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Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC) is one of the largest independent producers of hydrocarbons in Russia. The company was established in 2000, conducts geological studies, exploration and development of mineral resources in Eastern Siberia. 

The largest investment project of IOC is a gas chemical cluster in Ust-Kut. It includes facilities for the extraction, treatment, transportation and processing of gas, as well as a helium plant and the Irkutsk Polymer Plant. The company's headquarters is located in Irkutsk.

>400billion
RUBLES
the total
cost of creating
a gas chemical cluster
in the north of
the Irkutsk Region
>0,5trillion
RUBLES
total
cost of creating
a gas chemical cluster
in the north of
the Irkutsk Region
14000
total number
of employees of
the Company
~9million
tons
amount of
hydrocarbon raw
materials extracted
annually
~10%
of the tax
revenues of
the Irkutsk Region
IOC is the
largest taxpayer
in the Irkutsk Region

About the Selection’s partner

The largest corporate accelerator in Russia and the CIS, listed among the TOP 5 best state accelerators in the world according to UBI Global. Successful business experience is confirmed by the introduction of 660 pilots and a total investment in graduates of 17 billion rubles.

GenerationS is a top choice for market leaders in various industries who are aimed at attracting the best practices to achieve high results in the field of innovation development.

>700
startups accelerated
17,08bln rub.
total investment in graduates
>1500
mentors and experts
660
pilot tests and introductions
>80
corporate partners

What companies are we looking for

Startups of TRL stage 4 and higher
Companies developing new technologies that IOC is interested in
Engineering teams with a developed product or technology and registered intellectual property
The experience of industrial introduction and a positive feedback on the technology is an advantage
Projects with experience of industrial introduction and a positive feedback on the technology have an advantage in the Selection

Directions

Geology, development, operation and
repair of oil production facilities
Technologies for inhibiting halite precipitation from the composition of associated water of IOC Company Group facilities during oil production
  • Priority technological solution:

Selection of an effective technical and technological solution to inhibit the precipitation of sodium chloride (halit) deposits during oil production.

  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:

Any

  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:

None


Solutions aimed at determining the residual life of polymer-reinforced pipelines
  • Priority technological solution:
  1. Pipeline transport;
  2. Flow Assurance.
Search for solutions aimed at:
  1. Technical diagnostics of polymer-reinforced pipelines;
  2. Determination of the residual service life.
  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:
Any

  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:
  1. Methodology for determining the residual service life;
  2. instrumentation pool for diagnostics;
  3. Calculation module, software.
Solutions aimed at prevention of complications in the operation of oilfield pipelines caused by the deposition of hard-to-dissolve mineral compounds

  • Priority technological solution:
  1. Pipeline transport;
  2. Flow Assurance.

Search for solutions aimed at: 

  1. Removal of formed deposits by chemical or mechanical means.
  2. Prediction of sediment formation sites based on the composition of the fluid extracted.
  3. Preventing the formation of deposits by chemical or technological means.
  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:

Any

  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:
  1. Effective removal of formed deposits with minimal impact on the inner surface of field pipelines (steel / polymer)
  2. The technological solution shall be presented in the form of a software / calculation complex, aimed at analyzing the thermobaric and other related parameters of the oil collection pipeline system and the composition of the transported media of producing oil wells, allowing to predict complications caused by the formation of salt deposits in oil and gas collection pipelines.
  3. With the chemical method: injection using standard technology, the solidification temperature is no higher than minus 50 ° C; low corrosion activity of working solutions is no more than 0.089 g / m2* hour; effective dosages of no more than 150 g per 1 m3 of extracted liquid. With the technological method: high efficiency of preventing the deposits formation, compliance with current standards in the field of safety and environmental compatibility.
Technologies for using the dual electric submersible centrifugal pumps
  • Priority technological solution:

Using  the dual electric submersible centrifugal pumps (ESP system) for oil and gas production:

  1. evaluation of the systems application experience;
  2. determination of reliability and efficiency of systems application;
  3. risks and possible complications of the systems use;
  4. the economic feasibility of the systems applicatio.
  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:

The technology is implemented on a small scale the Russian Federation.

  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:

Ensuring stable operation of the system under intense loads and increased content of ARPD (asphalt, resin, and paraffin deposits) and salts in the extracted products.


