CONVENTION PROGRAM

THE PROGRAMM OF CONFERENCE:

 

9:30-10:30

REGISTRATION

 

MODERATOR:

Sergey Khan, Ph. D. in Engineering, Professor, Deputy Head of Department, Head of Directorate, Gazprom

 

10:30-13:00

PLENARY SESSION

NEW EAST-ORIENTED CENTRES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGES

 

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

Reliable energy supply to new economic development centres in the East.

Part of UGS in ensuring reliable and flexible energy supply to new development centres.

UGS development strategy for the East.

Geological and technological audit of new facilities for UGS establishment in the East.

 

WELCOME SPEECHES:

Vyacheslav Mikhalenko, Member of the Board, Head of Department, Gazprom

Representative of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation

 

INTRODUCTORY SPEECH:

Sergey Khan, Ph. D. in Engineering, Professor, Deputy Head of Department, Head of Directorate, Gazprom

 

Speakers:

Galina Yakina, Deputy Head of Gas Transport and UGS Economics Centre, Head of Gas Transport Economics Department, NIIgazekonomika

Report: Part of UGS in regulation of uneven gas consumption in new economic development centres of the East

Sergey Khan, Ph. D. in Engineering, Professor, Deputy Head of Department, Head of Directorate, Gazprom

Report: Prospects of UGS development in Russia and their part in the national energy security provisions

Prospecting and Exploitation R&D Institute, CNPC

Report: Achievements and prospects in the underground gas storage industry of China

Denis Korolev,Senior Technological Engineer, Gazprom

Report: Eastern vector of underground gas storage development — the case of Russia’s Far East

Maria Khaidina,Ph. D. in Engineering, Associate Professor of the Department of Gas and Gas Condensate Deposits Development and Operation, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Report: Eastern vector of underground gas storage development in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan

Leontiy Eder, D. Sc. in Economics, Professor, Deputy CEO for Prospective Development, Gazprom VNIIGAZ

Report: Development of UGS facilities design based on neural net models

 

Discussion, answers to questions

 

 

14:00–15:45

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

GEOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF UNCONVENTIONAL GASES STORAGE: BIOGAS, HYDROGEN, HELIUM AND CARBON DIOXIDE

 

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

Global trends in development, production, and use of unconventional gases.

Technical issues associated with pumping of unconventional gases into underground storages.

Development of hydrological, geological, chemical, and microbiological procedures.

Change of the natural gas composition when mixed with unconventional gases.

Carbon dioxide recycling specifics.

 

Speakers:

Vera Khvostova,Ph. D. in Engineering, Deputy Head of UGS Forecast and Irregularity Laboratory, Gazprom VNIIGAZ

Report: Hydrogen-bearing compounds: how they impact operation of UGSs

Vladimir Dorokhin, Ph. D. in Engineering, Head of UGS Forecast and Irregularity Laboratory, Gazprom UGS

Report: Working on carbon dioxide storage in logical formations. Global trends.

Nadezhda Kulagina, Ph. D. in Geology and Minerology, Associate Professor at the Lithology Department, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Elena Lobakova, D. Sc. in Biology, Professor at the Bioengineering Chair, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Maria Khaidina, Ph. D. in Engineering, Associate Professor of the Department of Gas and Gas Condensate Deposits Development and Operation, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Report: Forming new geological conditions in the wellbore area of UGS wells made in water-bearing layers

Anton Sokolov, Expert, Gazpromneft-Politech Scientific and Education Centre

Report: СО2 as a key to development of hard-to-mine gas reserves

 

Discussion, answers to questions

 

 

16:00-17:45

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

UGS AS A RELIABLE TOOL FOR THE GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT

 

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

Modern technologies for underground gas storage.

Sealing provisions for UGS.

Analysis of geological, technological, and technical risks in UGS construction and operation.

Technical condition assessment of UGS wells.

 

Speakers:

Alexey Skvortsov, Ph. D. in Engineering, Acting First Deputy CEO and Chief Engineer, Gazprom Geotekhnologii

Report: Underground gas storages made in rock salt formation for strategy tasks solving — cases and application

Denis Zakharov, Ph. D. in Engineering, Senior Expert of Well Arrangement and Construction Supervision Department, Gazprom UGS, Irina Klimova, Ph. D. in Engineering, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Technosphere Safety, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Report: Development of promising monitoring systems to make major overhaul of wells more reliable

Svetlana Kvyatkovskaya, Senior Mining Surveyor, Gazprom UGS

Report: Prospects of geodynamical monitoring development in underground gas storages operated by Gazprom UGS

Arsen Akopov, Head of Technical Department, New Methods and Technologies Office, Gazprom UGS

Report: Specifics of intellectual property management at Gazprom UGS

 

Discussion, answers to questions