Remote monitoring of associated petroleum gas flaring in oilfields of Western Siberia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. O. Peremitina ◽  
G. A. Kochergin ◽  
M. A. Kupriyanov ◽  
Y. M. Polishchuk ◽  
I. G. Yashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Associated Petroleum Gas ◽  
Gas Flaring

scholarly journals Siberian Arctic black carbon: gas flaring and wildfire impact

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga B. Popovicheva ◽  
Nikolaos Evangeliou ◽  
Vasilii O. Kobelev ◽  
Marina A. Chichaeva ◽  
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Carbon ◽  
Biomass Burning ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Cold Period ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Transport Modelling ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Gas Flaring ◽  
Siberian Arctic

Abstract. As explained in the latest Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) report released in early 2021, the Arctic has warmed three times more quickly than the planet as a whole, and faster than previously thought. The Siberian Arctic is of great interest largely because observations are sparse or largely lacking. A research aerosol station has been developed on the Bely Island, Kara Sea, in Western Siberia. Measurements of equivalent black carbon (EBC) concentrations were carried out at the “Island Bely” station continuously from August 2019 to November 2020. The source origin of the measured EBC, and the main contributing sources were assessed using atmospheric transport modelling coupled with the most updated emission inventories for anthropogenic and biomass burning sources of BC. The obtained BC climatology for BC during the period of measurements showed a seasonal variation comprising the highest concentrations between December and April (60 ± 92 ng/m3) and the lowest between June and September (18 ± 72 ng/m3), typical of the Arctic Haze seasonality reported elsewhere. When air masses arrived at the station through the biggest oil and gas extraction regions of Kazakhstan, Volga-Ural, Komi, Nenets and Western Siberia, BC contribution from gas flaring dominated over domestic, industrial, and traffic sectors, ranging from 47 to 68 %, with a maximum contribution in January. When air was transported from Europe during the cold season, emissions from transportation became important. Accordingly, shipping emissions increased due to the touristic cruise activities and the ice retreat in summertime. Biomass burning (BB) played the biggest role between April and October, contributing 81 % at maximum in June. Long-range transport of BB aerosols appear to induce large variability to the Absorption Ångström Exponent (AAE) with values ranging from 1.2 to 1.4. As regards to the continental contribution to surface BC at the “Island Bely” station, Russian emissions dominated during the whole year, while European and Asian emissions contributed up to 20 % in the cold period. Quantification of several pollution episodes showed an increasing trend in surface concentrations and frequency during the cold period as the station is directly in the Siberian gateway of the highest anthropogenic pollution to the Russian Arctic.

Technological Features of Associated Petroleum Gas Miscible Injection MGI in Order to Increase Oil Recovery at a Remote Group of Fields in Western Siberia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Anatolevich Vershinin ◽  
Alexander Nikolaevich Blyablyas ◽  
Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Golovanov ◽  
Artem Vitalievich Penigin ◽  
Nikolay Grigorievich Glavnov
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Gas Treatment ◽  
Associated Petroleum Gas ◽  
Injection Process ◽  
Gas Utilization ◽  
Underground Reservoir ◽  
Miscible Gas Injection

Abstract The problem of associated petroleum gas utilization is especially urgent for fields located far from infrastructure facilities for raw gas transportation and treatment. For such fields, alternative methods of gas utilization, especially gas re-injection, are becoming relevant. The re-injection options include: injection into underground reservoir for storage (if there are reservoirs suitable for injection near the field), injection into a gas cap, if any, or injection into a productive reservoir. The latter method allows, along with solving the problem of gas disposal, to increase oil recovery. This study describes an example of miscible gas injection into the reservoir at the Chatylkinskoye field, the infrastructure assumptions which make this option a better one versus a selling option, and the features of a gas treatment and injection process.