Technologies for reducing the time of preparation of the blocking compound at the well

  • Priority technological solution:

Equipment that allows to load at its inlet a chemical reagent and water, and at the outlet in order to produce a ready blocking compound.

  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:

The possibility of development based on a separate product technology or a technology that represents a finished product.
Similar equipment is available when injecting compounds into the formation for conformance control of the well input profile.

  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:

Minimum technical specifications: the equipment shall be heated and on a wheeled base for transportation.


Solutions for modeling the process of well killing operations based on geological and technical data

  • Priority technological solution:

A software product that calculates the well killing process and the expected result taking into account the available chemical reagents and offers solutions for the use of other reagents to achieve the required state of the well killing fluid.

  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:

The possibility of development based on a separate product technology or a technology that represents a finished product.

There are similar software products, but they take into account only the well design and reservoir pressure.

  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:

Minimum technical characteristics: when modeling the well killing process, geological data of the formation (permeability, structure, porosity, etc.) and the design of the well shall be taken into account.

Application of blocking compounds for well killing

  • Priority technological solution:
  1. Effective well killing (lost circulation curing/backflow of reservoir fluids);
  2. Maintaining of the filtration properties of the bottom-hole formation zone (BHZ) for the best productivity of wells

Examples:

  • Single-phase blocking agents based on linear and crosslinked gels;
  • Two-phase or multiphase blocking agents.
  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:

The technology has been introduced on an industrial scale (there is a confirmed market demand for the product and a positive feedback from current customers); the product meets the technical requirements to the full extent.

  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:

Minimum technical characteristics: high-quality interaction blocking with the reservoir, complete destruction of the blocking agent at a given time with 100% maintaining of the BHZ filtration properties.


Elimination of hydrate plugs using chemical, technological or complex methods
  • Priority technological solution
  1. Chemical effects on hydrate plugs;
  2. Mechanical, thermal, wave, etc. effects on the hydrate formation areas;
  3. Complex methods of hydrate formation elimination

Examples:
- Chemical solvents of hydrates, methanol, etc.;
- Downhole devices for point heating and wave radiation
  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:
  1. As for chemical solvents, the technology has been introduced on an industrial scale (there is a confirmed demand for the product (market) and feedback from current customers);
  2. As for point heating, wave exposure, etc., there are examples, the Hoton device is being pilot tested (NPK SNT LLC), a search and selection of new technological solutions is required.
  • - Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:
Minimum technical characteristics: high-quality interaction blocking with the reservoir, complete destruction of the blocking agent at a given time with 100% maintaining of the BHZ filtration properties.
Digital and forecasting
technologies
Use of an analytical platform for managing the technical condition of equipment. Predictive diagnostics of technological equipment
  • Priority technological solution:
  1. Monitoring of continuity of anticorrosive protection (ACP) of the tank farm during operation;
  2. Monitoring/diagnostics of sediment volume in tanks and settling tanks;
  3. Real-time monitoring of the vessel and tank body condition (acoustic or phono monitoring).
  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:
  1. At the development stage;

  2. Pilot projects have been successfully implemented, the applicability of the product has been proven and the market demand has been confirmed;
  3. The technology has not yet been introduced on an industrial scale.
  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:

Real-time monitoring of the ACP continuity on critical equipment is organized. High localization (no more than 0.1 m2) of the defect occurred.



Technologies for creating a digital twin of oil production facilities (well completion package unit)
  • Priority technological solution:

Development of a mathematical model of well completion package unit

  1. evaluation of the historical data of the well completion package unit operation, sampling of liquid at the inlet and outlet of the unit;

  2. development of a mathematical model of the unit blocks, calibration with the overlay of historical data and laboratory data on liquid samples;

  3. testing/application of a mathematical model on the site

  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:

The possibility of development based on a separate product technology or a technology that represents a finished product.

  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:

The mathematical model shall fully ensure the safety of the technological process in the mode of unmanned production.


Electric submersible centrifugal pumps failure forecasting technologies
  • Priority technological solution:

Development of algorithms for predicting electric submersible centrifugal pumps (ESP system) failures based on historical data:

  1. assessment of historical data that led to the failure of the ESP system;

  2. machine learning based on data added in real time;

  3. prediction of the ESP system failures.

