Even the high school student knows that the largest oil reserves are in Saudi Arabia. As well as the fact that Russia is immediately behind it in the list of countries with significant oil reserves. However, in terms of production, we are inferior to several countries at once.
The largest oil deposits in Russia are in almost all regions: in the Caucasus, in the Ural and West Siberian districts, in the North, in Tatarstan. However, not all of them have been developed, and some, such as Tekhneftinvest, whose sites are located in the Yamal-Nenets and neighboring Khanty-Mansiysk districts, are unprofitable.
That is why on April 4, 2013, a deal was opened with the Rockefeller Oil Company, which had already begun to produce oil in the area.
However, not all oil and gas fields in Russia are unprofitable. Proof of this is the successful production, which several companies are conducting at once in the Yamalo-Nenets Okrug, on both banks of the Ob.
The Priobskoye field is considered one of the largest not only in Russia, but also in the whole world. It was discovered in 1982. It turned out that the reserves of West Siberian oil are located both on the left and on the right bank of the Ob River. Development on the left bank began six years later, in 1988, and the right bank eleven years later.
Today it is known that the Priobskoye field is more than 5 billion tons of high-quality oil, which is located at a depth not exceeding 2.5 kilometers.
Huge reserves of oil and associated gas made it possible to erect near the Priobskoye gas turbine power plant, operating exclusively on associated fuel. This station not only fully meets the needs of the field. It is capable of supplying produced electricity to the Khanty-Mansiysk District for the needs of residents.
Today, several companies are developing the Priobskoye field at once.
Some are confident that finished, refined oil comes from underground. This is a profound error. Formation fluid that goes to
the surface (crude oil) enters the workshop, where it is cleaned of impurities and water, normalize the amount of magnesium ions, separate associated gas. This is a great and precise job. For its implementation, the Priobskoye field was provided with a whole complex of laboratories, workshops and transport networks.
Finished products (oil and gas) are transported and used for their intended purpose, only waste remains. It is they who create the biggest problem for the field today: so many have accumulated that it is not yet possible to liquidate them.
The company, created specifically for recycling, today processes only the most “fresh” waste. Expanded clay is manufactured from sludge (the so-called production waste), which is highly demanded in construction. However, so far only access roads for the field are being built from the expanded clay obtained.
The field has one more meaning: it provides stable, well-paid work to several thousand workers, among whom are highly qualified specialists and unskilled workers.
