Ecological Systems and Devices Annotation << Back Ecological problems of oil extraction Konopelko L.A., Begak O.Yu., M.V.Okrepilov M.V. It’s reviewed the role of drilling muds, drilling returns and reservoir waters in environmental pollution by various eco-toxic substances including ions of heavy metals. With specific references it’s showed the participation of D.I. Mendeleyev Institute for Metrology (VNIIM) in the development and metrological certification of new measure-ment procedures, intended for petroleum hydrocarbons control in soils, waters and sediments by gas chromatography and chromatography-mass spectrometry. E-mail: lkonop@b10.vniim.ru Рр.: 35-41