Rosneft: Expands the Geography of the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Control the Level of Greenhouse Gases

Rosneft is expanding the geography of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to control the level of greenhouse gases.

Using a remote laser scanner and a high-resolution video camera installed on unmanned aerial vehicles, monitoring will be carried out at the facilities for the preparation and transportation of oil and gas at the key production enterprises of Rosneft: Samaraneftegaz, Bashneft-Dobycha, Udmurtneft, RN-Nyaganneftegaz, RN-Uvatneftegaz, Tomskneft, RN-Krasnodarneftegaz, RN-Yuganskneftegaz, RN-Purneftegaz, Samotlorneftegaz, Orenburgneft.

The use of UAVs to control the level of greenhouse gases will allow monitoring at remote, inaccessible production sites. During 2021, it is planned to conduct air monitoring of about 290 production facilities and 8.5 thousand km of gas pipelines.

 Rosneft became the first Russian oil and gas company to announce climate targets up to 2035 as part of the Carbon Management Plan. The document provides for the prevention of greenhouse gas emissions in the amount of 20 million tons of CO2, a reduction in the intensity of emissions in oil and gas production by 30%, the achievement of the intensity of methane emissions below 0.25% and zero routine flaring of associated gas by 2035.

Since 2019, Rosneft has been systematically implementing a comprehensive program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The expansion of this program, as well as the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, laser and thermal imaging devices for scanning, ultrasonic detectors, contribute to the implementation of corporate tasks to minimize the impact on the environment.