| | | | PROBLEMS OF MODERN ECONOMICS, N 3 (95), 2025 | | | | ECONOMICS AND ECOLOGY | | | Vetrova M. A. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, St. Petersburg State University, PhD (Economics) Yanushanets S. N. PhD student, Department of Economics, St. Petersburg State University
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| | | The article provides a comprehensive assessment of the economic efficiency of three scenarios for handling associated petroleum gas (APG) by discussing the example of the Molikpaq platform of the Sakhalin-2 project in the context of tightening carbon regulation and transformation of the energy sector. The authors discuss flaring with payment of emissions taxes; implementation of CCUS technologies to increase oil recovery; and processing of associated petroleum gas (APG) into liquefied natural gas (LNG) with subsequent use in the production of blue hydrogen. Calculations of key financial indicators allow to establish that the least expensive, but environmentally and economically ineffective way is to burn gas and that the use of CCUS technologies in current conditions is not economically feasible. The use of APG for the production of LNG and its integration into the hydrogen chain is the most justified option, consistent with the goals of low-carbon development and the strategy for the formation of hydrogen clusters in Russia. | | Key words: low-carbon economy, decarbonization of the energy sector, associated petroleum gas, CCUS technologies, hydrogen energy, economic efficiency | | Pages: 213 - 216 |
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