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Environmental Monitoring and Industrial Control Results Overview OF THE RESULTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL MONITORING IN 2018 Chayvo Onshore Processing Facility Sakhalin-1 Project Moscow 2019 TABLE OF CONTENT ABBREVIATIONS .........................................................................................................................3 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................4 2 RF LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AREA ..............................6 2.1 PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 MONITORING OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR ........................................................................................................... 6 2.3 SANITARY-HYGIENIC CONTROL (MONITORING) ........................................................................................... 7 2.4 GOAL AND OBJECTIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING .......................................................................... 7 3 WORK TYPES AND SCOPE ......................................................................................................9 4 FIELD AND LABORATORY WORK METHODOLOGY ................................................................... 10 4.1 FIELD WORK METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................... 10 4.1.1 Groundwater Level Monitoring .............................................................................................. 10 4.1.2 Groundwater Quality Monitoring ............................................................................................ 10 4.1.3 Injected wastewater Quality Monitoring ................................................................................. 10 4.1.4 Grey Water Monitoring .......................................................................................................... 10 4.1.5 Pollutant Emissions ............................................................................................................... 11 4.1.6 Soil ......................................................................................................................................... 11 4.1.7 Atmospheric Air and Work Area Air Quality .......................................................................... 11 4.1.8 Physical Impact Factors ........................................................................................................ 11 4.1.9 Bezymyanny Creek Monitoring ............................................................................................. 13 4.2 LABORATORY WORK PROCEDURES .......................................................................................................... 13 5 ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL MONITORING RESULTS...................................................... 16 5.1 GROUNDWATER LEVEL AND QUALITY IN OBSERVATION WELLS .................................................................... 16 5.1.1 Groundwater Levels .............................................................................................................. 16 5.1.2. Groundwater Quality Monitoring ............................................................................................ 17 5.2 MONITORING THE QUALITY AND LEVEL OF POTABLE SOURCE GROUNDWATER .............................................. 18 5.2.1 Monitoring groundwater level at the Chayvo OPF water intake facility ................................. 19 5.2.2 Groundwater Quality in the Chayvo OPF Potable Intake Facility.......................................... 22 5.3 POTABLE WATER QUALITY CONTROL ......................................................................................................... 24 5.4 INJECTED WASTEWATER (ASSOCIATED FORMATION WATER AND COMBINED WASTEWATER) .......................... 28 5.5 DOMESTIC WASTEWATER ......................................................................................................................... 30 5.5.1 Process parameters of wastewater treatment facilities ......................................................... 31 5.6 MONITORING OF HAZARDOUS EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY SOURCES, MONITORING OF AIR QUALITY IN WORK AND LIVING AREAS ................................................................................................................................... 34 5.6.1 Pollutant emissions from stationary sources ......................................................................... 35 5.6.2 Air quality monitoring in the work area; ................................................................................. 39 5.6.3 Air quality monitoring in the living area .................................................................................. 40 5.7 MONITORING AT SANITARY PROTECTION ZONE BOUNDARY ......................................................................... 41 5.8 MONITORING AT THE TEMPORARY WASTE STORAGE SITE ........................................................................... 42 5.8.1 Monitoring of groundwater level and quality at the temporary waste storage site ................ 43 5.8.2 Monitoring of storm runoff from TWSS .................................................................................. 45 5.8.3 Air quality monitoring ............................................................................................................. 46 5.8.4 Topsoil quality monitoring at TWSS ...................................................................................... 47 5.9 MONITORING OF BEZYMYANNY CREEK ..................................................................................................... 48 5.10 MONITORING OF PHYSICAL FACTORS ........................................................................................................ 49 5.10.1 Monitoring of lighting factors ................................................................................................. 49 5.10.2 Monitoring of microclimate parameters ................................................................................. 50 5.10.3 Vibration level monitoring ...................................................................................................... 59 5.10.4 Monitoring of EMI from PCs in offices ................................................................................... 60 5.10.5 Monitoring of parameters of industrial-frequency electromagnetic fields .............................. 62 5.10.6 Energy flux density monitoring .............................................................................................. 63 5.10.7 Thermal radiation intensity monitoring .................................................................................. 64 5.10.8 Ionizing radiation monitoring.................................................................................................. 65 List of references……………………………………………………………………………………………………………66 Attachment: List of instruments used for workplace environmental monitoring……………………………………..67 Abbreviations a.a. – atmospheric air ANO – Autonomous Non-Profit Organization AS – anionic surfactants BOD5 – biological oxygen demand, 5-day BODfull – biological oxygen demand, 20-day TPL – tentative permissible levels GN – Hygienic Standards GOST (R) – State Standard (governance) H – hardness unit PL – pollutant CFU – colony-forming unit LPB – lactose-positive Bacillus coli MM – measurement methodology MU – Guidelines MUK – Guidelines for Control TC – total coliforms TMC – total microbial count MPE – maximum permissible emission MPC – maximum permissible concentration MPCo.t. – maximum permissible concentration, one-time MPL – maximum permissible level PND F – environment protection regulatory documents, federal RD – directive document DN – distribution network CWT – clean water tank SanPiN – Sanitary Codes and Standards SPZ – sanitary-protection zone SP – Sanitary Regulations TTCB – thermotolerant coliform bacteria FSFHI TsGiE – Federal State-Funded Healthcare Institution Sanitary and Epidemiological Center ENL – Exxon Neftegas Limited 3 1 Introduction This report describes the results of field and laboratory studies conducted in 2018 in accordance with the existing industrial environmental and sanitary-hygienic monitoring program at the Chayvo Onshore Processing Facility (hereinafter, OPF) in 2018. The Chayvo OPF land plot with the total acreage of 382.8 ha is located at the following address: Russia, Sakhalin Oblast, Nogliki Municipal District inter-settlement area, Chayvo Forestry District, sections 123, 124. Cadastral number of the land plot is 65:22:00 00 001:0051. The Chayvo OPF layout diagram is shown in Figure 2.1-1. The Chayvo OPF production area is located in a forest (Chayvo Forest District). The nearest community is the Val settlement, which is located about 20 km to the south of OPF. The Chayvo well site (WS) is about 6 km east of OPF, on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. The facility grounds contain technical facilities and access roads. Figure 2.1-1. Chayvo OPF Location Map 4 The Chayvo OPF is currently used for processing the wellstream from fields to obtain stock oil for export via the De-Kastri Terminal. Dry casing head gas is sent to injection wells at the Chayvo wellsites. Part of the gas is sold to consumers and used as fuel for own purposes. Produced water is sent to disposal wells at the Chayvo OPF site. The Chayvo OPF currently includes a processing facility for treatment of crude oil, natural gas and produced water, auxiliary
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