Farmana Salmanova Street
More recently, it was a field, then a new neighborhood Yamallsky-2 began to be built in it. In 2013, a new street named after geologist Farman Salmanov appeared.
He considered himself a student of the famous Gubkin. And like a good student, he went beyond his teacher. It was Farman Salmanov who confirmed Ivan Mikhailovich’s idea of the oil-bearing regions of Western Siberia. But to prove that the ancient Yugra land is rich in oil, this Azerbaijani oilman often had to risk both his position and his good name. But it was not for nothing that he was called violent. Despite threatening orders from Moscow to stop drilling, he stubbornly searched for oil…
Farman Salmanov, in his book "Siberia is My Destiny", describes the first steps of the Surgut oil explorers as follows: "But we had to start everything from scratch. There was no housing, workshops, blacksmith shops, warehouses, and there were not enough people. First of all, a power plant was built and a sawmill was installed. By the end of September, we were back on our feet, as they say. Construction was in full swing, and young geologists were arriving…"
Farman’s unique flair was legendary. He believed in Siberian oil back in his student days. That’s why I’ve been there twice in practice. And he dedicated his diploma to the same Siberia, the Sredneobsky oil-bearing region. However, the conclusions he came to were considered "too bold" by the authorities of geology — at that time many doubted the "big oil" of Siberia. According to Farman, the supervisor had heavily blacked out his work, but he restored the destroyed paragraphs. Salmanov later recalled that it was not so much intuition as calculations that confirmed the prospects of this region.
The young rebel geologist wanted to prove the validity of his research in practice.
He considered himself a student of the famous Gubkin. And like a good student, he went beyond his teacher. It was Farman Salmanov who confirmed Ivan Mikhailovich’s idea of the oil-bearing regions of Western Siberia. But to prove that the ancient Yugra land is rich in oil, this Azerbaijani oilman often had to risk both his position and his good name. But it was not for nothing that he was called violent. Despite threatening orders from Moscow to stop drilling, he stubbornly searched for oil…
Farman Salmanov, in his book "Siberia is My Destiny", describes the first steps of the Surgut oil explorers as follows: "But we had to start everything from scratch. There was no housing, workshops, blacksmith shops, warehouses, and there were not enough people. First of all, a power plant was built and a sawmill was installed. By the end of September, we were back on our feet, as they say. Construction was in full swing, and young geologists were arriving…"
Farman’s unique flair was legendary. He believed in Siberian oil back in his student days. That’s why I’ve been there twice in practice. And he dedicated his diploma to the same Siberia, the Sredneobsky oil-bearing region. However, the conclusions he came to were considered "too bold" by the authorities of geology — at that time many doubted the "big oil" of Siberia. According to Farman, the supervisor had heavily blacked out his work, but he restored the destroyed paragraphs. Salmanov later recalled that it was not so much intuition as calculations that confirmed the prospects of this region.
The young rebel geologist wanted to prove the validity of his research in practice.
Where did the Azerbaijani guy get such an irresistible attraction to Siberia?
Farman announced to his mother at the age of ten that he would definitely go to Siberia after school, which thoroughly alarmed the family. It’s no joke — the eldest of the children dreamed of getting, as they believed in a remote Azerbaijani village, to a place of exile for criminals! But it seems that Grandfather Suleiman’s stories have sunk deep into the boy’s soul. He knew this amazing region firsthand: as a seventeen-year-old boy, he went to the stage for disobeying the mullah — for twenty years of hard labor. After participating in the Russian-Japanese war, Suleiman was pardoned. He returned to Azerbaijan with his Russian wife and fabulous stories about snowy Siberia.
Preparations for the testing of the Megion well were proceeding at an accelerated pace. The first tests yielded small oil inflows from two horizons, while the rest discharged water. We have outlined another horizon, although many have said that it is not worth doing at all. But Teplyakov balked: the drill would surely come across an oil reservoir. On March 21, 1961, the well was "shot through" and oil was obtained. The long-awaited oil was escaping from a pipe placed on an overturned barrel. According to the Baku tradition, the drillers dipped their hands in it and smeared each other with a black liquid. It was a real celebration!
Farman announced to his mother at the age of ten that he would definitely go to Siberia after school, which thoroughly alarmed the family. It’s no joke — the eldest of the children dreamed of getting, as they believed in a remote Azerbaijani village, to a place of exile for criminals! But it seems that Grandfather Suleiman’s stories have sunk deep into the boy’s soul. He knew this amazing region firsthand: as a seventeen-year-old boy, he went to the stage for disobeying the mullah — for twenty years of hard labor. After participating in the Russian-Japanese war, Suleiman was pardoned. He returned to Azerbaijan with his Russian wife and fabulous stories about snowy Siberia.
Preparations for the testing of the Megion well were proceeding at an accelerated pace. The first tests yielded small oil inflows from two horizons, while the rest discharged water. We have outlined another horizon, although many have said that it is not worth doing at all. But Teplyakov balked: the drill would surely come across an oil reservoir. On March 21, 1961, the well was "shot through" and oil was obtained. The long-awaited oil was escaping from a pipe placed on an overturned barrel. According to the Baku tradition, the drillers dipped their hands in it and smeared each other with a black liquid. It was a real celebration!
here were skeptics who felt that this was a natural anomaly, and the well would soon run dry, since there could not be much oil in Western Siberia. But when a fountain started pouring from the second well in the Ust-Balyk area, Salmanov sent a radiogram to Glavtyumengeologiya with the following content: "The well is beating according to all the rules!".
