scholarly journals MONITORING OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AT OIL AND GAS FACILITIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 93-99
Author(s):  
N.S. Pyatykh ◽  
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A.V. Grechischev
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Images ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Environmental Disaster ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Energy Company

The paper briefly presents a methodological approach to processing multi-zone satellite images of moderate spatial resolution. This approach allows detecting oil spill sites with sufficient reliability during rapid response and subsequent liquidation of the consequences of man-made emergencies at oil and gas facilities. The properties of modern, often used for monitoring territories, space remote sensing tools are analyzed in relation to the monitoring of man-made emergencies. The object of the study is the vicinity of the CHPP 3 of the Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company, where a major accident occurred on May 29, 2020 – a tank with diesel fuel was depressurized at the facility – and as a result of the spill, more than 20 tons of fuel fell into the waters of the Daldykan and Ambarnaya rivers. This is one of the largest leaks of petroleum products in the Arctic zone in history, posing a threat to the ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean. Processing and subsequent analysis of satellite images of the territory of interest and surrounding objects were made during the research. According to satellite images, it became possible to assess the scale of the environmental disaster.

scholarly journals HSE in the Arctic: Forecasting of emergency situations at oil and gas facilities and emergency petroleum products’ spill response in Arctic climatic conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-61
Author(s):  
Nikolay A. Makhutov ◽  
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Aleksandr M. Bolshakov ◽  
Marina I. Zakharova ◽  
Yulia S. Glyazentsova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Emergency Situations

The Northern Sea Route as a Tool of Arctic Development

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-44
Author(s):  
Ju.V. Zvorykina ◽  
K.S. Teteryatnikov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Important Region ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Simplified Procedure

The article is devoted to the analysis of the role of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the socio-economic development of the Arctic zone of Russia. The authors believe that climate change, gradually leading to the melting of polar ice, opens up new opportunities for the development of Arctic resources and navigation in the seas of the Arctic Ocean. Of particular interest to the NSR are non-Arctic countries, critically dependent on the supply of foreign mineral and carbon resources, as well as on the export of their goods to Europe. Among them, China stands out, considering the NSR as the Arctic Blue Economic Corridor as part of the global Silk Road system. The NSR is intended to become an essential tool for further development of the Arctic zone of Russia. Development of port infrastructure and creation of a modern ocean and maritime fleet will accelerate the pace of socio-economic development of this strategically important region. To do this, it is necessary to adopt a federal law on special system of preferences for investors, including foreign ones, implementing their projects in the Arctic. Among such preferences there are preferential profit tax rates, reduction in Mineral Extraction Tax (MET) rates, a declarative procedure for VAT refunds, a simplified procedure for granting land plots and unchanged conditions for the implementation of investment projects. In addition, it is important to make the NSR safe and profitable both in terms of quality of service and of price for the shippers. In particular, the payment for icebreakers’ escort of vessels should be competitive and reasonable. The largest Russian private and state-owned companies should be involved into Arctic projects. It is important to synchronize the Arctic oil and gas projects with nuclear and LNG icebreakers’ construction, as well as with the launch of two logistics hubs in Murmansk and Kamchatka. In this case, year-round NSR navigation will be organized, which will ensure the high competitiveness of Russian products supplied to the Asian Pacific markets.

scholarly journals Approaches to Assessing the Strategic Sustainability of High-Risk Offshore Oil and Gas Projects

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 995
Author(s):  
Alexey Cherepovitsyn ◽  
Anna Tsvetkova ◽  
Nadejda Komendantova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Project Management System ◽  
The Face ◽  
Hierarchy Analysis ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

In the face of today’s global challenges, oil and gas companies must define long-term priorities and opportunities in implementing complex Arctic offshore projects, taking into account environmental, economic, technological and social aspects. In this regard, ensuring strategic sustainability is the basis for long-term development. The aim of the study is to analyze existing approaches to the concept of “strategic sustainability” of an offshore Arctic oil and gas project and to develop a methodological approach to assessing the strategic sustainability of offshore oil and gas projects. In the theoretical part of the study, the approaches to defining strategic sustainability were reviewed, and their classification was completed, and the most appropriate definition of strategic sustainability for an offshore oil and gas project was chosen. The method of hierarchy analysis was used for strategic sustainability assessment. Specific criteria have been proposed to reflect the technical, geological, investment, social and environmental characteristics important to the offshore oil and gas project. The strategic sustainability of 5 offshore oil and gas projects was analyzed using an expert survey as part of the hierarchy analysis method. Recommendations were made on the development of an offshore project management system to facilitate the emergence of new criteria and improve the quality of the strategic sustainability assessment of offshore projects in the Arctic.

