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Liubov Poberezhna et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 36 (2022) 326–333 Liubov Poberezhna, Ihor Chudyk, Volodymyr Khomyn et al./ Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2021) 000 – 000

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3. Results and discussion The total area of the petroleum fields and oil and gas prospects in the west of Ukraine for which the analysis was conducted is about 17,600 km 2 (1,760,000 ha). The area of zones of direct impact is about 610 km 2 (61,000 ha), which is approximately 12.5% of the total area of nature reserves in Western Ukraine for which the analysis was conducted. According to the results of the research, the zones of direct influence of oil and gas fields and oil and gas perspective areas on the nature reserve territories of Western Ukraine have been identified (Fig. 5). Based on the proposed approaches, an analysis of the impact of the Dovbushansko-Bystrytske field on the environment of protected areas. In the zone of influence of the Dovbushansko-Bystrytske field there are 2 nature reserves, with an area> 2 km 2 : Gorgany Nature Reserve, with an area of 53.44 km 2 (5344 ha); Carpathian National Nature Park, with an area of 504.95 km 2 (50495 ha) (Fig. 6, Table 1). The area of the zone of the direct impact of the field on the Gorgany Nature Reserve is 0.36 km 2 (36 ha), which is 0.67% of the total area of the reserve. The area of the impact zone of 1 km (outside the field) is 4.46 km 2 (446 ha), which is 8.34% of the total area of the reserve. The area of the impact zone is 5 km (outside the field) - 45.22 km2 (4522 ha), which is 84.62% of the total area of the reserve. The area of the impact zone of 10 km (outside the field) is 53.44 km 2 (5344 ha), which is 100% of the total area of the reserve.

Fig. 5. The impact of oil and gas production on the protected areas of Western Ukraine.