Selected Publications

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V. Karabyn. V. Kolodiy, M. Pavlyuk, R. Pankiv (2005). Geochemical paragenetic associations of the components of edge waters in the Khidnovychi gas field. Geology and geochemistry of combustible minerals, 3-4, 74-82.

Edge waters of Khidnovychi gas field have chiefly chlorite sodium, chlorite calcium-sodium, chlorite magnesiumî-calcium-sodium and hydrocarbon-chlorite sodium composition. Other waters (10.3 %) have the mixed "exotic" composition: sulphate-hydrocarbon-chlorite sodium, hydrocarbon-sulphate-chlorite magnesium-sodium, hydrocarbon-chlorite calcium-sodium and chlorite sodium-calcium.
General mineralization of waters, density of I-, ÍÑÎ3-, Â2Î3 and also metamorphosis coefficient of waters rNa/rCl declines with the depth for the main types of edge water. Direct correlation relationship is fixed between Â2Î3 and ÍÑÎ3-.
The phenomenon of hydrogeochemical inversion is proved. Hydrogeochemical inversion has taken place owing to formation of sedimentogenic (lithogeneous) waters due to change in waters mineralization of the sedimentation basins.
Dominant over Khidnovychi deposit chlorite sodium water is the habit of the Khidnovychi gas field. Two paragenesis associations of edge water ingredients are distinguisted in these waters. To the first belong ions of K+, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, NH4+, Cl-, Br-, J-and general mineralization with increase in concentration and amount of which naturally decreases value of metamorphosis coefficient of waters rNa/rCl, coefficient rSO4·100/rCl and depth of selection. To another paragenesis associations belong B2O3, HCO3-, depth of selection, SO42- and rNa/rCl. Is fixed the regularity of an abatement of concentration of K++Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, NH4+, Br-, Cl-, J- and general mineralization with increase in depth of sample drawing of water. It is proved a relative openness of aquifers at fracture zones and a zone of a thrust of the Inner zone of the Carpathian Foredeep on the External zone. It is proved a leading role of a thrust on extent of a hydro-geological openness of aquifers of the Khidnovychi deposit.
Other types of sedimentary edge waters of the deposit are also characterized.
Waters of hydrocarbon-chlorite sodium composition which have condensation genesis were fixed.
The surveyed types of waters and the paragenesis association of their ingredients should be taken into account while deposits exploitation.
 

Y.Kozak, V. Karabyn, O. Stargynsky, Y. Pototsky (2005). Influence of deap-wells drilling on environmental contamination by mineral oil in area Stryj water-fence. Resources of natural waters of Carpathian region. The scientific collection. 67-70.

 

M. Triska, O. Kolodij, V. Karabyn, I. Popivnjak (2004). To the analysis of ecological functions of lithosphere of Boryslav-Drohobych ring structure (based on aerospace photos deciphering and processing of medical date). Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Geological, 18, 256-263.

Boryslav-Drohobych ring structure, complicated by longitude and cross faults of different order relatively to the Carpathians, has been diagnosed. The active and inactive faults are distinguished. It is clarified that the ruptures arcuate system (mostly active), which forms the Boryslav-Drohobych ring structure, coincides with the position of the Bystrytsia, Kolodnytsia, Detnianka rivers and villages Verhnij Dorozhiv, Urozh, Skhidnytsia, Kolodnytsia. Boryslav, Skhidnytsia, Truskavets', Drohobych, Stebnyk, Bania, Sol'na, Urozh, Verkhnia Stynava, Ulychne, Ranevychi are located in the zone of another faults that could have unfavorable influence on the health of people.

Oil, ozocerite, salt deposits are localized in the area of Boryslav-Drohobych ring structure. Their explorations have significant technogenic influence on the environment of the region. Menilite slates outcrops on the big territory and contain significant volume of the organic matters, heavy metals and have high radioactivity.

The ecological functions of lithosphere in this district are evaluated as unfavorable for biota. Full text

 

V. Kolodiy, N. Miskiv, V. Karabyn (2004). Peculiarity of formation of man-caused condensation waters of Precarpathions gas deposits. Oil and Gas of Ukraine. Scient. Collection. Kiev. 139-141.

 

I. Knysh, V. Karabyn (2004). Paragenesis associations of heavy metals at coalheugh of Lviv - Volyn gas-coal basin's Stepova pit. Mineral resources of Ukraine, 3, 42-44.

It is investigated waste products of coal manufacture with application of mathematical and statistical methods.

 

V. Karabyn (2004). Soil's ionic - saline composition of Carpathian mountain landscape on building allotments of oil-wells. Mineral resources of Ukraine, 2, 42-43.

