September 1, 2010 By Grigory Pasko

Grigory Pasko: The Joys of Living Next to an Oil Refinery

pasko090110.jpgSergey Kochkin from Orenburg writes: “Hello Grigory! I ask you to help. The essence of the problem is in the following: around our village of Kubanka of Perevolotsky rayon of Orenburg oblast are found many wells of the Orenburgneft company, not far from our village several kilometres away the Orenburgneft company built a facility for the treatment of oil to remove associated gas. Several years already they are burning the associated gas, moreover they’re doing this in the main early in the morning in the dark time of the day, at first we tried to fight them, all the time [they] promised that any moment now they’ll start to process the gas, to reclaim it and various other bull. Give us a hint, how can one force Orenburgneft to cease the emissions, what organs does one turn to and what is one to do in general. In the attached file and through the link, one can find more detailed information. Thank you.” Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. With a little digging, you can actually find out quite a bit about these environmental problems, including the following quote from one of the articles: “The emission of harmful substances, according to official data, comprised in the year 2006 46896 metric tons, while in 2007 – 47437 metric tons, for 2008 permission has been issued for the emission of 44588 metric tons. Why are neither the organs of state power, nor the controlling services not reacting in any way to this disgrace? Why does the state not love the rural inhabitant so much?