Abstract
The development of the oil and gas industry around the world is connected with the development of unconventional fields, such as shale oil, using modern technologies, for example, rotary steerable systems, which allow more accurate and high-quality work on well construction, as well as multi-stage hydraulic fracturing, allowing more efficient extracting of hydrocarbons from the deposits. However, like any mining of minerals, the extraction of hydrocarbon raw materials has a harmful effect on the ecology of the area in which the extraction takes place. This occurs due to the use of a large number of chemical compounds, a small proportion of processing of rocks obtained during drilling, cleaning up territories to create infrastructure for organizing the extraction work of raw materials. The introduction of new fields into development leads to the increase in the level of industrial pollution of the environment. The impact of hydraulic fracturing technology on the environmental situation in the field is considered in the article. The author analyzes the impact of this method of increasing oil development on the environment, the experience of using this technology abroad, as well as government regulation of the use of this technology by producing companies around the world.
Highlights
In the oil production industry, environmental pollution begins with exploratory drilling and construction of oil and gas production wells
Like any mining of minerals, the extraction of hydrocarbon raw materials has a harmful effect on the ecology of the area in which the extraction takes place
It is considered that even a purified drilling mud, in which chemical additives account for only 1-2%, is capable of poisoning groundwater, the more so as during hydraulic fracturing, only a third of the water used is raised from wells
Summary
In the oil production industry, environmental pollution begins with exploratory drilling and construction of oil and gas production wells. The main sources of pollution during well construction are diesel exhaust from drilling rigs, mud degassers, storage tanks for bulk powder materials, sludge pits with industrial and technological waste, as well as circulation systems. In many cases, drilling rigs do not take measures to protect soil and water bodies from pollution. The adjacent lands are contaminated with drilling mud and oil products. These harmful substances are washed off by melt water onto the adjacent lands and water bodies. The process of soil pollution is aggravated by the presence of highly mineralized strata and waste waters in the soil, which are pumped to maintain pressure in productive strata and absorbing horizons. Up to two dozen chemical reagents are used
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