Advanced oil engineering school as a basic element of transformation of engineering education in Russia

UDK: 378:031.4:622.276

DOI: 10.24887/0028-2448-2026-3-90-94

Key words: advanced oil engineering school, key element of transformation, engineering education, Lavrentiev triangle, strategic project, digital industrial platform, field development management, integrated modeling, scientific ngineering, multidisciplinary teams

Authors: O.N. Pichugin (Almetyevsk State Technological University «Petroleum Higher School», RF, Almetyevsk); A.A. Dyakonov (Almetyevsk State Technological University «Petroleum Higher School», RF, Almetyevsk); A.A. Lutfullin (TATNEFT named after V.D. Shashin PJSC, RF, Almetyevsk)

The paper discusses the results of federal project implementation on the creation of advanced engineering schools, using the example of Almetyevsk State Technological University «Petroleum Higher School», which cooperates with TATNEFT PJSC. The model of a harmonious triad industry – science – education was adopted as the conceptual basis, going back to the ideas of M.A. Lavrentyev and the experience of Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Transferring this approach to the framework of an oil and gas university enables to create a working prototype of a new system of engineering education. On the industrial track, comprehensive regional projects on integrated modeling are implemented, including development analysis, construction of geological–hydrodynamic and surface network models, and the formation of integrated models of fields and gathering systems. Examples are given of improving the accuracy of hydrodynamic models by accounting for low-amplitude faulting, using seismic–facies modeling, developing an in-well gas-lift technology for multilayer reservoirs. The scientific engineering track is presented by the development of a software product based on an integral SAGD model and by studies of waterflooding in fractured–porous reservoirs using a discrete fracture model with allowance for geomechanical effects. The educational track is implemented through a practice oriented master’s program in integrated reservoir modeling, built around the work of multidisciplinary student teams on real industrial projects. The combination of industrial, scientific and educational projects, enhanced by the development of proprietary software products, forms a basis for transforming engineering education and strengthens the technological sovereignty of the oil and gas industry.

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