurgical Company for Gazprom’s offshore projects
Albek Myrzamuratov
Head of Gazprom Relations Department, United Metallurgical Company
Topic of the report: Use case: products and new projects by United Metallurgical Company for Gazprom’s offshore projects
Garry Oganov
D. Sc. in Engineering, Professor, Acting Head of Oil and Gas Wells Drilling Department, Gubkin Oil and Gas University; Deputy Director for Well Construction Design at the Ufa-based affiliate of Gazprom Proektirovanie
Topic of the report: Prospects and opportunities of AI use for well design and construction
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