ABOUT THE ECOGEOPHYSICAL RISKS AND RESEARCH ON THE IMMERSED MUD VOLCANOES

Abstract

There are numerous known and immersed mud volcanoes in the Azerbaijani areas of the Caspian Sea. In the article was noted the increase in the number of accidents happened at wells during the exploration of oil and gas fields is directly related to immersed mud volcanoes. While volcanic activity in Azerbaijan is widely studied, almost no research has been carried out to study the immersed mud volcanoes.
In many cases accidents happen in the wells according to geodynamic changes that occur in the mud volcanoes fields as of place and time are not routinely studied up to now. In addition there are different problems in the seismic data acquisition and
analysis, the determination of speed parameters. To eliminate situations like this, it is important to take into account the risk of natural hazards in the implemented projects. Mainly it is recommended to consider the results of seismic research to ensure a
normal, safe working mode of the technological processes in the exploitation and processed oil fields.