Well-boring causes man-caused soil's saline. A contents and correlation of main ions in water drawing from soil depend on contamination age, type of elementary landscape and by presence of organic matters. In epicentres of organic Pivdennostynavska contamination of allotment, in transeluvium position, a salting maximum is observed in iluvium horizon. In process of peak time the saline relocate down for cut soil and from eluvial landscape in accumulation landscape. By most intensive pollutants there are the sodium ions and potassium, to chlorine and sulphate ion.

 

I.B. Rusyn, O.M. Moroz, V.V. Karabyn, O.R. Kulachkovsky, S.P. Gudz (2003). Biodegradation of oil hydrocarbons by Candida yeast. Mikrobiologichny Zhurnal, 6 (65). 36-42.

Capability of 14 yeast species to utilize oil hydrocarbons has been analyzed. All strains utilized oil hydrocarbons as a single carbon source. Four strains-destructors that are characterized by higher growth in the presence oil in cultivation medium have been chosen among them. Peroxisomes participation in utilization of oil hydrocarbons by strains-destructors has been shown. Availability of peroxisome key enzymes are characteristic of these strains grown in cultivation medium with oil. Numerous peroxisomes available in the cells of some spectrum of oil hydrocarbons has been revealed in all four strains. Two strains are promising to be used for environment purification from oil position.

 

V.V. Kolodiy, N.I. Mis'kiv, V.V. Karabyn (2003). Man-caused condensate waters of the gas pools of Precarpathians. Geology and geochemistry of combustible minerals, 3-4, 37-43.

A long deposits gas contact with water in liquid phase causes to bedded gas-steam phase formation. A contents of watery steam in gas depends on gas nature, temperature and pressure. Accordingly natural gas in beds contents some, sometimes considerable, amount of watery steam. In External zone of Precarpathian foredeep on depth 3000 m into 1 nm3 is contained by 8 g water.
Attached to quarrying of gas his pressure and temperature in separator machine quickly diminish. For these condition contents of watery steam in gas will decrease, and superfluous water will condense, chiefly in gaseous separator.
The water condition, that is generated under time of technological gas output proces is by man-caused (technogenic) condensate water (MCCW). It specific amount depends from bedded gas saturation and from thermo-pressure parameters of separation. Throughout to gas quarrying period pressure in bed diminishes that for permanent temperature is attended with growth of contents in it moisture. In bed with elementary bedded pressure for example 30 ÌÏà and by temperature 70 of wasp, that remains permanent throughout to gas selection, his saturation will grow from 1,7 to 6,0 g/n m3. The MCCW's mineralization as a rule does not exceed 1 g/dm3, and soluble in water substance's composition determines by their molecular displacement into gas. A salts displacement process by watery steam is selective. Overwhelmingly fresh MCCW by chemical composition is other than superficial waters.
Condensation is danger for fresh water bicause content the considerable amounts of various soluble in water organic substance. The MCCW's displacement give rise also to complications by means of hydrates formation.
In first bed exploitation period an overwhelming MCCW's amount go out on surface, where assists of hydrates formation. On some intermediate exploitation stage when gas pressure in bed will decrease approximately half it saturation increases by reason of evaporation of bedded outline or underlayer water in zone of gas-watery contact and also residual layer-collector water, a contents of which can reach to 60 % pore space's volume. By reason of underestimation of temperature in depression watering-can for big pressure overfalls water will condense and on well bore, however her amount will be insignificant and it will go out by gas stream and will accumulate in separators and gas mains. On final bed exploitation stage on measure a fall stratum pressure saturation of gas will increase. Energies to gas stream can be insufficiently for go out from well bore all MCCW and water will flow down, forming a watery cork.
MCCW upcast into superficial reservoirs is inadmissible so MCCW need clearance that hike expenses on gas output and can do it unprofitable. Most expedient in economic and environment protection aspects there is an interment of these waters in outline zones of exhausted gaseous and petroleum beds. Specially favourable interment of such waters in outline domains of gas dug-outs created on work out gaseous beds.

 

R.J. Leshchukh, V. V. Karabyn (2003). Doctor of sciences (geology), professor Volodymyr Vasyliovych Kolodij scientist and patroot. Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Geological, 17, 159-164.

Biography of famous Ukrainian scientists, Doctor of geological-mineralogical sciences, Head of Ukrainian national committee of Carpathian-Balkan geologic association, Head of Geologic commission of Shevchenko Scientific Society, Professor of Ecological and Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology Volodymyr Vasyliovych Kolodiy is presented. The analysis of the most important scientific publications is made. Full text

 

V. V. Karabyn, I. B. Knysh (2003). Ecological-geochemical description of coalheugh of Lviv - Volyn gas-coal basin's Stepova pit. Geology and geochemistry of combustible minerals, 2, 139-146.

