scholarly journals TASKS OF MONITORING THE SAKHALIN SHELF ZONE BY DATA’S SATELLITE SURVEYS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav A. Melkiy ◽  
Vladimir M. Pishchalnik ◽  
Valery A. Romanyuk ◽  
Alexey A. Verkhoturov
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Shelf Zone ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Ship Traffic ◽  
The North ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
Far Eastern

The goal of the strategy of the Russian Federation in the development of the Far Eastern’s and Arctic seas is an active, qualitatively new industrial, infrastructural and social development of the North and the East. The Arctic shelf of Russia have the main reserve of oil and gas resources, which belongs to the number of unique areas of the world, in terms of hydrocarbon reserves. The objectives of the policy of mining enterprises aimed at increasing the reserves of offshore fields, introducing the latest equipment and technologies in their development, creating an infrastructure that can ensure the smooth and trouble-free operation of mining complexes and the transportation of products. It is necessary to create a digital platform for ensuring safe operation on the shelf, accumulating data from satellite surveys of transport infrastructure facilities, for monitoring the hydrometeorological, ice and navigation conditions in the waters of the Far Eastern Seas and the Northern Sea Route (NSR) for navigation and hydrographic support of ship traffic, as well as icebreaker assistances. The system should support the laying of ship navigation routes of transport vessels and icebreaking fleets, taking into account the navigation and ice conditions in the specified water area, the organization of search and rescue operations, elimination of the consequences of emergency spills, pollution from ships with harmful substances or garbage.

scholarly journals Ecological risks during offshore construction of oil platforms

2020 ◽  
Vol 217 ◽  
pp. 04002
Author(s):  
Ksenia Derevtsova ◽  
Vladislav Ginevskii ◽  
Gleb Kataev ◽  
Semion Kim ◽  
Polina Veselova
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
The North ◽  
Low Culture

The article tells about the risks of low-culture construction of oil facilities on the Arctic shelf. The long-term, practically neglected exploitation of the unique natural resources of the Russian North and the low culture of their development led in a number of its regions, including the waters of the Arctic seas with islands, to an emergency ecological situation - the partial and sometimes complete destruction of the fragile Arctic natural habitat of the small peoples of the North and the created cities and villages. Without proper environmental support, economic activities continue in the field of extraction, transportation and processing of natural resources. The progressive pollution of rivers and lakes leads to a qualitative depletion of water resources - a change in the composition of the waters of the Arctic Ocean. The danger of oil pollution of the marine environment is associated with plans for its production on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation. The oil and gas production complex in the Russian Arctic regions are being formed on the basis of already discovered fields and will develop as other promising fields are developed.

scholarly journals The oil and gas potential of the north of the Siberian platform and adjacent shelf

2021 ◽  
Vol 1201 (1) ◽  
pp. 012076
Author(s):  
A N Dmitrievskiy ◽  
N A Eremin ◽  
N A Shabalin ◽  
I K Basnieva ◽  
A T Kondratyuk
Keyword(s):  
Siberian Platform ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Deep Structure ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The North ◽  
Common Depth Point ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
The Common ◽  
Gas Potential

Abstract The objective of this article is an estimation of the oil and gas potential of the north of the Siberian platform and adjacent shelf. The Siberian platform is characterized by a large concentration of oil and gas resources in the southern and central parts of the platform. The main oil and gas province of the Siberian Platform is the Leno-Tungus oil and gas province. The oil- bearing strata in the Lena-Tungus oil and gas province are confined to the Riphean, Vendian, Lower-Middle Cambrian deposits, in which large oil and gas fields are discovered. In modern contours the Siberian platform in the north and north-west is fringed by the Yenisei-Khatanga regional trough. In the east, the Yenisei-Khatanga regional trough is connected with the Anabar- Lena trough, framing the north-eastern part of the Siberian platform. Analysis of the available geological and geophysical materials shows a fairly high potential of the Anabar-Lena and Yenisei-Khatanga troughs for the discovery of large hydrocarbon fields. The basic understanding of the geologic-tectonic structure and petroleum potential of the northern part of the Siberian Platform and the adjacent shelf of the Arctic zone are currently based on seismic data by the method of the common depth point (CDP), tied to the existing deep search and parametric wells. Representations of the deep structure and oil and gas potential of specific areas, the allocation of targeted promising oil and gas horizons can change dramatically as the depth of seismic acquisition of the method of the common depth point increases and the software for processing and interpreting seismic data is improved. The localized oil and gas resources of the north of the Siberian platform and adjacent shelf are 41017,3, subsequently, 27582,3 - onshore and offshore - 13435 MMT (million tons) of oil equivalent.

