RN-Purneftegaz

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2021: Start using drones to control greenhouse gas emissions at oil and gas facilities

At the end of May 2021, Rosneft began using drones to control greenhouse gas emissions at oil and gas facilities. The project was implemented by RN-Purneftegaz LLC, one of the main oil and gas production centers of Rosneft in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Unmanned aerial vehicles are used by RN-Purneftegaz to monitor the level of greenhouse gases at facilities for the preparation, processing, transportation of oil and gas. Checks are carried out using a remote laser scanner and a high-resolution video camera mounted on drones. In real time, office processing is also carried out, a photo plan and a heat map are drawn up in case of deviations.

Rosneft began using drones to control greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas facilities

Monitoring is planned at 40 oil and gas processing, processing and transportation facilities. More than 700 km of pipelines are planned to be examined during the year. The effectiveness of monitoring the level of greenhouse gases by drones is twice as high as that of manned aviation, Rosneft said. In addition, the company is confident that the use of UAVs will allow monitoring at remote, hard-to-reach production sites.

It is noted that RN-Purneftegaz by the end of May 2021 already has extensive experience in using drones to monitor the state of oil and gas production facilities.

Rosneft previously prepared a carbon management plan for 15 years, promising to reduce the intensity of emissions in oil and gas production by 30%, reduce the intensity of methane emissions to less than 0.25%, as well as bring the routine combustion of associated gas to zero. The expansion of this program, as well as the introduction of innovations - unmanned aerial vehicles, laser and thermal imaging scanning devices, ultrasonic detectors - consistently contribute to minimizing the impact on the environment, the press service of Rosneft notes^[1]

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