To basic ecological problems of Chervonohrad coal district belong earthed of territory, changes of geochemical fields, contamination of soil, water and air, formations of man-caused's landscape by dint of forming of coalheughs, settler.
As research object by us select "Stepova" pit (to 2001 y. Velykomostyvska ¹ 10) but specifically it coalheugh, which is found on distance 400 ì more east pit. It is fully disposed on alluvial Solokia river. A coalheugh base area composes 165 300 ì2, middle height 22 t. In coalheugh heaped up 4,475 mln. ì3 coal culm unburnt rocks. On slopes coalheugh is reinstatement.
By authors explored litological, pitral coalheugh surface rocks storage and their radio-activity. By spectral analysis expressed a contents Sr, Mn, N³, Ba, Pb, I, Cu, Zr, Sn, Cr, Mo, Zn, Ge, Co in coalheugh rocks mixture. Set, that rocks to pit dump Steppe represented, mainly argillite (78 %) and lesser alevrollite (7 %), by sandstones (8 %) and coally rocks (2 %). Set straight dependence between amounts of coally material and alevrollite (correlation coefficient r=0,72) and sandstones (r=0,36) in superficial coalheugh layer (0-0,2 m). Amount of coally material (Qâì) and contents argillite (Qà) abide in reverse dependence, that describes by Qâì = 11,0 0,1 * Qà. A coalheugh rocks mixture ash vacillates from 66,6 to 79,4% and on a par composes 79 %. Rocks mixture Radio-activity on distance 0,2 m from surface vacillates from 7,3 to 20,6 mR/h and on a par is 16,2 mR/h, that is not dangerous for living organisms.. On height 1 ì over surface radio-activity (R) vacillates in boundary paths from 6,8 to 18,9 mR/h on a par composes 15,2 mR/h and her senses controls by thickness of coalheugh layer (Íl): R = 17,8 7,7 * Íl . Rocks to Stepova pit dump by generally have is small content Sr, N³, Ba, I, Cu, Mo, Ge, Co weighed with coal and argillite from coal leyer. In raised rock concentrations to dump contain only That and Zr. Concentration Sr, Mn, N³, Ba, Pb, I, Cu, Zr, Sn, Cr, Mo, Zn, Ge, Co in coalheugh rocks does not exceed considerably their contents in soil. Information analysed by authors does not disclaim a pit coalheugh rocks use possibility Steppe as building or ahrochemical material. Same warning is brings on Ti contents. For definitive rocks payment safety estimation to dump in soil region necessary to see out research of circulating in soils and to set the finding forms to titan in pit rocks. Necessary also to learn diffusion in rocks to Li, Be. Into which in raised amounts are contained in Lviv - Volyn gas- coal basin.

 

Karabyn V. (2002). Classifying the sources of pollution of Transcarpathian's territory for the oil well's construction. Geologica Carpathica. ISSN 1335-0552 (CD). Bratislava, vol. 53.

The basis reasons of environmental pollution during the work execution for oil and gas  in  the work are analysed. Classification  of the sources of pollution taking oil-gas-exploratory wells of Boryslav-Pokuttya subzone of the Precarpathian, foredeep as example is made. Three classes: natural, man-caused and man-caused-natural are distinguished.    Full text

 

Karabyn V. (2000). Theoretical - methodical aspects of regional evaluation of geological medium state in the areas of hydrocarbon exploration and production. Mineral resources of Ukraine, 2, 11-13.

Oil and gas wells parallel with fulfilment of theirs direct geological tasks in time became the factors of ecological risk in Ukraine territory. Taking into account possible complicated and dangerous ecological - geologicalsituations caused by destruction of old and construction of new wells, the question of these processes management on the grounds of system method of approdeh presents a very important problem .

Research necessarity of developing which of “kagsemp” bore-holes for gas and oil , ecological and geochemical “çéîìêó”of the greatest types geological systems of technical origin, systematisation , generalisation of received results , making the plan of taking natureprotecting measures for control of the geological surroundings .

 

Karabyn V., Toorkevych L., Yarontovsky O. (2000). Oil-chemical contamination of the near-surface hydrosphere of Ukraine and its ecological-geochemical consequences (at the example of the Precarpathian areas). Mineralogical Collection, 50, 124-129.

The results of ecological-geochemical investigations of technogenic influence of the deep oil-gas wells construction upon the near-surface hydrosphere of the Inner zone of Precarpathian deep are given. Analytical investigations established the stable presence of oil products and phenols in dangerous quantities in drilling waste, drilling mud and the components for its preparation. They are spread in the environment because of the violence of the nature protection demands and pollute the waters of the surface reservoirs, rivers, and also are being filtered into the underground horizons.

