Development of prospective engineers’ readiness for international partnership in oil and gas production

This paper deals with the development of prospective engineers readiness for international partnership in oil and gas industries. The directions of international technological cooperation of integrated corporations are described. The paper presents approaches and principles (advanced learning, efficiency of technological knowledge, global technological imperative, motivation for competitiveness, internationalization, social partnership, interdisciplinarity) used for readiness development process modeling. The conditions for the activity of a prospective engineer in internationally integrated companies and the possibilities of the international polypartner educational environment for engineering activity modeling in internationally integrated companies are correlated. The development of prospective engineers readiness for international technological partnership in oil and gas production is carried out in the course of a phased continuous training and divided into the following stages: introduction-technological, adaptation-technological and initiative-technological. To assess the effectiveness of the development of prospective engineers readiness for international partnership in oil and gas industries, motivational, professional-activity (scientific and technological, organizational and managerial, communicative) and personal resource criteria are used. The paper defines a number of performance indicators for each of the three stages: development of additional competencies, knowledge in the field of intellectualization, technology commercialization, research activities during academic mobility, scientific publications in international journals, work experience in an international company.

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Analysis of comorbid pathology in oil producers

Hygiene and Sanitation ◽

10.47470/0016-9900-2021-100-5-464-470 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 100 (5) ◽

pp. 464-470

Author(s):

Olga Y. Ustinova ◽

Nina V. Zaitseva ◽

Vitalii G. Kostarev ◽

Elena M. Vlasova ◽

Alyona A. Vorobyova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

Work Experience ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Comparison Group ◽

Significant Risk ◽

Oil Production ◽

Gas Production ◽

Observation Group ◽

Oil And Gas Production ◽

Average Work

Aim of the study. To analyze the patterns of the comorbidity pathology formation in employees occupied in oil production. Materials and methods. Observation group - 292 employees of the oil production enterprise (100% men). The average age was 39.4 ± 10.6 (20-65) years. Average work experience is 13.1 ± 9.6 (3-22) years. The comparison group included 65 employees working in the management of the enterprise. The average age is 40.2 ± 9.8 (20-65) years. Average work experience is 18.5 ± 9.5 (5-23) years. Observation group - 292 oil and gas production operators (OGP) - 100% men. The study involved a comprehensive research program, results analysis, and mathematical modeling. Results. It is typical for oil and gas production operators to be exposed to a complex impact of harmful production factors: industrial noise, the intensity of work, and physical overload combined with chemical factors. A prior occupational risk to the employees under mentioned working conditions was classified from low (moderate) risk to medium (significant) risk. The age of employees with developed comorbid pathology in the observation group was 31.7 ± 5.4 years, work experience in the specified working conditions was 4.6 ± 1.1 years; the age of workers in the comparison group was 35.4 ± 3.9 years, work experience was 7.4 ± 2.7 years. The results of functional studies have demonstrated a complex of abnormalities in workers with little expressed clinical symptomatology. Analysis of comorbid pathology showed an increase in n according to CIRS score, increasing the working experience among oil and gas operators. Conclusion. Comorbid pathology occurs in oil production workers within ten years of working experience under conditions of combined occupational and non-occupational factors. In the comorbid pathology development, both induced intrasystemic and intersystemic disorders significantly worsens the working life prognosis.

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Methodological approaches for quantitative assessment of health risk associated with the labour process strength

Hygiene and Sanitation ◽

10.47470/0016-9900-2021-100-10-1171-1178 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 100 (10) ◽

pp. 1171-1178

Author(s):

Vadim B. Alekseev ◽

Pavel Z. Shur ◽

Darya N. Lir ◽

Vladimir A. Fokin

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Health Risk ◽

Work Experience ◽

Quantitative Assessment ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Operating Mode ◽

Gas Production ◽

Oil And Gas Production ◽

Labour Process ◽

Load Types

Introduction. Labour employment of the population is increasingly associated with mental activity and is characterized by increasing stress. The article presented and tested methodical approaches to the quantitative health risk assessment associated with the labour process strength (LPS), taking into account it’s detailing by type of load. Materials and methods. In the course of the work, analytical, epidemiological, and statistical methods were used. The proposed approaches were tested on the example of assessing the health risk of male employees of oil and gas production operators (OGPO), aged from 26 to 59 years (average age: 44.51 ± 8.01 years) with work experience in the profession of from 3 up to 33 years old (average experience 17.05 ± 8.89 years). Results. The developed algorithm for assessing the health risk associated with LPS includes using a tool (checklist), which will allow, along with a comprehensive assessment, assessing detailed types of loads - intellectual, emotional, sensory, monotony mode of work. The checklist contains the specified characteristics of the LPS assessment indicators and criteria that allow us to weigh the degree of tension (0 - there is no effect on this indicator, 4 - the influence on the indicator is most pronounced). The procedure provides for a quantitative assessment of occupational health risk and determination of the contribution of detailed load types to the formation of risk. The results of testing confirm the validity of the proposed approaches. The risk of developing a gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer due to sensory load was revealed to be 2 • 10-2 and was classified as medium. As a result of exposure to sensory load and operating mode, the risk of developing atherosclerosis is 5.7 • 10-2 and 9.8 • 10-2, respectively, and classified as high. The risk of developing atherosclerosis associated with exposure to two significant LPS components is 14.9 ∙ 10-2. In this case, the contribution of the load associated with the mode of work in the development of atherosclerosis is more significant (66%) than the sensory (34%) load. Conclusion. The developed methods to assess the intensity of the labor process allow moving on to a quantitative assessment of risk and identifying the role (contribution) of individual, detailed types of loads in the formation of occupational health risks, and determining targeted preventive measures.

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Measures to improve compensatory reforestation

FORESTRY BULLETIN ◽

10.18698/2542-1468-2021-6-5-10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (6) ◽

pp. 5-10

Author(s):

E.P. Platonov ◽

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A.S. Opletaev ◽

S.V. Zalesov ◽

K.A. Bashegurov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Russian Federation ◽

Work Experience ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Gas Production ◽

Oil And Gas Production ◽

Autonomous District ◽

Forest Code ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Burnt Areas

Based on the materials of long-term research of departmental materials and production experience, an attempt was made to analyze the possibility of implementing the Russian Federation Government decree of May 7, 2019 № 566 «On the approval of the rules for performing reforestation or afforestation by persons using forests in accordance with Article 43–46 of the Forest code of the Russian Federation and by persons who have applied for an application to change the designated purpose of the forest area». It is noted that, despite the timeliness of the Russian Federation government resolution it does not fully comply with the regional conditions of a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and in particular the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous district — Yugra. In areas of oil and gas production, carrying out compensatory measures by creating forest plantations using ball-rooted seedlings on hard to reach burnt areas and in dead plantations will lead to unreasonably high costs for reforestation and the lack of agrotechnical and silvicultural care will result in the death of forest crops as well as discredit the compensatory measures. Considering some work experience on compensatory reforestation in the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous district — Yugra the suggestions were made to improve the compensatory measures.

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