An expert in field development, enhanced oil recovery technologies, and heavy oil production.

• Born on December 3, 1967, in the Tomsk Region of the Russian Federation.
• In 1992, he graduated from Tomsk Polytechnic University with a degree in Geology and Exploration of Oil and Gas Fields. In 2017, he defended his dissertation and earned the academic degree PhD of Technical Sciences. He began his professional career as a 4-th grade oil and gas production operator at Vasyuganneft. Later, he worked as a Category III technologist and Category I geologist at Pokachevneft.
• Since 1993, his professional path has been closely connected with LUKOIL, where he started as a Category I geologist at the Tyumen branch. He headed the geophysical and hydrodynamic research group of the Pokachev zone and subsequently held the position of Deputy Head of the Technical Department in the Geology and Field Development Directorate of LUKOIL–Western Siberia LLC.
• In 2002, he was appointed Deputy General Director for Geology at LUKOIL–Komi. Later, he continued his career at the company’s headquarters in Moscow, where he served as Deputy Head of the Main Department for Geology and Head of the Field Development Technologies Department.
• For more than six years, he managed field development and production activities at LUKOIL–Engineering, holding the position of Deputy General Director for Well Construction, Field Development, and Oil Production Technologies.
• Since 2020, he has continued his career in Uzbekistan as Deputy General Director for Geology and Field Development at LUKOIL Uzbekistan Operating Company.
• In 2022, he joined the Saneg team as Deputy Executive Director. Since October 2023, he has held the position of Deputy General Director for Heavy Oil Production.
• He has been honored with numerous certificates of merit and letters of appreciation from LUKOIL, holds the honorary title of Distinguished Oilman, and is a recipient of the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland,” II Class.
• In 2013, he was awarded the “Discoverer of a Field” badge by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation for his contribution to the discovery of the Vostochno-Lambeishorskoye field.