Ukhta State Technical University

We would like to congratulate you on the occasion of Upcoming Christmas and New Year. Hope each day of the New Year is bright and prosperous and filled with happiness!

On December 15-19, the training workshop for active USTU students took place in Ukhta State Technical University, which was attended by over fifty representatives of student units.

The main purpose of the school is developing of students’ self-administration at the University, as well as improving students' skills.

On December 16-17, 2014 Moscow hosted the Open Festival of engineering and industrial design among student teams from Russian universities INZHPROMFEST- MEPhI. The organizer of the festival is the Youth Information Agency.

On November 13 the opening and plenary session of the Scientific and Technical Conference "Problems of development and exploitation of heavy oil and bitumen" took place at Ukhta State Technical University. The conference will last two days; all in all, more than 60 reports are to be presented in the sections.

On November 10 Gino Di Lullo, a SPE Honored lecturer, technical expert of the company Superior Energy gave a lecture on "Acid Stimulation Challenges and Solutions in Deeper Limestone Reservoirs."

In th beginning of October during 70th anniversary celebration of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO university) foundation a professor and presently director at the High North Center for Business and Governance in Bodoe (University of Nordland), Frode Mellemvik, was handed an Honory Award – a breastplate of MFA of Russia “For contribution to the international cooperation”. This is the highest decoration awarded by MFA of Russia to a foreigner. This means a high appreciation of work on cooperation development between Norway and Russia.

According to organizers, the event held from 14 to 16 October 2014 in Moscow was probably the most large-scale in the five-year history of its holding: it was attended by more than 3,500 technical specialists and scientists; 114 applications were submitted from 28 universities in Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.

The conference was held concurrently with the exhibition, where the world's leading oil and gas companies, such as JSC Gazprom Neft, JSC Tatneft, Schlumberger and many others presented their latest technological solutions.