Brief information Implementation of Ecological Policy of CJSC "Chernomorneftegaz"

CJSC "Chernomorneftegaz", within the framework of ecological support of process of exploration of the licensed block, has worked out Programs of Industrial Environmental Monitoring agreed with Environmental Authorities during prospecting and appraisal drilling in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.

The Programs provide for annual ecological complex studies of marine environment condition taking into account seasonal variations of marine ecosystems.

Generalized targets of Industrial Environmental Monitoring are the following:

  • to get information about ecological state of water areas of the licensed blocks, paying attention to ecosystem mode reformations taken place;
  • to estimate environmental impact of water areas of the licensed blocks and adjacent areas on ecosystems by means of dynamics of aqueous masses;
  • at monitoring of physical, chemical and biological conditions of the marine environment to estimate actual impact (identification of sources, reasons, extent and scale), to reveal negative processes in environment and ecological systems of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov during prospecting and appraisal drilling of CJSC "Chernomorneftegaz";
  • to estimate and predict possible ecological, economical and social impact of prospecting and appraisal activity of CJSC "Chernomorneftegaz" on environment and ecosystems of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov;
  • to work out action sheet and to estimate effectiveness of nature protection actions held by CJSC "Chernomorneftegaz" during HC prospecting at the licensed blocks of the Black and Azov seas;
  • to use the results received at the initial stage of Industrial Environmental Monitoring for environment impact assessment procedure and environment protection at planning of the following stages of HC prospecting and production activity of CJSC "Chernomorneftegaz".

At the present time initial stages of the Industrial Environmental Monitoring of the licensed blocks of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov have been successfully executed. Ecological monitoring process is in progress.