University Representatives at the International Forum “Russian Energy Week”
From October 14 to 16, 2026, Moscow hosted the International Forum “Russian Energy Week” (REW) – one of the key industry events dedicated to the development of the fuel and energy complex. The key theme of REW-2026 was “From Energy Resources and Technologies to Future Prosperity”.
The business programme was held at the Central Exhibition Hall “Manege”, while an exhibition of equipment and technologies for the fuel and energy complex ran at Gostiny Dvor. Russian Energy Week was held with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Energy of Russia, and the Government of Moscow. The organizer of the forum was the Roscongress Foundation. The forum brought together representatives of government authorities, leading energy companies, academic and educational institutions, as well as Russian and international experts.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin sent a greeting to the participants and guests of REW-2026. He named new energy, changes in oil and gas markets amid geopolitical challenges, and personnel training for the industry as the main topics of the business programme. The head of state noted that the discussion would continue at the eighth summit of heads of state and government of the member countries of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, which will be held in Moscow at the end of October.
Gubkin University Rector Victor Martynov, together with Vice-Rector for Youth Policy and Educational Work Anton Tumanov and Head of the Department of Scientometric Research and Support of Publication Activity Alexander Komkov, took part in the ceremonial awarding of fuel and energy complex workers – veterans of the special military operation – with industry public awards of the fuel and energy complex and the industrial sector of Russia.
Yuri Dubinov, Associate Professor of the Department of Materials Science, Robotics, and Engineering of Fuel and Energy Equipment, took part in the networking session “Innovations and Scientific Organizations”. Anatoly Fedash, Head of the Department of Geoecology, and Vitaly Melgunov, Head of the Department of Mining, Land, and Environmental Law, also took an active part in the business programme. As part of the Youth Day, the REW Cup of the Young Professionals League of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship was held, with Valery Ulanov, Associate Professor of the Department of Petroleum Product Supply and Gas Supply, serving as a member of the expert commission. The CASE-IN Championship is held with the support of the presidential platform “Russia – Land of Opportunities”.
University representatives also took part in the forum’s exhibition programme, presenting an innovative technology for producing universal additives for motor oils, developed by scientists of the Youth Laboratory of Modern Functional Additives for Lubricants under the leadership of Anna Peskovets. The development makes it possible to simultaneously improve the anti-wear, anti-friction, and antioxidant properties of oils. The technology is based predominantly on domestic raw materials and opens up prospects for organizing additive production in Russia, reducing dependence on foreign equivalents. In addition, the approach developed makes it possible to obtain ashless additives for the production of lubricants with improved environmental characteristics.
As part of Youth Day, an interactive session was held on creating youth projects for the development of the fuel and energy complex, in the “Technological Projects” track, “Students” category. Gubkin University was represented at the event by a team of members of the Student Scientific Society studying in group BE-23-01 (Yulia Artemyeva, Shakhzoda Akhmedova, Sofya Garafieva, Elizaveta Kranina, Lyubov Krasnozhen, Victoria Rekshinskaya, Polina Yuryeva) with the project “Modernization of Heat Supply Systems Using Mine Water”.
Activists of the Student Scientific Society and the student trade union committee took an active part in organizing and holding the forum as volunteers, assisting the organizers throughout all days of the event.
Gubkin University’s participation in the International Forum “Russian Energy Week” contributes to the promotion of promising scientific developments, the development of cooperation with leading enterprises of the fuel and energy complex, and the strengthening of the university’s role in ensuring the technological sovereignty of the domestic energy industry.