scholarly journals Russian oil and gas industry as a sphere of international interests and economic cooperation

2020 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 01006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyubov Vasilievna Larchenko ◽  
Roman Aleksandrovich Kolesnikov ◽  
Liliya Mukhametova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Considerable Uncertainty ◽  
The North ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources

Russia’s oil and gas resources fall within the sphere of interests of Western European and a number of Asian countries, mainly China, for which a stable supply of the economy with hydrocarbon raw materials is the most important factor in the development of the economy. At the same time, the vast majority of resources are located in the North and the Arctic zone of Russia. Under conditions of considerable uncertainty in the energy markets, international cooperation between the countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia to regulate the functioning of the industry has deepened. The article shows that in the context of reduced resources, complicating mining conditions, coordination of efforts to conduct joint fundamental research work is necessary. Further successful economic cooperation should be based on the harmonization of the economic interests of all stakeholders.

Propulsion Solution for Icebreaking LNG Carriers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuli Hanninen ◽  
Matko Barisic ◽  
Torsten Heideman ◽  
Krzysztof Goldon ◽  
Sampo Viherialehto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Diagnostic System ◽  
Propulsion System ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Operational Experience ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Propulsion Performance

Abstract Since 2007 the traffic volumes in the arctic seas have substantially increased, especially in the North-East Passage following the development of major oil and gas projects. In development of icebreaking LNG tankers the selection of propulsion system is playing a major role determining the vessel performance, safety and icebreaking capability. Recent success of YAMAL LNG project has led to accelerated development of new arctic LNG projects, such as Arctic LNG2. This paper will introduce some outstanding operational results from the revolutionary icebreaking LNG Carriers with modern azimuth propulsion system. This paper describes the methodology to use remote diagnostics systems (RDS) onboard ice-going LNG carriers to continually record, consolidate, upload, and analyze ice-breaking propulsion performance. We will further describe how vessel operational experience and RDS data can be used in development of icebreaking LNGC propulsion design and product development. The special focus in this paper will be given on propulsion system of large Arctic LNGC equipped with 3 × 15 000 kW azimuth thruster units. These propulsion devices help ship owners to access opportunities in the Arctic areas by providing safe and reliable operation in the region. Paper will highlight some of the key findings from the ship machinery data collected with RDS (Remote Diagnostic system) and further analyzed by engineer specialist in view of ice loading on machinery system and components. Podded propulsion solution has played major role on Arctic ship projects, making these challenging projects technically and economically feasible. We will present latest findings and unique results from Arctic LNG carriers, which is valuable information in development of future Arctic oil and gas transportation in the Northern hemisphere.

To the issue of application of thermoplastic reinforced pipes for the construction of oil and gas pipelines in the Arctic

2020 ◽  
pp. 88-99
Author(s):  
A. A. Tolmachev ◽  
V. A. Ivanov ◽  
T. G. Ponomareva
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
The North ◽  
Reinforcing Fibers ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies ◽  
Reinforcing Layer

Ensuring the safety of oil and gas facilities and increasing their facility life are today one of the most important tasks. Emergencies related to rupture and damage of steel pipelines because of their wear and tear and external factors are still the most frequent cases of emergencies during the transportation of hydrocarbons. To expand the fuel and energy complex in the north, in the direction of the Arctic, alternative types of pipelines are needed that solve the problems of reducing energy and labor costs in oil and gas companies, reducing the risk of environmental disasters and depressurization of pipelines during hydrocarbon production. Fiber-reinforced thermoplastic pipes can be such an alternative. This article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the materials of a composite system consisting of a thermoplastic pipe (inner layer) and reinforcing fibers (outer layer); we are discussing the design of the structural system consisting of polyethylene (inner layer) and aramid fibers (outer reinforcing layer).