 

Karabyn V., Toorkevych L., Yarontovsky O. (1999). Peculiarities of the change of salt composition of the meadow soil of the Precarpathians in connection with the oil well drilling. Visnyk of Lviv University. Series Geographical, 25, 59-61.

The investigation was carried out within the Blazhiv-Monastyrets ecological-geochemical proving ground, whose subsurface hydrolithosphere was polluted with oil products and phenols. A number of peculiarities was established in the change of salt composition of the meadow soils and bottom deposits of the ditches and ravines in connection with the oil well construction. The salt composition of the samples was determined the water extracts.

 

Yarontovsky O., Karabyn V. (2000). Petrochemical pollution of near-surface waters both problem of its detection and liquidation. Scientific visnyk of NMA, 3, 59-61.

The researches of the specifications of Striy territories adjoining arranged to a water intake of potable waters and group of oil-fields Pricarpatians are conducted.

The complex of geochemical researches, nature protection technologies of oil and gas works, methods of detection and liquidation of petrochemical pollution is recommended.

 

Karabyn V., Yarontovsky O., Matsulyak I. (1999). Ecological-geochemical investigations of the of the oil wells constructions influence upon the near-surface hydrolithosphere of the Precarpathian. Geology and geochemistry of combustible minerals, 2, 94-100.

        In 1997 the Ukrainian State Geological Research Institute had carried out the complex of ecological-geochemical investigations of technogenous influence of processes of the oil wells drilling and operation process upon natural conditions of Blaghiv- Monastyrets proving ground near-surface hydrolithosphere. On the basis of upon the natural conditions of the laboratory estimations by the methods of infrared and ultraviolet spectrofotometry in the drilling waste and the components of natural medium the high content of petroleum products and phenols are established. In consequence of the petroleum products and phenols which are found in drilling mud and in quantity to 181,2 and 19,5 mg/dm3 correspondingly pollute the near-surface hydrolitho­sphere. The migration of contaminant substances is determined mainly by surface discharge, accumulation, sorbtion and connective filtration.

 

Karabyn V., Jarontovsky O., Toorkevych L. Paragenesis of the microelements in pollutants at the oil-gas wells construction. Abstracts volume of the Mining Pribram symposium. Prague, October 4-8, 1999, P. MA 20.

 In particular, the content of heavy metals was determined by spectrofluorense method in drilling slimes, drilling muds and separate components for their preparation : bentonite clay, hematite, oxidated bitumen and others. The obtained data were generalized into a single extract of microelement composition of drilling slimes, muds and their components. The matrix of summary content of Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Pb, Cu, which was composed taking into consideration the mineral compo­sition of drilling muds and waste, underwent the system processing by the method of main components. And in the result two main paragenetic associations of micro­elements were established : siderophile ( Fe, Ni, Co, Cr ) and chalcophile (Pb, Cu, Zn ).

Main conclusions of the investigation : 1. The supplier of the siderophile association elements into the drilling muds and waste is hematite powder. 2. The source of the chalcophile association elements is oxidated bitumen . 3. The significant part of Cr enters the drilling muds and waste from potassium bicromate, the less one — from oxidated bitumen and hematite. 4. Mn, which does not belong to any of the described associations of microelements, is contained in bentonite clay in high quantity. 5. Violation of the nature protection measures at the oil-gas wells construction leads to the environment pollution of the Precarpathian by toxic heavy metals of the investigated groups.

 

Sysa L.V., Hubych I.B., Bekesha N.V., Karabyn V.V. (1999). Statistical interpretation of geochemical investigations results on the Northern edge of Dniper-Donets Depression. The new data on geology and oil-and-gas-boringness of Ukraine: Coll.of scientific articles. Lviv: UkrDGRI, 197-204.

Basing on the method of analogies the rating system of estimation for processing the results of geochemical and other investigations is worked out. It operates with concrete experimental data, partly explains their interdependence of the local areas of the Northern edge of Dniper-Donets depression are calculated. They characterize the probability of hydrocarbon pools discovery.

 

Karabyn V., Jarontovsky O., Bila L. (1998). Modelling of the contaminants spatial distribution in the subsurface hydrolithosphere of Southern Stynava oil field. Abstracts of The Forth International Symposium “Application of Mathematical Methods and Computer Technologies in geochemistry and Environmental Protection”, Kiev, 48-49.

 

Hubych I., Karabyn V. (1996). The forecast oil field in soil behind the contents of mercury determined X-rey-fluorescence method. Mineral resources of Ukraine, 4, 32.

On the basement of X-rey-fluorescence method the waus of investigation of mercury microconcentrations in the soil during exploration works on oil and gas. The method are based on the copre cipitation of mercury on cadmium sulphide during passing through the investigated solution of hudrogen sulphide. The sensitivity of determination is 0.5 mcg of mercury (the tension of X-rey tube is 40 kV).

 

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