Risk of environmental impact when flaring associated petroleum gas
M.N. Alekseeva, I.G. Yashchenko
Institute of Petroleum Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, Tomsk, Russia
Keywords: Tomsk Region, associated petroleum gas flares, pollutant dispersion zones, vegetation cover, CALIOP lidar profiles, Sentinel-2 space images, Sen2Cor and SNAP programs
Abstract
The risks of propagation of pollutants from flare installations when flaring associated petroleum gas in the oil production area of the Tomsk region were analyzed on the basis of remote optical data from Sentinel-2 and lidar data from CALIPSO. The horizontal fields of dispersion of pollutants over flare installations of the following fields are given: Pervomayskoye, Olenye, Stolbovoe, Katylginskoe, Lomovoe, Zapadno-Katylginskoe, and Luginetskoe. The areas of vegetation cover located in the zones of dispersion of pollutants from the flares are calculated. The vertical profiles of the propagation of impurities are given according to the CALIOP lidar data, reflecting aerosol pollution of the atmosphere in the area of flare installations of the fields considered in this work.
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