Fuel and energy resources are considered the basis of modern economic activity in any country. However, this industry is the main polluter of the natural complex. In particular, opencast mining of oil and coal has a strong negative environmental impact.
Russia's energy resources are considered the leading
sector of the economy in the country. Advanced technologies in the extraction and processing of hydrocarbons were used at all stages of development of this industry. In modern conditions it is impossible to do without them. This is due to the high level of competition, which is why all the time we have to look for more efficient forms of production processes themselves and methods for their regulation.
Energy resources belong to a complex intersectoral system for the production and extraction of raw materials, their transportation, use and distribution.
First of all, technical and economic values, scales, and dynamics of social production and industry depend on the development of this industry. In accordance with the requirements for the territorial organization of the sphere in question, an approximate position to the sources of raw materials is the main criterion by which the formation of the industry is carried out. Efficient energy resources are considered the basis for the formation of various production complexes, determining their specialization in energy-intensive industries. The main consumers are in the European territories of Russia. At the same time, about eighty percent of the geological reserves are located in the eastern regions. This determines the range of transportation, which, in turn, affects the cost of production.
Energy resources are endowed with a significant area-forming function. So, close to their sources, a powerful infrastructure is being developed that has a beneficial effect on industry, the development of towns and cities. At the same time, about ninety percent of greenhouse gas emissions, a third of the harmful compounds that enter the water, are produced by this particular industry.
The energy complex is characterized by a developed production infrastructure, presented in the form of trunk pipelines. They are intended for transportation of natural gas, oil products.
Energy resources are closely related to many areas of the national economy. Their production, distribution is carried out using the products of metallurgy, engineering. About thirty percent of financial resources are spent on the development of the fuel and energy complex. The branches of this economic sphere, in turn, account for about 30% of industrial production.
The welfare of the country's citizens is directly related to the
fuel and energy complex . The development of this industry can cope with such problems as unemployment, inflation. Today in Russia it employs more than two hundred enterprises, which employ more than two million people.