The impact of oil extraction and processing on water resources in the Volga Federal District of the Russian Federation
Abdullayeva E. Rukovich A. Omarova B. Pronkin N. Bakshtanin A.
2025Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Urban Water Journal
2025#22Issue 7727 - 737 pp.
This study aims to quantitatively investigate the factors influencing the impact of the oil industry on surface and groundwater within one of Russia’s largest industrial regions–the Volga Federal District. Using a mathematical model, we will examine how geological factors such as the lithology of rock formations and the depth of groundwater affect the spread of petroleum products. It has been established that the oil industry significantly contributes to the pollution of surface and groundwater in the Volga Federal District. Specifically, petroleum product concentrations in groundwater can exceed permissible limits by up to five times, with recorded values ranging from 0.5 to 2.5 mg/L, while the regulatory threshold is set at 0.1 mg/L. The study revealed that areas with elevated concentrations of pollutants, particularly benzene, toluene, and xylene, often coincide with sites of intensive oil field development, oil refining facilities, and oil industry waste accumulation.
Groundwater , oil , petroleum products , pollution , surface water
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Department of Public Management and Social Innovations, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), Baku, Azerbaijan
Technical Institute (branch) of the State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education North-Eastern Federal Institute of MK Ammosova in Neryungri, Neryungri, Russian Federation
Department of Economics and Management of the Enterprise, Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Department of Medical Computer Science and Statistics, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Department of Integrated Water Management and Hydraulics, Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, Russian Federation
Department of Public Management and Social Innovations
Technical Institute (branch) of the State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education North-Eastern Federal Institute of MK Ammosova in Neryungri
Department of Economics and Management of the Enterprise
Department of Medical Computer Science and Statistics
Department of Integrated Water Management and Hydraulics
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