Determining factors of the unconsolidated rocks of Cenomanian reservoir on the Bolshekhetskaya depression

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
N. Yu. Moskalenkо
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Reservoir Rocks ◽  
Carbonate Cements ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Thermobaric Conditions ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Hydrocarbon Reserves

The relevance of the article is associated with the importance of the object of the research. Dozens of unique and giant oil and gas fields, such as Urengoyskoye, Medvezhye, Yamburgskoye, Vyngapurovskoye, Messoyakhskoye, Nakhodkinskoye, Russkoye, have been identified within the Cenomanian complex. The main feature of Cenomanian rocks is their slow rock cementation. This leads to significant difficulties in core sampling and the following studies of it; that is the direct and most informative source of data on the composition and properties of rocks that create a geological section.The identification of the factors, which determine the slow rock cementation of reservoir rocks, allows establishing a certain order in sampling and laboratory core studies. Consequently, reliable data on the reservoir and estimation of hydrocarbon reserves both of discovered and exploited fields and newly discovered fields that are being developed on the territory of the Gydan peninsula and the Bolshekhetskaya depression will be obtained. This study is also important for the exploration and development of hydrocarbon resources of the continental shelf in the waters of the Arctic seas of Russia as one of the most promising areas.As a result of the analysis, it was found that the formation of rocks of the PK1-3 Cenomanian age of the Bolshekhetskaya depression happened under conditions of normal compaction of terrigenous sedimentary rocks that are located in the West Siberian basin. Slow rock cementation of reservoir rocks is associated with relatively low thermobaric conditions of their occurrence, as well as the low content of clay and absence of carbonate cements. Their lithological and petrophysical characteristics are close to the analogous Cenomanian deposits of the northern fields of Western Siberia and can be applied to other unconsolidated rocks studied areas.

Mineral resources of the Vorkuta region and the prospects of their development

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
S.K. Kuznetsov ◽  
◽  
I.N. Burtsev ◽  
M.B. Tarbaev ◽  
N.N. Timonina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resource ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Komi Republic ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Western Slope ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Sea Transport ◽  
Coking Coal ◽  
Coal Deposits

The analysis of the state and prospects for the development of the mineral resource base of the Vorkuta region of the Komi Republic, belonging to the Arctic zone, was carried out. It is shown that the coking coal deposits of the Pechora basin, the development of which is the basis for the existence of the city of Vorkuta, were and still are the most impor-tant ones. The reserves of coking coal are significant, however, the supply of them to operating mining enterprises is becoming more and more limited. To maintain and develop coal mining, it is necessary to build new mines. Along with the coal deposits, the Vorkuta region is of great interest in relation to other minerals. In the Kosyu-Rogovsk and Koro-taikha depressions, there are potential oil and gas-bearing structures, on the western slope of the Polar Urals – barite deposits, gold, chromium and copper occurrences, deserving further geological study and prospecting works. For a more complete disclosure and development of the mineral resource potential of the Vorkuta region, the extension of transport infrastructure is of great importance. The implementation of plans for the construction of railways, access to the Northern Sea Route, can contribute, in particular, to increasing the volume of coal production and wider supplies of coal using sea transport, and raising the investment attractiveness of the Arctic territories.

scholarly journals The nuclear icebreaker fleet of Russia in the first quarter of the XXI century. Challenges and prospects for the development of the Northern Sea Route

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-25
Author(s):  
Ю.Л. Бордученко ◽  
И.Г. Малыгин ◽  
В.Ю. Каминский ◽  
В.А. Аксенов
Keyword(s):  
Decisive Role ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The North ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Current State ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Transport Problems

