Functional States as a Psychological Safety Component of the Offshore Oil Production Platform Employees at the Rotational Labor Organization in the Caspian Sea

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
Ya.A. Korneeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Psychological Testing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Functional States ◽  
Offshore Oil

The study is devoted to identifying and describing the features of functional states as a component of the employees psychological safety, as well as occupational safety during fly-in-fly-out regime on an offshore oil platform. The scientific expedition worked in April 2019 during the entire fly-in-fly-out visit on the platform in the Caspian Sea. 50 employees took part, whose average age was 36.17 ± 1.064 years, the average work experience by the fly-in-fly-out method was 7.97 ± 0.839 years. The duration of the rotation period is 14 days. Research methods are: hardware psychophysiological and psychological testing. The first ones were used to assess the state: the level of stress (the AngioScan device), the operator efficiency, the level of the functional state and functional reserves (the Psychophysiologist device). For psychological testing, the color test of M. Lusher and the questionnaire of self-assessment of states «Well-being. Activity. Mood» were selected. Statistical analysis of the research results was performed with the help of descriptive statistics and multidimensional methods using IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 software package. All the employees are divided into two groups according to the individual performance: the first cluster with high performance, the second cluster with reduced performance. As a result of studying the relationship between the efficiency and occupational safety subjective characteristics it was found that employees of the first cluster (with high personal efficiency) are better adapted to the negative environment impact and are characterized by high psychological safety and high occupational safety. Representatives of the second cluster (with reduced personal efficiency) are not satisfied with the work schedule, give higher assessments of hazard of professional situations, but at the same time commit more violations of occupational safety. For these reasons, the employees with reduced efficiency (the second cluster) belong to the risk group, which requires additional measures from the managers to ensure their psychological safety and improve occupational safety at work.

The Functional State Assessment as the Psychological Safety Marker of the Offshore Production Platform Workers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana Korneeva ◽  
Natalia Simonova
Keyword(s):  
Functional State ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Psychological Testing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
General Level ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
Functional States ◽  
Low Performance

Abstract The present study is devoted to the functional states’ identification and description as the psychological safety marker of offshore oil-producing platform workers with the fly-in-fly-out work organization. This will allow identifying an employee's risk group with low psychological safety for the development of measures to improve it, preserve their health and work efficiency. The research was carried out by means of a scientific expedition in April 2019 during the entire fly-in-fly-out visit to the offshore ice- resistant platform in the Caspian Sea. It was attended by 50 employees (average age 36.17 ± 1.064, average work experience on a fly-in-fly-out basis 7.97 ± 0.839, fly-in-fly-out period - 14 days). Research methods are: 1) instrumental psychophysiological methods for assessing the state on the devices «AngioScan» (stress level) and «Psychophysiologist» (operator performance, functional state level, functional reserves level); 2) psychological testing methods are M. Luscher's color test and the "Well-being. Activity. Insistence" questioning. Psychological testing of employee's personality traits. Statistical analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and multivariate methods using the SPSS 23.00 software package. As the study result, all employees were divided into two large groups according to functional states indicators: 1) a group with high performance, since these employees have optimal speed, high quality work performance and good health; 2) a group with low performance, because with a favorable general state of health and the performing tasks speed, employees show a low performance. The relationship between the two groups oil-producing platform employees’ subjective characteristics of efficiency and safety studied. It was found that employees with high performance are adapted to the negative environment impact and are characterized by high psychological safety. The second group representatives with low performance give higher assessments of the professional situations danger and are not satisfied with the work schedule, and therefore belong to the risk group and require additional measures to ensure psychological safety. Personal markers of attribution to groups with different efficiency are independence, cyclothymic character accentuation type, planning and the general level of subjective control.

