Annotation:
Industrial hazards arising during the development of mega-reservoir hydrocarbon accumulations due to their enrichment with industrially significant and often potentially toxic microelements, including radioactive, have been considered. Such hazards are most relevant for the fields of hard-to-recover reserves of heavy, highly viscous vanadium-bearing oils, accumulations of natural bitumen, and hydrocarbons of poorly permeable shale formations. For the development of hydrocarbon resources located in complex geological conditions, it is required to ensure industrial safety as the risk of transfer of potentially toxic elements into the environment and damage to human health increases significantly with the thermal effects on the formation and hydraulic fracturing of shale formations.
During shale hydrocarbon production, strong induced seismicity occurs quite often. At the same time, even relatively weak earthquakes occurring in previously aseismic areas, in the absence of anti-seismic reinforcements of structures and on soft soils, can cause noticeable damage. To reduce possible damage, the «Semaphore» technique is usually applied. As demonstrated, the hazard assessment of induced seismicity may be both underestimated and overestimated.
The processes discussed significantly complicate ensuring industrial safety. The purpose of the study is to develop recommendations to reduce geo-environmental risk.
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2. Punanova S.A., Shpirt M.Ya. Ecological Consequences of the Development of Shale Formations Containing Toxic Elements. Solid Fuel Chemistry. 2018. 52 (6). pp. 396–405.
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8. Gielen D., Lyons M. Critical materials for the energy transition: Rare earth elements. Abu Dhabi: International Renewable Energy Agency, 2022. 48 p.
9. Dzyublo A.D., Alekseeva K.V., Perekrestov V.E., Syan Khua. Natural and Technogenic Phenomena during Development of Oil and Gas Fields on the Shelf of the Arctic Seas. Bezopasnost truda v promyshlennosti = Occupational Safety in Industry. 2020. № 4. pp. 74–81. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.24000/0409-2961-2020-4-74-81
10. Dzyublo A.D., Voronova V.V. Investigation of the Mechanisms of Occurrence of Hazardous Natural Phenomena during the Development of Oil and Gas Fields on the Shelf of the Arctic and Subarctic Seas. Bezopasnost truda v promyshlennosti = Occupational Safety in Industry. 2019. № 4. pp. 69–77. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.24000/0409-2961-2019-4-69-77
11. Abarghani A., Gentzis T., Liu B., Khatibi S., Bubach B., Ostadhassan M. Preliminary Investigation of the Effects of Thermal Maturity on Redox-Sensitive Trace Metal Concentration in the Bakken Source Rock, North Dakota, USA. ACS Omega, 2020. № 5 (13). pp. 7135–7148. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03467
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13. Blam I.Yu., Kovalev S.Yu. Environmental impact of shale oil and gas extraction. Region: ekonomika i sotsiologiya = Region: Economics and Sociology. . 2015. № 4. pp. 220–236. (In Russ.).
14. Adushkin V.V., Rodionov V.N., Turuntaev S.B., Yudin A.E. Seismicity of hydrocarbon deposits. Neftegazovoe obozrenie = Oil and gas review. 2000. № 1. pp. 4–15. (In Russ.).
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18. Rodkin M.V., Punanova S.A., Lyubushin A.A. Negative geoecological effects of shale hydrocarbons production and their monitorin. Nauchnyy zhurnal Rossiyskogo gazovogo obshchestva = Scientific journal of the Russian gas society. 2022. № 4 (36). pp. 52–63. DOI 10.55557/2412-6497-2022-4-52-63 (In Russ.).
19. Van der Baan M., Calixto F.J. Human-induced seismicity and large-scale hydrocarbon production in the USA and Canada. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2017. Vol. 18. Iss. 7. pp. 2467–2485. DOI:10.1002/2017GC006915
20. Vorobieva I., Shebalin P., Narteau C. Condition of Occurrence of Large Man-Made Earthquakes in the Zone of Oil Production, Oklahoma. Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth. 2020. 56. pp. 911–919. DOI: 10.1134/S10693513200601309
21. Rodkin M.V., Ngo T.L., Rukavishnikova T.A., Fung T.T.Kh. Induced seismicity at oil and gas production — review. Triggernye effekty v geosistemakh: materialy V Mezhdunar. konf. (Trigger effects in geosystems: proceedings of the 5th International conference). 2019. Moscow: TORUS PRESS, 2019. pp. 98–103. (In Russ.). DOI:10.26006/idg.2019.5.34095
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23. Novinkov A.G., Samusev P.A., Protasov S.I. Ensuring Seismic Safety of Construction Objects during Open-Pit Mine Blasts, Considering Limit States of the First Group. Bezopasnost truda v promyshlennosti = Occupational Safety in Industry. 2024. № 2. pp. 48–57. DOI: 10.24000/0409-2961-2024-2-48-57
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26. Chelidze T., Matcharashvili T., Mepharidze E., Dovgal N. Complexity in Geophysical Time Series of Strain/Fracture at Laboratory and Large Dam Scales: Review. Entropy. 2023. 25 (3). pp. 467. DOI:10.3390/e25030467