Environmental protection
GAZPROM VNIIGAZ LLC CORPORATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE
| The Center has been carrying out research activities since 1974 | CENTER’S GOALS:
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 | Development of strategic, regulatory and methodic documents, including GOST R, ISO and interstate standards |
 | Development and introduction of nature conservation and eco-friendly technologies to protect environment, population and personnel |
 | Implementation of international programs and cooperation with state and public organizations to demonstrate PJSC Gazprom’s nature preservation and energy performance activities |
DEVELOPMENT AND INTRODUCTION OF RATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
A team of high-skilled specialists, whose work was many times marked by state, public and corporate awards, provide advanced level of performance.
 Drawing up waste management sections of design documentation within the scope of R&D support of PJSC Gazprom’s large investment projects |  Development of innovative R&D waste management solutions |  Development of corporate concepts for PJSC Gazprom’s target programs, regulations, methods, standards and recommendations |  Carrying out expert examination |
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| Analysis of existing regulations on production and consumption waste management on the territory of Yamal and Taz regions, development of R&D solutions and innovative disposal methods | Production and processing of formation brines of Kovyktinskoye and Znamenskoye fields to give lithium compounds and other useful components | Development of production waste management feasibility study for construction of wells within Kovyktinskoye field group |
| Update of the Astrakhanskoye GCF development process plan | Author’s supervision over implementation of design solutions of Chayandinskoye OGCF field development plan | Author’s supervision over implementation of design solutions within the Cenomanian deposit development plan (Bolshoy Urengoy fields: Urengoyskoye and Severo-Urengoyskoye OGCF) |
| Effluents underground disposal project for Maldzhinskiy gas condensate field | Engineering support of biological treatment of earthen containers contaminated by hydrocarbons of Sergievskoye and Tolyattinskoye Line Pipe Operation Center | R&D support of Kruzenshternskoye gas condensate field development projects |
 | Development of innovative R&D waste management solutions | ||
| Comprehensive assessment of the best existing and prospective technologies to ensure environmentally safe development, treatment, transmission, storage and processing of PJSC Gazprom’s hydrocarbon feedstock | Development of electro-nano-biocidal low-cost technology and equipment for fine cleaning of liquid waste products at oil- and gas-producing offshore platforms from oil, mineral and bio contaminations | Recommendations on collection, treatment, use and disposal of residual commercial hydrocarbon products and wastes in the process of preparing tank cars for repair | Passport for a pilot production unit with a capacity of 500 kg/hour to incinerate industrial and household wastes on the Yamal Peninsula |
| Elaboration of an in-plant water supply technology and a prototype equipment to recycle waste drilling mud (including radioactive) on floating and fixed drilling rigs designed for development of gas, gas condensate and oil fields located in conservation areas | Unified chemical technology to deactivate oil-contaminated wastes and use oil sludge utilization products at oil and gas facilities | Collection and analysis of data on cumulative environmental damage and reparation risks at PJSC Gazprom’s facilities | |
 | Development of corporate concepts for PJSC Gazprom’s target programs, regulations, methods, standards and recommendations | ||
| Master Plan of production and consumption waste management at Gazprom’s facilities regarding regional specifics | STO Gazprom 2-3.4-1206-2020 Infrastructure for production, storage and handling of liquefied natural gas. Incineration equipment. General specifications | STO Gazprom Disposal technology for mercaptan odorant residuals and wastes, including decommissioned storage tanks | STO Gazprom 104–2011 Instruction on compilation of passports for standard production and consumption wastes of Gazprom’s subsidiaries and organizations |