They say there was another telegram to Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev: "I have found oil! That’s it! Salmanov."
An authoritative commission headed by Baibakov has arrived in the Tyumen region.
It wasn’t an easy decision to make. But after examining the wells, Nikolai Konstantinovich said: "We must boldly take oil!". The opponents immediately put forward another argument: how to transport Surgut oil to the European part of the country? And then the Tyumen Shipbuilding Plant produced 20 oil loading barges.
On May 26, 1964, on the shore of the Yuganskaya Ob, the steamship Kapitan delivered the first barge for pumping industrial oil.
The first Siberian oil was sent to Omsk oil refineries. Farman Salmanov’s memoirs contain the following lines: "I have seen many of the most beautiful places in the country and in the world in my entire life. I thought I loved those places, it’s impossible not to love them. But no! I just admired them. And I fell in love with this Siberian land. For her distinctive beauty, for her special cool temper, and for giving her a part of his life. Because it was devilishly difficult here and I didn’t want to give up."
Having worked in Western Siberia for more than thirty years, Salmanov became the discoverer and participant in the discoveries of more than 130 deposits of "black gold" and "blue fuel" in the Tyumen north, including the largest: Mamontovskoye, Megionskoye, Pravdinskoye, Ust-Balykskoye, Surgutskoye, Fedorovskoye, Urengoyskoye, Yamburgskoye and many others, which have become a reliable base for modern oil and gas production. the complex of Russia. Trial operation of some of them was carried out. In total, he participated in the discovery and exploration of more than 100 oil and gas fields in the region.
Hero of Socialist Labor, Lenin Prize laureate, holder of the Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, October Revolution, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pioneer geologist who participated in the exploration and discovery of more than a hundred oil and gas fields in the Tyumen North, Honored Geologist of the Russian Federation, Honorary worker of the oil and gas industry, honorary citizen of Surgut, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and even the American state of Texas. He is the author of fundamental scientific works and journalistic memoirs.
He died on March 31, 2007. He was buried in Moscow at the Vagankovo cemetery.
They say there was another telegram to Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev: "I have found oil! That’s it! Salmanov."
An authoritative commission headed by Baibakov has arrived in the Tyumen region.
It wasn’t an easy decision to make. But after examining the wells, Nikolai Konstantinovich said: "We must boldly take oil!". The opponents immediately put forward another argument: how to transport Surgut oil to the European part of the country? And then the Tyumen Shipbuilding Plant produced 20 oil loading barges.
On May 26, 1964, on the shore of the Yuganskaya Ob, the steamship Kapitan delivered the first barge for pumping industrial oil.
The first Siberian oil was sent to Omsk oil refineries. Farman Salmanov’s memoirs contain the following lines: "I have seen many of the most beautiful places in the country and in the world in my entire life. I thought I loved those places, it’s impossible not to love them. But no! I just admired them. And I fell in love with this Siberian land. For her distinctive beauty, for her special cool temper, and for giving her a part of his life. Because it was devilishly difficult here and I didn’t want to give up."
Having worked in Western Siberia for more than thirty years, Salmanov became the discoverer and participant in the discoveries of more than 130 deposits of "black gold" and "blue fuel" in the Tyumen north, including the largest: Mamontovskoye, Megionskoye, Pravdinskoye, Ust-Balykskoye, Surgutskoye, Fedorovskoye, Urengoyskoye, Yamburgskoye and many others, which have become a reliable base for modern oil and gas production. the complex of Russia. Trial operation of some of them was carried out. In total, he participated in the discovery and exploration of more than 100 oil and gas fields in the region.
Hero of Socialist Labor, Lenin Prize laureate, holder of the Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, October Revolution, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pioneer geologist who participated in the exploration and discovery of more than a hundred oil and gas fields in the Tyumen North, Honored Geologist of the Russian Federation, Honorary worker of the oil and gas industry, honorary citizen of Surgut, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and even the American state of Texas. He is the author of fundamental scientific works and journalistic memoirs.
He died on March 31, 2007. He was buried in Moscow at the Vagankovo cemetery.
1954 — Graduated from the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute.
1947−1949 — collector of the Shirvan complex expedition.
1955−1957 — head of Plotnikovskaya. Senior geologist, beginning. Gryaznenskaya NRE (Kemerovo, Novosibirsk region).
1957−1962 — Head of the Yugansk and Surgut NRE.
1962−1964 — Chief geologist of the Ust-Balykskaya NRE (Nefteyugansk).
1964−1970 — Head of Pravdinskaya PRE.
1970−1978 — Chief Geologist for Oil and Gas, Deputy Chief. The Main Tyumen Production Geological Department.
1978−1987 — the beginning. "Glavtyumengeologiya".
1987−1991 — Deputy Minister of Geology of the USSR.
1992 — President of Rospan International CJSC.
1947−1949 — collector of the Shirvan complex expedition.
1955−1957 — head of Plotnikovskaya. Senior geologist, beginning. Gryaznenskaya NRE (Kemerovo, Novosibirsk region).
1957−1962 — Head of the Yugansk and Surgut NRE.
1962−1964 — Chief geologist of the Ust-Balykskaya NRE (Nefteyugansk).
1964−1970 — Head of Pravdinskaya PRE.
1970−1978 — Chief Geologist for Oil and Gas, Deputy Chief. The Main Tyumen Production Geological Department.
1978−1987 — the beginning. "Glavtyumengeologiya".
1987−1991 — Deputy Minister of Geology of the USSR.
1992 — President of Rospan International CJSC.
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