Remote monitoring of wetland areas of Western Siberia using SMOS (ESA) data

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Romanov ◽  
I. V. Khvostov ◽  
V. E. Pavlov ◽  
Yu. I. Vinokurov
Keyword(s):  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Western Siberia

Associated petroleum gas market: Pricing mechanisms

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Sergei Chernavskii
Keyword(s):  
Western Siberia ◽  
Joint Production ◽  
Optimal Price ◽  
Market Pricing ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Associated Petroleum Gas ◽  
Marginal Costs ◽  
Market Factors ◽  
Gas Market ◽  
Actual Price

In Western Siberia, the main oil-producing region of Russia, all functioning regulated marketsof associated petroleum gas (APG) have been liberalized. Because of the monopoly-monopsony structure there is a threat of market prices deviation from socially optimal levels, corresponding to the maximum of public good. The analysis of this threat and assessment of the factors that support it is an urgent problem, which has not yet been covered in the scientific literature. The purpose of the study is to assess the consequences of the liberalization of APG markets. The tool for solving the problems of the study is the economic theory of formation of market equilibrium prices in the joint production of APG and oil. On a liberalized APG market, the maximum public welfare corresponds to a set of market prices, which are determined when considering a virtual competitive market. The actual price is formed under the influence of non-market factors. The liberalized market has no mechanism for forming a socially optimalcomposition of non-market factors, and the parties have no information allowing them to determine the corresponding socially optimal APG price. Therefore, it must be set by the regulator. The algorithms for calculation of marginal costs of joint production of oil and APG and socially optimal price of APG are constructed.

scholarly journals Source attribution of Arctic black carbon constrained by aircraft and surface measurements

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junwei Xu ◽  
Randall V. Martin ◽  
Andrew Morrow ◽  
Sangeeta Sharma ◽  
Lin Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Black Carbon ◽  
Biomass Burning ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Anthropogenic Emissions ◽  
Northern Asia ◽  
Airborne Measurements ◽  
Gas Flaring ◽  
Southern Asia

Abstract. Black carbon (BC) contributes to both degraded air quality and Arctic warming, however sources of Arctic BC and their geographic contributions remain uncertain. We interpret a series of recent airborne and ground-based measurements with the GEOS-Chem global chemical transport model and its adjoint to attribute the sources of Arctic BC. The springtime airborne measurements performed by the NETCARE campaign in 2015 and the PAMARCMiP campaigns in 2009 and 2011 offer BC vertical profiles extending to > 6 km across the Arctic and include profiles above Arctic ground monitoring stations. Long-term ground-based measurements are examined from multiple methods (thermal, laser incandescence and light absorption) at Alert (2011–2013), Barrow (2009–2015) and Ny-Ålesund (2009–2014) stations. Our simulations with the addition of gas flaring emissions are consistent with ground-based measurements of BC concentrations at Alert and Barrow in winter and spring (rRMSE < 13 %), and with airborne measurements of BC vertical profile across the Arctic (rRMSE = 17 %). Sensitivity simulations suggest that anthropogenic emissions in eastern and southern Asia are the largest source of the Arctic BC column both in spring (56 %) and annually (37 %), with larger contributions aloft than near the surface (e.g. a contribution of 66 % between 400–700 hPa and of 46 % below 900 hPa in spring). Anthropogenic emissions from northern Asia contribute considerable BC to the lower troposphere (a contribution of 27 % in spring and of 43 % annually below 900 hPa). Biomass burning has a substantial contribution to Arctic BC below 400 hPa of 25 % annually, despite minor influence in spring ( 50 %) in winter and those from eastern and southern Asia are the largest in spring (~ 40 %). At Ny-Ålesund, anthropogenic emissions from Europe (~ 30 %) and northern Asia (~ 30 %) are major sources in winter and early spring. Biomass burning from North America is the most important contributor to surface BC at all stations in summer, especially at Barrow where North American biomass burning contributes more than 90 % of BC in July and August. Our adjoint simulations indicate pronounced spatial and seasonal heterogeneity in the contribution of emissions to the Arctic BC column concentrations with noteworthy contributions from emissions in eastern China (15 %) and western Siberia (6.5 %). Although uncertain, gas flaring emissions from oilfields in western Siberia could have a striking impact (13 %) on Arctic BC loadings in January, comparable to the total influence of continental Europe and North America (6.5 % each in January).

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