On November 22-23, the first All-Russian scientific and practical conference "Science in the design and development of oil fields - new opportunities" took place in Tyumen. The conference was organized by the Tyumen Oil Research Center in partnership with the Tyumen Industrial University and is dedicated to the search for new ideas and non-standard solutions in fulfilling the tasks set for oil companies. In the section "Modern methods of enhanced oil recovery" were presented reports of scientists, leading experts on the subject of polymer and surfactant-polymer flooding. The specialists of our company made a presentation on the topic "Preselection of objects for the introduction of polymer flooding technology in extreme conditions."