Geology, geography and global energy
Scientific and Technical Journal
Environmental problems at development of the shelf of North-West Prikaspiya
2018. №2, pp. 81-86
Bystrova I.V. - C.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy, Associate Professor, Asrtakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, bystrova1948@list.ru
Smirnova T.S. - C.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy, Associate Professor, Asrtakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, tatyana.smirnova@asu.edu.ru
Bychkova D.A. - magister, Asrtakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, serebryakov-74@mail.ru
Melikhov M.S. - undergraduate, Asrtakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, mr.m_m_s@mail.ru
The article provides information on the need to consider environmental problems of the shelf zone of the North-Western Caspian region. This is due to the fact that the Caspian Sea is the only place in the world where a number of populations and species of valuable representatives of aquatic fauna live, and about 90% of the world stocks of sturgeon fishes are concentrated here. The oil and gas industry is both the basis of life support and energy resources, as well as a powerful source of pollution of the environment, including the shelf zone of the Caspian Sea. Therefore, the problem of the environmental consequences of the development of offshore oil and gas fields remains relevant in the shelf zone of the Caspian, where endemic representatives of the organic world live. The authors noted that geological exploration and development of oil platforms when drilling wells in the shelf zone is carried out taking into account the legislative acts of the Russian Federation and international agreements in the field of environmental protection and reduces the negative impact on the biological resources of the Caspian Sea. Systematic monitoring studies at different levels of mining and development of deposits will allow the unique biocenoses to be preserved for descendants.
Key words: Каспийское море, шельф, Северо-Западный Прикаспий, загрязнение окружающей среды, экологическая безопасность, экологическая политика, нефтегазодобывающие компании, экологические катастрофы, Caspian Sea, shelf, North-Western Caspian, environmental pollution
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