Abstract

Arctic and Subarctic regions of Russia feature high concentration of oil and gas reserves. The principal oil and gas producing Russian regions are Western Siberia, where most of the fields are in the area where perennially frozen rocks occur. To date, Russian produces over 60% of oil and about 90% of gas in its Arctic and Subarctic. Oil and gas companies have accumulated considerable expertise in the development of oil and gas reserves under complicated natural and climatic conditions.

The prospects of further progress of Russian oil and gas industry are related with the development of oil and gas reserves of the Extreme North and the Arctic shelf. These are the regions where immense reserves of oil and gas are focused. Suffice it to say that the reserves of gas in the Yamal Peninsula are over 50.0 TCM, and the prepared reserves amount to 10.4 TCM.

Introduction

Arctic and Subarctic regions of Russia feature high concentration of oil and gas reserves. The principal oil and gas producing Russian regions are Western Siberia, where most of the fields are in the area where perennially frozen rocks occur. To date, Russian produces over 60% of oil and about 90% of gas in its Arctic and Subarctic. Oil and gas companies have accumulated considerable expertise in the development of oil and gas reserves under complicated natural and climatic conditions.

The prospects of further progress of Russian oil and gas industry are related with the development of oil and gas reserves of the Extreme North and the Arctic shelf. These are the regions where immense reserves of oil and gas are focused. Suffice it to say that the reserves of gas in the Yamal Peninsula are over 50.0 TCM, and the prepared reserves amount to 10.4 TCM.

While developing the oil and gas reserves of the Arctic, the environmental protection activities should include solution of the following problems:

  • protection of natural resources and biologically diversified ecosystems in the Arctic and Subarctic on the basis of competent assessment of potential hazardous impact of the activities of oil and gas companies (including exploration and production of oil and gas) on the environment.

  • development of mechanisms for decisions providing for reasonable and efficient balance between resource development and environmental protection;

  • elaboration of techniques for involvement of natural protection measures at the stages of designing, constructing and operation of facilities in the oil and gas industry.

Peculiarities of The objects for geoecological monitoring are complicated natural systems. However, the works on ecological monitoring of monitoring the Arctic regions are not yet systematically managed. They are differentiated by Arctic regions individual components of landscape and performed separately from each oth

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