Арктическая зона в XXI веке становится важнейшим гарантом устойчивого развития Российской Федерации. Вклад Севера в экономику России во многом будет определяться масштабами и темпами развития Арктической транспортной системы. Необходимо расширение коммерческого и научно-исследовательского судоходства, развитие транспортных узлов и коридоров, полярной авиации, грузопассажирских морских полярных перевозок. В этих условиях Россия в целях обеспечения своих геополитических интересов должна постоянно поддерживать активное присутствие в этом регионе. Оно выражается в проведении научных исследований, разведке и добыче полезных ископаемых, обеспечении морских грузоперевозок с использованием ледоколов и специализированных ледокольно-транспортных судов. Этого невозможно достичь без развития уникального атомного ледокольного флота. В настоящее время Россия является мировым лидером в области применения атомного ледокольного флота для решения транспортных задач в морях Арктики и неарктических замерзающих морях. Для успешной конкуренции России необходимо не упускать этого лидерства и постоянно развивать и совершенствовать атомный ледокольный флот как ключевое звено инфраструктуры функционирования Северного морского пути. В статье представлен краткий обзор текущего состояния и перспектив развития атомного ледокольного флота России. Показана определяющая роль атомного ледокольного флота в обеспечении судоходства по трассам Северного морского пути для развития экономики Арктического региона России. The Arctic zone in the XXI century is becoming the most important guarantor of the sustainable development of the Russian Federation. The contribution of the North to the Russian economy will largely be determined by the scale and pace of development of the Arctic Transport System. It is necessary to expand commercial and research shipping, develop transport hubs and corridors, polar aviation, and cargo and passenger sea polar transportation. In these circumstances, Russia must constantly maintain an active presence in this region in order to ensure its geopolitical interests. It is expressed in conducting scientific research, exploration and extraction of minerals, providing sea cargo transportation using icebreakers and specialized icebreaker-transport vessels. This cannot be achieved without the development of a unique nuclear icebreaker fleet. Currently, Russia is a world leader in the use of nuclear-powered icebreaking fleet for solving transport problems in the Arctic seas and non-Arctic freezing seas. For successful competition, Russia must not lose this leadership, constantly develop and improve the nuclear icebreaker fleet as a key link in the infrastructure of the Northern Sea Route. The article provides a brief overview of the current state and prospects for the development of the Russian nuclear icebreaker fleet. The article shows the decisive role of the nuclear icebreaker fleet in ensuring navigation along the Northern Sea Route for the development of the economy of the Arctic region of Russia.

scholarly journals Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the North-Central Montana Province, 2017

Fact Sheet ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Schenk ◽  
Tracey J. Mercier ◽  
Michael E. Brownfield ◽  
Marilyn E. Tennyson ◽  
Cheryl A. Woodall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
North Central ◽  
The North ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
Central Montana

scholarly journals Modeling of hydrocarbon systems and quantitative assessment of the hydrocarbon potential of Eastern Arctic seas

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
E. A. Lavrenova ◽  
Yu. V. Shcherbina ◽  
R. A. Mamedov
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Hydrocarbon Potential ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Arctic Water ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Flow Maps ◽  
Assessment Factor

Background. Three prospective sedimentary complexes — Aptian-Upper Cretaceous, Paleogene and Neogene — are predicted in the waters of the Eastern Arctic seas. Here, the search for oil and gas is associated with harsh Arctic conditions at sea, as well as with high geological risks and significant expenditures under the conditions of poor knowledge of the region. In this regard, the localisation of prospecting drilling objects and the assessment of the geological risks of deposit discovery should be carried out.Aim. To assess geological risks and to determine the probability of discovering oil and gas fields, as well as to identify prospective areas for licensing and exploration in the water areas of the Eastern Arctic.Materials and methods. Structural and heat flow maps along with the results of geochemical analysis, as well as typical terrestrial sections were used as initial materials. Using the method of basin analysis, the modelling of generation-accumulation hydrocarbon systems (GAHS) and the quantitative assessment of its hydrocarbon potential in the Eastern Arctic water area was carried out. The assessment of geological risks and the probability of field discovery was performed using the conventional methodology widely applied by oil companies.Results. The GAHS modelling using a variation approach showed that, regardless of the kerogen type, with average values of Сorg in sediments, potential oil-and-gas source strata (OGSS) were capable of saturating the prospective objects with hydrocarbons. The “OGSS assessment” factor was determined as “encouraging” (0.7). Active geodynamic regime and the manifestation of several folding phases within the study area provided favourable conditions for the formation of anticlinaltraps in sedimentary basins. However, the cap rock quality rating was assessed as “neutral” (0.5). The overall risk for the “Trap assessment” factor was estimated based on the minimum criterion of 0.5.Conclusion. The most prospective areas recommended for licensing were selected, and the recommendations for further geological exploration work in these areas were given in order to clarify their hydrocarbon potential and reduce geological risks.

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