Can the Caspian Sea Survive its Own Oil? Environmental Regulation of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in the Caspian Sea

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-456
Author(s):  
Elena Karataeva
Keyword(s):  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Industry Regulation ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Offshore Industry ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

This article critically examines the shortcomings of the offshore industry regulation in the Caspian Sea and proposes a framework to strengthen it. It considers the hydrocarbon industry and resources of the Caspian Sea region and analyses the extent and impacts of Caspian offshore oil and gas activities on its environment, reviews selected regional and global regulatory frameworks for the offshore oil and gas industry and their effectiveness, discusses existing shortcomings of the national and regional regulation of the Caspian offshore oil and gas industry, and provides suggestions on how it could be improved, drawing on the experience and regulatory formulations from other regions of the world.

scholarly journals Technogenic risks of building and operation of oil and gas complexes in offshore area of the Caspian Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-59
Author(s):  
Николай Панасенко ◽  
Nikolay Panasenko ◽  
Алексей Синельщиков ◽  
Aleksey Sinel'schikov ◽  
Павел Яковлев ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Offshore Area ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Offshore Oil

The article touches upon the problem of technogenic risks arising in the course of building and operating oil and gas complexes in the Caspian Sea taking into account the adoption of the Con-vention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea and regulation of the territorial division of the Caspian Sea. Technological risks are presented from the position of safety of industrial facilities in the offshore area and in the coastal zone, the impact of these facilities on the ecology of the Caspian is considered. The risk analysis was carried out taking into account world experience, as well as incidents that occurred at the offshore oil and gas production facilities in the Caspian Sea. There has been presented the layout of oil and gas fields at the bottom of the Caspian Sea and the division of the bottom based on adopting the Convention. A general description of the Caspian Sea has been given; unique features of the Caspian and the most unexplored seismic effects have been stated. It has been recommended to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the state of the seabed according to seismological, mud, volcanic and engineering-geological conditions; to develop measures for preventing and reducing the damage from hazardous natural processes and exploitation of oil and gas fields; to forecast the fluctuations of the Caspian Sea level, taking into account today’s economic activity; to study the natural and technogenic factors determining the environmental safety of the Caspian Sea; to monitor seismic phenomena, crustal movement in zones of tectonic faults at the sea bottom, etc. The speed and direction of wind currents in the Caspian Sea have been analyzed. The maps of mud volcanoes location in the Caspian basin (located on land, hidden and identified by seismic, geological, geophysical and geochemical methods, etc.) are illustrated. Conclusions are made about the high risks for developing hydrocarbon deposits in the Caspian Sea basin. There is the need to take into account environmental requirements and standards, to use modern technologies, to prevent incidents at offshore oil and gas production facilities.

scholarly journals The main directions of sustainable socio-economic development of the Caspian littoral areas of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the existing environmental problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 652-665
Author(s):  
Zaur T. Imrani ◽  
Shakar İ. Mammadova ◽  
Nasiba N. Hadjiyeva ◽  
Oleksandr Y. Vysotskyi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

In Azerbaijan, since the earliest times, the Caspian Sea has contributed to the Received in revised form: 07.10.2021 settlement of population and structure of the economy. The favourable natural geographical conditions of the coasts, exploitation of offshore oil and gas fields and rich tourist-recreational potential favoured the economy of Azerbaijan significantly. However, sea-level fluctuations and environmental damage observed due to exploitation of natural resources served as curbing factor in the development. In modern times, planning of residential areas in the coastal areas, improvement of industrial, agricultural and tourism infrastructure, and successful management of the ecological situation are achievable through effective use of the natural resources and human potential of the Caspian Sea. The coastal region of the Caspian Sea, composed of three zones, is favourable for the development of Azerbaijan’s economy. Theattractiveness of coastal areas is related mainly to preferences of natural conditions and resources and the advantages of their transport- geographical location. As a result, the development level of the economy of the Pre-Caspian region is higher compared to other regions of the country. The region accounts for 88.7 % of the total industrial output in the country. The main part of it, i. e. 95.7 % is shared by the city of Baku. The cause of significant difference in development level between the regions and the capital Baku is associated with the use of oil and gas resources of the Caspian. Thus, offshore oil and gas reserves in the Caspian have played a notable role in the development of coastal areas, and of the country’s whole economy. This has led to inequality in terms of regional development. This factor prompted the need to study the role of the use of resources of the Caspian Sea in the sustainable development of Azerbaijan’s economy. In order to achieve the goal, a comparative analysis of the leading economic branches in the Pre-Caspian regions was carried out from a historical point of view. The obtained information was systematized, and the socio-economic aspects of sustainable development were identified based on statistical-mathematical materials. Aerospace data were used as well.