Design of Hydrostatically Supported Sand Islands for Arctic Drilling

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
B. E. W. Dowse
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Open Water ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Construction Technique ◽  
Vertical Side ◽  
Exploration Drilling ◽  
Water Depths ◽  
Permanent Production

The search for oil and gas has already extended to the Arctic areas of the world. To date conventional sand islands have been used for exploration drilling purposes in water depths of up to 43 ft. In deeper water exploration has only been possible using floating drilling equipment which can only operate during the short summer season of open water. This paper briefly outlines the geotechnical principles and development to date of hydrostatically supported sand islands. This construction technique, which utilizes hydrostatic water pressure to stabilize dredged sand at near vertical underwater slopes, would allow sand islands to be quickly and economically built in water depths of up to 200 ft. The hydrostatically supported sand island is a gravity structure and, therefore, is only suitable for use on competent seabed soils. This paper presents two different designs which are currently proposed for use as drilling structures in such areas as the Beaufort Sea. One design is intended for use as a movable exploration structure and the second for a permanent production island that would remain on location for 30 to 50 yr. The near vertical side slopes of the hydrostatically supported sand islands reduce the amount of sand required to manageable amounts, and allow the construction on location to be safely completed during the short Arctic summers. The sand provides sufficient mass to resist ice pressures.

scholarly journals Stability of fire barriers in tank farms in case of destruction of vertical tanks

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 ◽  
pp. 02045
Author(s):  
Dimitry Korolchenko ◽  
Younes Halloul
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Executive Authority ◽  
Reinforced Earth ◽  
Steel Tank ◽  
Glass Type ◽  
Oil Tanks ◽  
Distinguishing Features

The issue of raising the level of safety of people, lands and property from potential threats in emergency situations in oil and gas storage and processing sites is particular concern to all levels of authority in countries, whether they are legal or executive authority. Study of the statistical data of incidents and fires at these equipment showed that the most negative effects for the damage to the company’s personnel, the population and the environment occurred during the quasi-instantaneous destruction of the vertical steel tank. The distinguishing features of such an accident are the complete loss of the integrity of the vertical oil tank hull and the release of all the liquid stored in the tank in the form of a powerful flow (breakout wave), which has a great destructive power, to the adjacent territory within a short term of time. The most important measures to reduce oil and petroleum products leakage in tank farms are reinforced earth dams and closed walls made of materials that are vulnerable to heat (important in the case of fire), Which led to many unsolvable cases. Recently, vertical steel tank with double walls of the “glass in a glass “type have been used in some oil tanks, in practice, they have not found wide application, which is due, first of all, it needs to allocate a significant territory for their arrangement, and its high cost.

scholarly journals Complex geodynamic indicators for forecasting hydrocarbon deposits in the arctic zone

2021 ◽  
Vol 1201 (1) ◽  
pp. 012080
Author(s):  
V A Minaev ◽  
R O Stepanov ◽  
A O Faddeev
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Vortex Structures ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Shelf Zone ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Horizontal Shear ◽  
Shear Deformations ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Hydrocarbon Deposits

Abstract In the article, in relation to the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, a new method of forecasting hydrocarbon deposits based on computer geodynamic modelling procedures is considered. It is less expensive compared to field and analytical methods. The approbation of the method on the example of the Laptev Sea shelf zone showed a good interpretability of its results and their compliance with the forecast obtained by other methods. The rationality of using six geodynamic indicators for forecasting: the distributions of vortex structures of the velocity vectors of horizontal shear deformations and vortex structures of normal linear deformations; the values of the velocity vectors of horizontal shear deformations and velocity vectors of horizontal normal linear deformations; the distributions of the anomalous gravitational field in isostatic reduction and the reduced temperature. The sequence of stages in determining the potential of hydrocarbon deposits in the studied territories is described, which is associated with the solution of six interrelated sequential tasks: the choice of local territorial areas of optimal size - the calculation of geodynamic indicators – the allocation of homogeneous territorial clusters – the detailing and improvement of geodynamic indicators – the determination of the potential of oil and gas fields in the cluster – the localization of oil and gas fields in each cluster – construction of a digital forecast map of the location of oil and gas fields in the study area.

Accident risk analysis of oil and gas facilities in Arctic climatic conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-54
Author(s):  
N. A. Makhutov ◽  
A. M. Bol’shakov ◽  
M. I. Zakharova
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Hazard Identification ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Accident Risk ◽  
Acceptable Risk ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Hazardous Production ◽  
Event Trees

The probability of occurring emergency situations increases in conditions of severe climate of the Arctic. Therefore, addressing the problems related to the risk assessment of accidents at oil and gas facilities in the Arctic zones based on acceptable risk criteria is of particular importance. Uncontrollable development of emergency situations is followed by emission of a significant amount of oil products and constitutes serious ecological danger, and also can lead to considerable destructions and death of people resulted from fire and explosion. Therefore, the goal of the study is development of the methods for analysis and assessment of the risk of accidents in reservoirs and gas pipelines at low temperatures to increase the industrial safety of hazardous production facilities operating in conditions of the Arctic North. The results of brittle fracture analysis and accident risk assessment for reservoir and gas pipeline under arctic climatic conditions are presented. Statistical data processing of accidents allowed us to determine the rupture sources, develop a “fault tree” of brittle fracture of reservoirs, “event trees” of reservoir explosion and gas outflow from a gas pipeline, with allowance for the frequency of scenarios for quantitative risk assessment. Currently the probabilistic approach is considered one of the most promising. Accident statistics and experience of previous risk analyses can provide a useful contribution to the process of hazard identification. We focus on the scenario approach to the problems of hazard identification and assess the probability (frequency) of emergencies proceeding from the analysis and systematization of the statistical data on the accidents on reservoirs and gas pipelines at low ambient temperatures using the “event trees” and “fault trees” which provide determination of the most critical scenario and expected risk from accidents. Thus, risk assessment of accidents at hazardous production facilities in the Arctic zone using criteria of acceptable risk will allow estimation of hazards with unacceptable level of risk and development of recommendations and measures to reduce them.

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