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5.3 Environmental impact
Challenge commentary
The oil and gas industry has to have a sound
understanding of the potential impacts of its
operations on the natural environment: the
surface hydro-geology, the surrounding land
and the atmosphere. It is important to be able
to forecast and monitor impacts effectively –
and to be capable of implementing measures
to reduce them.
The detection and assessment of oil
releases, especially beneath ice, is a
challenge in Kazakhstan. Aerial surveillance
needs to be improved and better sensors
brought into play for accurately tracking the
movement of oil volumes in the sea.
to develop water separation and clean-up
methods that will deliver water that meets
the quality standards for use in industry,
agriculture and maybe even domestic
applications.
Heavy, viscous oil, such as produced in the
Karazhanbas, North Buzachi and Kalamkas
fields, poses particularly difficult separation
problems. The position is improved by
heating, but this naturally involves large
amounts of energy. Separation and clean up
technologies that get around this requirement
would be particularly valuable.
VALUE
5.3.2
5.3.3
5.3.1
ATTRACTIVENESS
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Several Kazakhstan oil fields have high water
cuts: Kumkol South, for instance, stands at
93%. In cases such as this the challenge is
CHALLENGE (elements)
Oil spill on/under ice
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
5.3.2 Emergency response to oil spills
5.3.3 Remote Sensing/Aerial Surveillance
Produced water
clean-up methods
5.3.1 Chemical & membrane methods for oil-water separation
Oil water separation methods
for viscous oil
5.3.1 Chemical & membrane methods for oil-water separation
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