University Staff’s Scientific and Technical Work Recognized as Best in “OMR 2026” Competition Category
From October 5 to 9, 2026, St. Petersburg hosted the VII International Forum on Shipbuilding and the Development of High-Tech Equipment for the Exploration of the Arctic and Continental Shelf, “OMR 2026”. The event is held with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation and the coordinating role of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The general partner of the forum is traditionally PJSC Gazprom.
Among the participants and guests of OMR 2026 were representatives of the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic of Russia, the Russian Academy of Sciences, PJSC Gazprom, PJSC NK Rosneft, JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), the Rosatom State Corporation, PJSC LUKOIL, the National University of Oil and Gas “Gubkin University” (NRU), as well as leading scientific centers of the country, including the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center and the Krylov State Research Center.
As part of the forum, a competition of scientific and innovative developments aimed at the exploration of the Arctic and the continental shelf was held.
Based on its results, a team of authors combining staff of the National University of Oil and Gas “Gubkin University” (NRU) – Elena Bogatyreva, Head of the Department of Development of Offshore Oil and Gas Fields, and Alexander Dzyublo, Professor of the Department of Development of Offshore Oil and Gas Fields – and staff of Gazprom Gazobezopasnost LLC, for the work “Enhancing Industrial and Environmental Safety in the Development of Offshore Hydrocarbon Fields”, was awarded a laureate diploma of the competition and a special award in the category “Best Scientific and Technical Work”.
The high level of Gubkin University’s scientific research and its practical significance for solving the strategic tasks of developing the Arctic and the continental shelf of the Russian Federation have been recognized by the scientific and professional community.
