Preliminary Calculation of the EROI for the Production of Gas in Russia

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Roman Nogovitsyn, Anton Sokolov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2014
• Subjects: EROI; gas production; Russia; Environmental effects of industries and plants; TD194-195; Renewable energy sources; TJ807-830; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Yakutsk
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su6106751; https://doaj.org/article/3f04da5c0e164cecbf353cf7ac2af834

Russia is one of the world’s largest producers of energy resources. Production of energy resources in Russia is profitable, both economically and in terms of the energy produced (as measured by EROI). At the present time, Russian oil and gas companies have a policy of energy saving, and data on energy consumption is given in annual reports. Based on these data, we can make the EROI calculation. In 2013, the EROI for the production, transportation and processing of gas for Open joint stock company (OJSC) “Gazprom” was 79:1; for OJSC “NOVATEK”, 76:1; for OJSC “Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company (YATEC)”, only for production, 116:1. Currently, the situation in the oil and gas industry has come to a point when there is a need for the introduction of an energy audit.