On August 13 at a briefing in Kazan Head of Tatarstan Department for Subsurface Use Ravil Mutygullin said that Tatarstan geologists honourably represented the republic at IX All-Russia open field competitions of young geologists in Kazan on August 1-10.

40 teams from 31 Russian regions, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Tadzhikistan took part in the event. The competitions took place at children’s recreation camps “Solnechny” and “Zarechie”. The team from Perm region took the first place, the team representing Tomsk region was the second, and Perm Junior Geologists’ Party No.1 was ranked third.

Ravil Mutygullin noted that preparation for the competitions started in 2011. School faculties for talented children were established at Kazan Federal University and Almetievsk oil institute. During the preparation period 30 children took part in Perm and Moscow competitions. Two teams, “Devon” and “Selenit”, represented Tatarstan at IX All-Russia open field competitions in Kazan. “Devon” took the 7th place, “Selenit” – the 9th.

Ravil Mutygullin noted that competition was very strong at the event.

X All-Russia open field competitions of young geologists will be held in Tyumen in 2015.

Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Artem Sidorov, Deputy Head of Tatarstan geological department of OAO Tatneft on ecology and hydrogeology, Chairman of Tatarstan regional branch of Russian geological society Marat Magdeev took part in the briefing.