As part of a Sedimentology and Stratigraphy course, 2nd year SMG students participated in a 3-day combined geological field trip and core workshop in the Mangistau region of Western Kazakhstan. They logged and mapped cliff exposures in Aktau, described 6 core intervals from an oil field, and examined numerous geological phenomena. They saw and discussed […]
An article by Professor Fidelis Sourineni from Nazarbayev University School of Mining and Geosciences was published in the Mine Magazine and Mining technology platform. Prof. Sourineni explains about the use and potential of the block caving method, a mining system which involves undermining an ore body and then allowing it to collapse under its […]
Dr. Fidelis Suorineni has been appointed a member of the editorial board of the journal, Mining Journal of Kazakhstan, which is a scientific and technological publication that provides comprehensive information on matters relating to the development of mineral deposits, new technologies, mining transport, processing equipment and mining geology, among others. The inclusion of Professor Suorineni on the Editorial Board of the journal is significant as […]
Nazarbayev University School of Mining and Geosciences (the School) has participated in the 28th International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2019. The symposium was held in Perth, Australia that started on the 2nd of December 2019 and lasted until the 4th of December 2019. The Dean of the School Dr. Fidelis Suorineni has […]
Damir Karimov, a graduate student in Petroleum Engineering at SMG, proudly presented Nazarbayev University at the 2019 Russian and Caspian Regional Student Paper Contest on 22 and 23rd of October, 2019 in Moscow, Russia. Damir was selected as the only student from Kazakhstan to participate in the contest and won the first place with his presentation […]
The Chair of Royal Dutch Shell Company, Mr. Charles Holliday and Chair of Shell Kazakhstan, Mr. Olivier Lazare, visited SMG on the 18th of September 2019 as part of their Nazarbayev University tour. The guests were introduced to new Petroleum Engineering labs including the Drilling Simulation laboratory, Conventional Core Analysis and Fluids Characterization Laboratories that […]
Joint workshop titled “Introduction to the theory and practice of geostatistical modelling with the PluriGaussian and Multiple-Point Statistics techniques” between Nazarbayev University School of Mining and Geosciences and University of Neuchâtel has been successfully accomplished between June 17th-20th, 2019 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. In this workshop, two important geostatistical approaches of facies modeling (plurigaussian simulation […]
The second edition of “Total Energy Summer School”, organized by Total and supported by Nazarbayev University School of Mining and Geosciences started on May 13th and will have its Closing Ceremony today, May 17th 2019 at Nazarbayev University in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. “Total Energy Summer School” was initially intended for both Undergraduate and Masters students who […]
The 10th MINEX Kazakhstan Mining and Exploration Forum was held in Nur-Sultan city. The theme of this year’s forum was ‘Opening up new frontiers’ which reflects the exciting potentials emerging in mining. The theme of the forum also offered a great opportunity to address key trends in the development of mining and exploration projects in […]
The School of Mining and Geosciences student, Nurassyl Battalgazy under the supervision of Dr. Nasser Madani, faculty member of this school, published a paper in a peer-reviewed scientific journal “Natural Resources Research”. The title of this research is “Categorization of Mineral Resources based on Different Geostatistical Simulation Algorithms: a Case Study from an Iron […]
