The IV Scientific and Technical Conference “Modern Technologies of Western Siberia Fuel and Energy Complex” was held in Tyumen Technological Park. This event was organized by the Association of Engineering Education of TSoGU and Tyumen Section of the International Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE and its Student Branch at TSOGU. The participants were representatives of both Russia and other FSU countries.The Conference enjoyed great interest from major research institutions: Tyumen oil Research Center; Institute of oil and Gas, the Russian Academy of Sciences; SurgutNIPI-neft; KogalymNiPineft; BelNIPIneft; Belorusneft;  the leading field-specific universities in Russia, as well as oil and gas and service companies such as Rosneft, LUKoil – Western Siberia, TNK-BP, Schlumberger, Surgutneftegas, Yugson-Service etc. The conference was focused on aspects of heavy crude production enhancement by drilling multibranch wells, management of the development process with the help of "intelligent wells", environmentally safe disposal of associated petroleum gases, drilling tools costs reduction etc.