Neftegaz.RU #3-17 ENG

Neftegaz.RU
# 3/2017
THE FAR NORTH IS A TERRITORY CHARACTERISED BY ITS EXTREME CLIMATE, WHILE ITS SIZE
EXCEEDS THAT OF SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TOGETHER. THIS IS WHERE 20% OF THE WORLD’S
OIL AND GAS COME FROM EACH YEAR. THIS IS NOT JUST RUSSIA’S VAST RAW MATERIALS BASE,
BUT ALSO A KIND OF GUARANTOR OF OUR COUNTRY’S ENERGY SECURITY FOR MANY YEARS TO
COME BECAUSE IT IS HERE THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF THE WORLD’S HYDROCARBON
RESOURCES ARE CONCENTRATED
KEYWORDS: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, drilling,Messoyakhskoye field, Siberian Service company, green technologies.
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Well drilling is the main oil and gas exploration
method, but few companies venture to operate in
remote areas known for their complicated geology,
especially since using sustainable technologies has
become mandatory. The Siberian Service company
is one of those rather few who not only drill at such
complicated fields, but is also determined to avail of
all possible means to minimise the negative impact
on the environment.
A fine example of this policy are the operations on
the Messoyakha fields, in the Tazovsky District of
the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, in the Arctic
climate zone, some 250 kilometres from the actual
Arctic Circle. These are Russia’s northernmost
onshore oilfields.
In winter, which lasts 9 long months in these
parts, temperatures go down to as low as – 50-60
degrees Celsius, with winds gusting to 40 meter per
second. Endless blizzards are a major hindrance
for drilling operations, and December gratifies in
its own fashion with several weeks of impenetrable
polar night. Summer brings challenges of its own:
rotation workers have to learn to sleep “with the
lights on”: the sun does not set during so-called
“white nights”. All this notwithstanding, the Siberian
Service company strives to ensure total safety
and maximum comfortable work conditions for its
employees working on the production sites.
To further strengthen its leading positions
among Russian service companies in terms of
labour safety and a responsible attitude to the
environment, the Siberian Service company seeks
to ensure maximum compliance with the list of
FACTS
90 %
of Russian gas and oil
is extracted annually in the
Far North
since2011
SSC successfully operates
at the facilities of
Messoyakhaneftegas
86 hectares
area of restoration works
The Company’s goal is not only to preserve the
unique lands it operates on, but also to remediate
them afterwards. Construction waste, corroded drilling
equipment, wood rot, all here since the 1980s, are dug
out, stored and, once the winter arrives, taken out to
an industrial waste landfill, while the territory cleared of
waste is fertilised and seeded with mixed herbs. 10 of
the prospect holes have already undergone reclamation,
with the area of remediation efforts totalling 86 ha!)
Russian national environmental
standards and corporate policy
requirements.
The Company complies with
the requirements contained
in the existing Russian laws,
norms and regulations regarding
industrial, labour safety and
environmental protection. This
is where the experience CJSC
Messoyakhaneftegaz at whose
facilities Siberian Service
company has been successfully
operating since 2011, becomes
quite helpful.
It is also extremely important to
ensure that only state-of-the-art
sustainable technologies are used
in designing the Messoyakha
production facilities: for example,
to protect the unique soils, the
entire oilfield infrastructure was
built on 10-meter piers, and multiton
facilities rise 1/5-2 meters
above ground level.
The Siberian Service company
already has three integrated
management system certificates
under its belt. ISO 9001:2008
confirms excellent quality
management; ISO 14001:2004
acknowledges that the company
conforms to the international
environmental management
requirements; OHSAS
18001:2007 is a certificate of
conformity to the international
occupational health and safety.
It is also worth noting that the
Siberian Service company
insists on compliance with
all of the above labour safety
and environmental protection
requirements, with constant
monitoring being part of its policy.
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