| STO Gazprom 2-3.2-532-2011 Regulations for generation, neutralization and disposal of production wastes during well drilling and overhaul repair | STO Gazprom 092–2011 Summary production and consumption waste inventory for Gazprom’s subsidiaries and organizations | STO Gazprom 2-3.5-529-2011 Disposal of natural gas treatment wastes at compressor stations and gas mains | STO Gazprom 2-1.19-307-2009 Instruction on calculation of emissions, effluents and industrial wastes volume at gas transmission and storage facilities |
| STO Gazprom 073–2009 Classifier of hazardous production and consumption waste sources at Gazprom’s subsidiaries and organizations | STO Gazprom 18–2005 Hydrogeoecological control at special-purpose liquid waste landfills for gas industry | STO Gazprom 12–2005 List of production and consumption wastes of Gazprom’s subsidiaries and organizations | Recommendations on minimization of production effluents and wastes at UGS |
| R Gazprom 12-2-017-2015 Standard disposal patterns for production and consumption wastes of gas production facilities | R Gazprom12-2-018-2015 Standard disposal patterns for production and consumption wastes of gas transmission and storage facilities | R Gazprom 12-2-020-2015 Standard disposal patterns for production and consumption wastes of gas processing facilities | VRD 39-1.13-034-2001 Calculation methods for emission parameters and gross emissions of harmful substances from hydrocarbon mixture flare facilities |
| VRD 39-1.13-039-2001 Methodical guidelines for calculation of pollutant airborne emissions from low-capacity units designed for thermal treatment of solid domestic wastes and industrial wastes | |||
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 | Design documentation on construction, operation, reconstruction and liquidation of Gazprom’s Group facilities, including clauses on waste management | |
 | Drafts of federal statutes and regulations |
 Publications | ||
| Prospective waste management technologies in the Far North based on the best available practices / Pystina N.B., Popadko N.V.,Budnikov B.O. | Waste management in the process of liquidation of gas industry facilities / Pystina N.B., Baranov A.V., Bukhgalter E.B., Budnikov B.O. Ecological Bulletin of Russia (Ekologicheskiy vestnik Rossii). № 3. 2010, pp. 20 — 22. | |
| Experimental studies of toxicity and hazard class of drilling wastes and process liquids from well overhaul repair : Article / G.S. Akopova, N.L. Vlasenko, P.A. Prokopenko, et al. 2011. 13 p. | Ecologically effective technologies and equipment to neutralize and dispose drilling wastes: Article /G.S. Akopova, E.A. Trigubova, N.L. Vlasenko, et al. 2010. 6 p. | |
| Development prospects for drilling waste disposal technologies in oil and gas producing industry / N.B. Pystina, A.V. Baranov, E.E. Kuprina, et al. Gas industry news (Vesti gazovoj nauki). R&D collection. Environmental protection, energy saving and labor protection in oil and gas industry. Special edition. 2017. pp. 61 — 67. | Inventory of emission sources, discharges of contaminants and hazardous production and consumption wastes of PJSC Gazprom’s subsidiaries and organizations: information review/G.S. Akopova, N.V. Popadko, L.V. Sharikhina, et al. — M.: Gazprom VNIIGAZ, 2009. 100 p. | |
| Use of oil-containing cuttings when producing activated mineral powders for bitumen-concrete mixtures: information review / A.G. Ishkov, G.S. Akopova, S.I. Kozlov, et al. M.: Gazprom VNIIGAZ, 2013. 79 p. | Qualified waste management: problems and trends. Background information. Series: Transport and underground gas storage. / E.B. Bukhgalter, B.O. Budnikov. M.: IRC Gazprom, 2007. 83 p. | |
| Prospective trends of waste management in municipal districts of Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district /N.B. Pystina, R.Yu. Yunusov, B.O. Budnikov, A.M. Malgin. News of oil and gas science (Vesti neftegazovoj nauki). 2013. № 2. pp. 96 — 99. | Waste waters, production and consumption wastes at Gazprom’s facilities: relevant problems and ways to address them: information review / G.S. Akopova, N.V. Popadko, L.V. Strekalova, et al. — M. : IRC Gazprom, 2008. 83 p. (Series: Transport and underground gas storage). | |
| Disposal of oil sludge neutralization product in road construction: Article / G.S. Akopova, L.V. Strekalova 2008. 3 p. | Problems and prospects of waste management in municipal districts of the Far North / N.B. Pystina, R.Yu. Yunusov, B.O. Budnikov, A.M. Malgin. M.: Gazpom VNIIGAZ, 2015. 92 p. |
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