  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:

The possibility of development based on a separate product technology or a technology that represents a finished product.

  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:
The quality of the ESP system failures forecasting is no less than 80%.
Solutions for sustainable
development of the industry
Technologies of wood processing and utilization (including non-standard timber), processing of wood industry waste during geological exploration activities
  • Priority technological solution:

Search for a technological solution and a team for alternative wood processing.

  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:

The technology has previously been successfully used (examples available), there is a team ready to scale the technology on the volumes of IOC Company Group.

  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:
Cost-effective processing of 50-100 thousand m3 per year, regardless of the species composition and grade of wood, hauling distance of wood to the processing point (Yaraktinskoye deposit is proposed) within 150 km, removal from the processing site to the nearest transport hub (Ust-Kut) - 245 km.
Development of an integrated system for accounting for CO2 emissions
An integrated system for accounting for CO2 emissions should be applicable for fields that use CO2 injection technologies to enhance oil recovery (CO2-EOR) at all stages of the process (upload, processing, re-upload, monitoring).
Technologies for processing CO2 into valuable products
  • Priority technological solution:
Catalytic processes
  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:
Any
  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:
None


Effective solutions for the oil and gas sector to reduce the company's carbon footprint

There are no special technical requirements for the innovative project in the current direction.

Technologies for capturing CO2 from flue gases produced by burning gas fuel

There are no special technical requirements for the innovative project in the current direction.

Technologies for capturing CO2 from atmospheric air
  • Priority technological solution:
  1. Innovative technologies;
  2. Search for the most energy-efficient technology.
  • The stage of technological readiness for introduction:
Any
  • Mandatory technical requirements for the technology:
None

Benefits for participants

Industry expertise
The applicant companies will receive feedback and advice from the IOC and GenS teams and industry experts at all stages of participation
Direct access to business customers
All selected companies will have an opportunity to negotiate directly the format and conditions of further partnership
Variety of partnership options
IOC considers different partnership options from piloting the solution to purchasing a product or service and licensing the technology

Experts

Ruslan
Salikhov
Managing Director for Production – Chief Engineer, Member of the Management Board
Dmitry
Burdukovsky
Director of the Pipeline Operation Department
Vladimir
Nikiforov
Director of the Department of Technical Support of Projects
Anton
Ignatov
Director of the Technology Center of Inorganic Chemistry
Alexey
Antipin
Head of Production Department, Oil and Gas Production Department
Margarita
Filippova
Head of the Department for Equipment Reliability and optimization of MRO processes, Head of the pilot project for the implementation of technological scouting
Victoria
Sibiryakova
Head of the Production System Development Group
Ekaterina
Petrova
GenerationS Managing Director
Irina
Martynova
Head of the Corporate Department, GenerationS
Elizaveta
Morozova
Manager of Intrapreneurship Programs, GenerationS

Schedule

10.04.2023 - 15.06.2023
Collecting applications
16.06.2023 - 14.07.2023
Online examination of projects

FAQ

Projects at what stage of development are allowed to participate?
Startups at different stages of development are involved in partnership with IOC, starting from the stage of laboratory testing of the technology (TRL 4). The experience of industrial pilot programs and introductions will be an advantage.
I present several projects that meet the selection criteria. May I submit multiple applications?
Yes, you can submit multiple applications. You can submit no more than two applications from one account. In order to submit more applications, you need to register another personal account.
May I send information about the project via e-mail submit rather than send an application through the website?
No. Submission of applications through the website is implemented according to the "single window" rule. This is done so that all applications are taken into account and submitted to experts for consideration.
Is it possible to apply as an individual?
Yes, it is possible. By the time you enter into partnership with a business customer (August 2023), it is advisable to formalize a legal entity or sole proprietor.
Am I allowed to participate if my project is located abroad?
Yes, we accept foreign projects. To successfully launch a joint project, you shall be ready to work in Russia and adapt the solution interface into Russian language. It is advisable to have a Russian-speaking team member or translator.
Is it possible to get an individual consultation on my project?
You can get an advice at online events organized by the project team during the selection process. Follow the news on our website. You can also get an advice on the selection application process at working time from the GenerationS selection manager specified in the "Contacts" section.