1. Development of economically efficient materials with advanced resistance to corrosion for high (6 to 30%) H2S content environment and sour (up to5%) service. Purpose: well construction and well equipment, infrastructure, transportation and construction.

2. Drilling pipes and casing pipes, and tubing based on composite non-metallic materials for lighter final products while maintaining / improving the strength and anti-corrosive properties and maintaining / decreasing the total price of ownership of the products.

3. Drilling pipes and casing pipes, tubing based on alternative materials, alloys and composite compounds for lighter final products while maintaining / improving the strength and corrosion-resisting properties and maintaining / decreasing the total price of ownership of the products.

4. Non-magnetic alloys and composite compounds. Wear-resistant materials. Materials with transient behavior. Bimetals. High entropy alloys of H2S-resistant steel. Materials that feature unique characteristics while maintaining the strength characteristics inherent to conventional analogs.

5. Super-hard and ultra crack-resistant materials with advanced operating characteristics and economic efficiency of manufacturing.

6. Material that would satisfy the strength requirements for the manufacturing of hollow slip design, i.e., - a side-tracking element.

7. Materials with special surface morphology for the advanced adhesive properties of casing and cement stone in borehole conditions.

8. Material welding / joining technologies that don’t deteriorate physical-and- mechanical characteristics of the joint and that ensure safe welding operations on a well.

9. Development of a material for the completion of the horizontal section of a well that will operate as a filter and change its geometry while filling the space of the open hole and taking its shape.

10. Cement systems for well activity, such systems having self-healing properties in case of cracking.

1. An explosive exceeding the power of TNT equivalent while featuring the transportation and application parameters no lower than those of TNT.

2. Isolating agent for core sampling with the following characteristics:

3. Development of a substance having the following properties:

4. Casing material with no heating of poorly consolidated core and ensuring tight contact with the sample to rule out gas / fluid blow-by;

5. Substance for preservation of samples without the necessity to heat up, i.e., - a substitute for paraffin, a substance having the following properties:

6. Development of a new type of core sampler as a complex modular system.

Also, the issues of the applied seals should be addressed. Approximate analysis demonstrates that ca. 50% of poor-quality samples result from the poor condition of the applied seals. Rubber is torn due to saturation with volatile fluids under high temperatures and high delta P. We need to find / develop materials for seals so that the price of one seal would not exceed RUR 1,000.

1. Development of domestic grades of steel for the production of flexible tubing (Coiled Tubing) adapted to operational conditions.

2. Materials soluble in reservoir conditions (or under pre-defined conditions), whose properties would be appropriate for the manufacturing of balls and collars for multifrac assembly.

3. Proppant granules with max. 1.5 g/cm3 density should be able to stand compression loads of 35 MPa and higher.

4. Material of the granules / filaments / fibers is soluble in reservoir conditions.

5. High-porosity coating for conventional proppant soluble in reservoir conditions.

6. Hardening coating for conventional sands and alumosilicates.

7. Material for seal section: shall be elastic and bear cyclic compressive and tensile stress at bending; it may not crack and shall be wear resistant, and probably have self-healing properties.

8. Insulation materials that can stand over 4000V and have high index of plasticity and insulation, gas-tightness and thermal elasticity, integrity and small size under more than 100 MPa.

9. Improved strength properties of cable armor material for submersible equipment while maintaining small size.

10. Material soluble in reservoir conditions which initially (i.e., before being dissolved) maintains its structural functions and machinability comparable to steels.

11. Design and development of the design of chemical substances for fracturing agents based on polymer surfactants and water-based gels, polymer-free and combined (surfactant + polymer) agents to control costs (as compared to guar-based fluids); should ensure high retained conductivity and thermal stability - for fresh / conventional water sources.

12. Design and development of the composition of chemical substances for fracturing agents based on polymer surfactants and water-based gels, polymer-free and combined (surfactant + polymer) agents to control costs (as compared to guar-based fluids); should ensure high retained conductivity and thermal stability and resistance to saline water (low sensitivity to water composition) - for non-fresh water sources.

13. Material / coating to decrease dry friction coefficient of actuated parts of items.

14. Oleophilic coatings / structures to keep a lubricant under conditions of its deficiency.

15. Material / coatings that are resistant to scale buildup in borehole conditions and that have good thermal conductivity properties to transfer heat.

16. Materials with better electric conductivity or technologies that may improve the electric conductivity of conventional materials.

17. A material that has high index of plasticity and gas-tightness, thermal elasticity, integrity and small size under more than 100 MPa.

