20 years experience in the Russian-

Norwegian university collaboration:

accumulated experience,

existing challenges

and future opportunities

National Research University

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Anatoly Zolotukhin, Vladimir Balitsky

Outline of presentation

A brief historical overview

Our records

Resolved and still existing challenges

Perspectives and opportunities

Two Universities, two partners

Gubkin Russian State University of

Oil and Gas (Gubkin University) is

located in the centre of Moscow.

It has 10 faculties, 1 international

branch in Tashkent, 9 000

students, including 1 500 foreign

students from 60 countries.

About 8000 students are enrolled

at Stavanger University,

international students are coming

from 40 countries of the world.

Stavanger University consists of

three faculties and has two

Innovation centers.

A historical overview

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University of Stavanger

Since 1991

Teachers and students exchange program

Joint R&D projects

6 textbooks and monographs and more than 60 papers published

Prof. Ove Gudmestad – Doctor Honoris Causa of Gubkin University

Prof. Anatoly Zolotukhin – Honorable Professor International, Adjunct

professor at UiS

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Participants from Norway: NTNU, UiS, UNIS, University of Tromsø

Participants from Russia:

University Studies at Svalbard (UNIS)

Gubkin University

St.-Petersburg

Polytechnical

University

Murmansk State

Technical University

Northern Federal

(Arctic) University

(Arkhangelsk)

Joint course of lectures on Arctic Offshore Technology (AT 327) – since 1997

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Moscow – Stavanger

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Certificates given to:

Vadim Maslov

Alexander Papusha

Alexander Ermolaev

Leonid Grigoriev

Ivan Balaban

Alexander Lobusev

…

Yury Stepin

Vladimir Balitsky

Anatoly Kluchnikov

Marina Kravchenko

Ravilya Safieva

Irina Stolyarova

…

Certificates given to:

Vadim Maslov

Alexander Papusha

Alexander Ermolaev

Leonid Grigoriev

Ivan Balaban

Alexander Lobusev

…

Yury Stepin

Vladimir Balitsky

Anatoly Kluchnikov

Marina Kravchenko

Ravilya Safieva

Irina Stolyarova

…

The beginning of collaboration

Russiske professorer får impulser

på UiS

I løpet av september vil totalt syv

russiske professorer fra tre

universiteter oppholde seg ved Institutt

for petroleumsteknologi (IPT) på UiS

Det er teknisk direktør i Statoil Russland

og professor II ved UiS, Anatoly

Zolotukhin, som står bak tiltaket, og det er

Statoil som finansierer oppholdene til de

russiske professorene.

De russiske professorene kommer fra

Arkangelsk State Technical University,

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil

and Gas, Moskva, og Murmansk State

Technical University.

Terje Frøiland, t.v., Marsel

Gubaydullin og Anatoly Zolotukhin

Mikhail Dorfman from Arkhangelsk

Past and current challenges

Our Challengers

Sometimes we face

bureaucratic

barriers…

Sometimes our

design doesn’t

look very strong

and solid…

Our Challengers

Sometimes our

understanding of

industrial and

environmental

safety is different…

Our Challengers

…then we have to walk on

stones keeping the balance

Our Challengers

Future opportunities

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41,7 BTOE – Europe Arctic resources

Europe Arctic Offshore – HC Potential

15 Offshore Europe, Aberdeen December 19, 2012

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Resources of Hydrocarbons in the Arctic Offshore zone of Europe

41,7 BTOE – Europe Arctic resources

Ref.: A.N. Dmitrievsky, RAO-2009

Demand for highly qualified professionals

Offshore – the future of global oil

production;

Complicated industrial requirements;

Insufficient experience in developing

offshore fields in hazardous Arctic

environment

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2010:

Start up of International Graduate Program

“Offshore Field Development Technology”

Moscow – Stavanger

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The program is unique:

The program is designed

to provide graduating

engineers with the

knowledge and skills

required to become

technology leaders,

supervisors and

managers not only within

their specialty but also in

adjacent areas.

Complementing the academic staff, visiting academics and industry

managers provide added depth, experience and global diversity to the

program. This program can attract professionals interested in theory and

systemized practical experience.

1

semester

2

semester

3

semester

4

semester

Moscow Stavanger

Location

Norwegian students

Joint study

Norwegian students

Russian students

Russian students

Joint study

Program organization

Duration of the program is 2 years (4 semesters and

summer internship).

Semester #1 (Gubkin Russian

State University of Oil and Gas)

1. Probability, statistics and stochastic modeling of

uncertainty (5 ECTS)

2. Offshore field development and value engineering

of the development projects (5 ECTS)

3. Decision making and risk analysis (5 ECTS)

4. Natural gas industry: economics and

management (5 ECTS)

5. Oil and gas well drilling technology (5 ECTS)

6. Hydrodynamics of multiphase flow (5 ECTS)

Internship in the oil and gas industry during the summer period is held

in international oil and gas companies

Semester #2 (Gubkin Russian

State University of Oil and Gas):

1. Flow of fluids in wells and pipes (4 ECTS)

2. Marine technology (5 ECTS)

3. Arctic gas (3 ECTS)

4. Project design and execution in petroleum

industry with emphasis on offshore oil and

gas projects (4 ECTS)

5. Measurements in oil and gas production (2 ECTS)

6. Unconventional hydrocarbon resources (2 ECTS)

7. Information systems, project management and computer aided

design in reservoir engineering (4 ECTS)

8. General theory of dynamic systems (2 ECTS)

9. Mathematical modeling in oil and gas industry.

Equations of mathematical physics (2 ECTS)

10. Philosophy and methodology of science (2 ECTS)

Program organization

Semester #3 (University of

Stavanger):

1. Sub sea technology.

2. Marine Operations.

3. Pipelines and Risers.

4. Arctic Offshore Engineering.

Semester #4 (home

university):

Preparation and defense of

Master Thesis

Program organization

Additional opportunities

While studying at University of Stavanger

the students of this program do have a

unique opportunity to:

Get additional course(s)

Improve their language skills

Start learning the Norwegian language

Get acquainted with outstanding Norwegian cultural

background

Develop communication skills in a multinational environment

Establish new business contacts

Our Sponsors

Authoritative experts from

various companies participate in

the academic process

UiS at Gubkin University

Rector of the University of

Stavanger ,Professor Aslaug

Mikkelsen, Senior Vice President

of the IRIS Dr. Aina Berg and

Professor Ove Tobias Gudmestad

visiting Gubkin University

Visit of the Gubkin professors to UiS

Presentation of associate prof.

A. Kluchnikov Presentation of prof. Yu. Stepin

Presentation of associate prof. V.

Balitskiy Our hosts

The International day in UiS Visit to Norwegian Petroleum Museum

Visit to the laboratory of

professor Rune Time Visit to UllRigg

Internship of the Gubkin professors at UiS

The first five Russian students of the double degree master program, 2010-2012

Near Ivan Gubkin monument

Defence of MSc Thesis

at Gubkin University

Members of the state examination committee of the Gubkin University

The first five students of the double degree master program, 2010-2012

Students of 2011 enrollment, in Moscow

At Gubkin University

and in Stavanger

Classes

Classes Orientation week

Student fair

Technology development

From small prototype … To a real dimension

Shtokman

Snøhvit

Skrugard

Goliat

Snøhvit LNG

The Barents Sea: An area of international energy cooperation

Fedyn swell

Gazprom

Rosneft

Lukoil

Statoil

ENI

ExxonMobil

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Total

ATC, Houston, December 2012

BP

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas