Russia's Resources Research Articles

Utilization of geothermal energy in Russia

At present geothermal energy is utilized in Russia mostly for space and district heating, and for industrial and agricultural purposes. Six towns whith a total population of about 100,000 use geothermal district heating systems. The total area of geothermally heated greenhouses is about 700,000 m 2. Electric energy generated at geothermal power stations remains negligible: the installed capacity of the only operating Pauzhetskaya station (Kamchatka) is 11 MW e. Another station at the Mutnovsky geothermal field is currently under construction and is expected to have 70 MW e, installed by 1995 and 210 MW e, by 2000. The proven geothermal resources in Russia provide hope for a significant increase in the utilization of the earth's deep heat and a significant contribution to the power budget in the near future.

The Petroleum Resources of Russia

Indications of oil and gas occur in European Russia in the northern and central parts of the great Russian Platform, whose gently folded and faulted structure should encourage drilling. Commercial production, however, has been confined almost entirely to the downfolded or downfaulted basins of the south, the Black Sea Basin and the Caspian Basin, as well as the Kura and Kutais basins of Transcaucasia. Of the vast territory of Asiatic Russia, the most promising part for future oil supply seems be the downfolded or downfaulted basins of Russian Central Asia, filled with folded marine Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Tertiary strata; and the highly folded Tertiary beds of the east coast of northern Sakhalin. Some possibilities of oil or gas may exist in the broad plain between the Ural Mountains and Yenisei River, but these remain to be demonstrated. Oil has already been produced commercially in the Emba Basin north of the Caspian Sea, in the Transcaspian Basin east of Caspian Sea, in the Ferghana Basin of eastern Turkestan, and recently in northern Sakhalin.

Natural Resources of Russia

Natural Resources of Russia

The Economic Resources of Russia, with Special Reference to British Opportunities

The Economic Resources of Russia, with Special Reference to British Opportunities