Assessment of the Impact on Natural Resources Associated with Oil and Gas Production in the Lena-Tunguska Oil and Gas Province

Abstract

Abstract Oil has become an integral part of our world, if we look around and think about it, we will see familiar objects made thanks to this wonderful natural hydrocarbon. Now everyone is used to criticizing oil and everything connected with it, but let us look at it in a new way. Oil and natural gas are familiarly associated with fuel, but this is only a small part of what they are capable of: glue, plastic, polymeric materials, fabrics, varnishes, cosmetic and medical materials. Indeed, it has become an indispensable material. Let us consider the environmental impact associated with the extraction of this wonderful and irreplaceable material. Nevertheless, oil and gas production inflicts enormous damage on the ecological situation in the regions of oil and gas provinces. To extract “black gold” one has to go a long way that sometimes lasts for decades, the process of field exploration and development is very cost intensive. New technologies in exploration help enterprises reduce costs, but still these stages remain expensive. Enterprises try to minimize their costs and expenses at all stages. In this paper, we will consider the consumption of water resources and the total loss of aquatic biological resources of four fields in the Lena-Tunguska oil and gas province: the Yarakta, Iktekh, Markovo and Dulisma fields. The assessment was carried out at the stage of the construction and development of the fields.