THE NUMBER AND QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF FRY FISH IN SHALLOW COASTAL WATERS OF THE VOLGA IN THE SUMMER-AUTUMN PERIOD OF 2012

2017 ◽  
pp. 65-73
Author(s):  
Edward Vladimirovich Nikitin
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Caspian Sea ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Commercial Fish ◽  
Autumn Period ◽  
Fish Juveniles ◽  
Qualitative Characteristics ◽  
Shallow Coastal Waters

Shallow coastal waters of the Volga river is a flooded feeding area for fish juveniles of nonmigratory fish species. There takes place annual downstream migration of fluvial anadromous fish species from spawning grounds of the Volga river to the Northern Caspian Sea. The most important factors determining the number and qualitative characteristics of fry fishes are the level of the Caspian Sea (currently having a tendency to the lowering), hydrological and thermal regimes of the Volga river. Researches were carried out in definite periods of time. In the summer-autumn period of 2012 fry fishes were presented by 19 species (13 of them were commercial species), which belonged to 9 families. The article gives data on all the commercial fish species. In the first decade of July the maximum number of fry fish was registered in the western part of the Volga outfall offshore - in box 247 (19.86 mln specimens/km2), in the eastern part - in box 142 (20.4 mln specimens/km2). The most populous were roach, red-eye, silver bream and bream; size-weight characteristics were better in the areas remoted from the Volga delta. In the third decade of July the quantitative indicators of fry fish on these areas decreased, size-weight characteristics greatly increased. In the second decade of October in the western part of the seaside there were registered increased pre-wintering concentrations of fish juveniles, their qualitative indicators increased, which is evidence to favorable feeding conditions in 2012.

On the type locality of the steppe ribbon racer, Psammophis lineolatus (Brandt, 1838) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 324 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-272
Author(s):  
I.V. Doronin ◽  
T.N. Dujsebayeva ◽  
K.M. Akhmedenov ◽  
A.G. Bakiev ◽  
K.N. Plakhov
Keyword(s):  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Original Species ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Made In

The article specifies the type locality of the Steppe Ribbon Racer. The holotype Coluber (Taphrometopon) lineolatus Brandt, 1838 is stored in the reptile collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ZISP No 2042). Literature sources provide different information about the type locality. A mistake has been made in the title of the work with the original species description: the western coast of the sea was indicated instead of the eastern one. The place of capture was indicated as “M. Caspium” (Caspian Sea) on the label and in the reptile inventory book of the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences. The specimen was sent to the museum by G.S. Karelin. The “1842” indicated on the labels and in the inventory book cannot be the year of capture of the type specimen, just as the “1837” indicated by A.M. Nikolsky. In 1837, Karelin was in Saint Petersburg and in 1842 in Siberia. Most likely, 1837 is the year when the collection arrived at the Museum, and 1842 is the year when the information about the specimen was recorded in the inventory book (catalog) of the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences. In our opinion, the holotype was caught in 1932. From Karelin’s travel notes of the expedition to the Caspian Sea in 1832, follows that the snake was recorded in two regions adjacent to the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea – Ungoza Mountain (“Mangyshlak Mountains”) and site of the Western Chink of Ustyurt between Zhamanairakty and Kyzyltas Mountains (inclusive) on the northeast coast of Kaydak Sor (“Misty Mountains”). In our article, Karelin’s route to the northeastern coast of the Caspian Sea in 1832 and photographs of these localities are given. The type locality of Psammophis lineolatus (Brandt, 1838) should be restricted to the Mangystau Region of the Kazakhstan: Ungoza Mountain south of Sarytash Gulf, Mangystau (Mangyshlak) Penninsula (44°26´ N, 51°12´ E).

ICE CONDITIONS IN THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE CASPIAN SEA IN THE MODERN PERIOD

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 4-17
Author(s):  
Nepomenko Leonid ◽  
◽  
Popova Natalia ◽  
Zubanov Stepan ◽  
Ostrovskaya Elena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Caspian Sea ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Ice Conditions ◽  
North Western
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