The paper discusses the main geo-ecological problems and relevant areas of geo-ecological monitoring of long-term oil and gas fields. The paper presents the results of research on improving the efficiency of geo-ecological monitoring of oil and gas fields based on the use of remote sensing data and geoinformation technologies.

Victor G. Akovetsky
Doctor of Technical Sciences,
Professor of the Department of Geoecology
Gubkin University
65, build. 1, Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia
e-mail: geoinforisk@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 1485-0929
AuthorID: 695963

Varvara A. Lavrenchuk
Postgraduate Student of the Department of Geoecology
Gubkin University
65, build. 1, Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia
e-mail: lavrenchuk.v.a@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 9672-9677
AuthorID: 1195910

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