METHOD OF RECULTIVATING DISTURBED LAND UPON TERMINATING CONSTRUCTION OF WELL Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, oil and gas industry. SUBSTANCE: method involves calculating area of plot for temporary storage of stripped fertile soil on the territory of land branch; dividing territory of land branch by markers into two plots: first plot for placing complex of drilling equipment and oil well derrick and associated equipment and second plot for temporary storage of fertile soil stripped from first plot; stripping fertile soil from territory of first plot and moving it to adjacent second plot with undisturbed fertile soil layer; constructing protective ground embankment only around first plot and using markers to define borders and plan configuration of the whole territory of leased soil branch. Upon termination of development of oil well, dismantling and evacuation of equipment and planning of territory, stripped fertile soil is moved back from temporary storage place to its former plot and applied in uniform layer onto soil branch to be recultivated. Method may be used for construction of oil and gas wells on dry lands. EFFECT: improved ecological safety in the process of construction of wells and increased efficiency in recultivating of disturbed soils. 3 cl, 2 dwg