18. Magnetically hard materials (alternative of SmCo - Samarium-Cobalt).

19. Magnetically soft materials (alternative of Somaloy).

20. Development of a solution for the manufacturing of process tanks which should be made of composite materials: separators, vertical steel tanks, oil treatment tanks, metering vessels. Requirements to the material and product:

21. Meters / sensors to measure and identify the presence and concentration of inhibitors (e.g., scale buildup etc.) along product transportation on linear segments of pipelines and oil treatment plants.

22. Materials received by way of plasma-chemical synthesis of silicate melt and carbon structures (based on hydrocarbon gas) - a range of produced materials and technology for the designing of final synthetic product.

23. High-efficiency catalysts for associated / natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) process. Total useful utilization (conversion to final product) of associated petroleum gas shall be no less than 95%. The GTL stage shall allow the usage of a broad range of raw hydrocarbons including associated petroleum gas regardless its composition.

24. Create radiolabeled proppant (i.e., - specialized coating of, or additives to, the proppant) to allow one diagnose the fixed geometric parameters (i.e., - width, length and height) of a fracture using conventional geophysical methods.

1. Development of new nano-structured grades of tubing featuring high anticorrosive properties and optimized for defined operating conditions to assure economic efficiency.

2. Development of technologies for applying functional coating on the internal surfaces used during production, treatment / processing and transportation of oil and gas.

3. Development of economically feasible functional coatings for metal structures with improved operating characteristics.

4. Development of new high-strength nano-structured construction materials optimized for defined operating conditions.

5. Development of economically efficient materials featured by high strength and frost resistance to use them under extreme conditions of the Arctic region.

6. Composite non-metallic materials resistant to corrosive environments and high temperatures, featuring a broad range of operating temperatures and defined level of fire resistance.

7. Low thermal conductivity material with minor shrinkage; frost-resistant and economically feasible, and allowing smaller fill thickness when constructing roads on permafrost.

8. Materials and chemistry for stronger road surface dressing, i.e., - to prevent washaway and erosion of roads.

9. Micro containers encapsulated by (various types of) corrosion inhibitors that can be opened by external impacts and can embed into commercially available “classical” coatings / dyes:

10. Multi-functional coatings based on polymer-based fluorated powder compounds (powder paint) with pre-defined properties:

1. Technical solutions for the application of Additive Technologies (AT) in petroleum equipment. Finding additional cases for the efficient application of AT to manufacture materials and equipment for the oil and gas industry.

2. Energy and batteries featured by improved technological and economic efficiency.

3. High-efficiency catalysts for associated / natural hydrocarbon gas-to-liquids (GTL) process (e.g., methane-to-methanol etc.). Catalysts based on transition metals (TM) or biocatalysts are possible.

4. Selection of TM-based catalysts for injection into reservoir together with the injection agent for the purpose to change the properties of the displaced fluid (i.e., - decrease viscosity and H2S content etc.)

5. High-efficiency thermoelectric materials, i.e., - innovative materials with high Q-factor.

6. Analytical and laboratory tests of the materials used to manufacture the items and elements of infrastructure, as well as coatings, for their optimized compatibility with the operating conditions at PJSC GPN facilities. Making a catalog of the materials being used, and their efficiency in operating conditions, and issuance of recommendations for the application of alternative materials and coatings for improved (economic and technological) efficiency.

1. Material / coating for pipes with improved thermal insulation properties that can endure well operating conditions.

2. Development of a new method for rock stimulation without using heavy fluids or proppant (use gas methods or other ways to form and fix the fracture and configure its retained conductivity).

3. Innovative fracturing fluids for impermeable / unconventional reservoirs, i.e., - water-proofing fluids (or those preventing clays from swelling) with low viscosity (low friction coefficient). Achievement of low viscosity with high sand-carrying capacity to inject at high rates (hight rates for better carrying capacity and low viscosity to form an efficient system of fractures).
Development of delayed crosslinkers for viscosity buildup with time.

4. Innovative materials for fixative agents: sand, sand+coatings with various functionality; coatings for conventional proppants;
alternative materials to cheapen the fracturing process and/or to improve its performance.

Development of sensors to record primary data from power transmission lines: change in temperature, current cut-off burdens and vibration.

Development of power-accumulating materials for power supply using DC systems for distribution networks.

Innovative solar elements / panels ensuring economic effectiveness and higher performance as compared to conventional silicon arrays (perovskites, tandems etc.)