IA IS UTILIZING HAZARDOUS PRODUCTION WASTE

Aganneftegazgeologia is implementing the 2016 program of drilling waste management and elimination of waste pits at the license blocks that are under development. The Company has allocated more than RUB 75 million for the program of liquidation of drilling waste disposal facilities. 
The bulk of the work is scheduled to be done at Roslavlsky license block. The drilling waste neutralization at Pad No. 21 has been completed. The total volume of processed drilling waste was 1.8 thousand cbm. Works on decontamination and elimination of the waste pit at Pad No.16, where 14 thousand cbm of drilling waste have been already treated, reached their final stage. The liquidation of the drilling waste disposal sites in Agannegtegazgeologia is performed on a scheduled and step-by-step basis. In the expired year the waste pits at Pad No.4 of Eguryakhskoye Oilfield, Pad No. 4 of Vostochno-Golevoye Oilfield and Pad No.15 of Roslavlskoye Oilfield were eliminated. The total volume of recycled drilling waste exceeded 14.5 thousand cbm, while total acreage of remediated land was 1.5 ha. In the nearest future the Company will carry on the waste recycling operations and waste pit elimination at its license blocks.