“…The issues of natural environment monitoring (air, water and soil) related to oil production in the Atyrau region were considered (Kenzhegaliev et al 2003;zhanburshin 2005), and the studies of Izteleuova (2002Izteleuova ( ), holstein et al (2018 and Issanova et al (2020) concerning oil pollution issues of various components of the natural environment, such as soil, vegetative cover and formation of technogenesis, were also analysed. Literature dealing with the application of satellite images in the study of oil-bearing areas was used (Jafari 2010;Kenzhegaliyev, Bekmukhanov 2010;Kenchinbaev 2011;Gossen, Velichkina 2012;Kaczyńska et al 2015;Khajehpour et al 2017), and the principle of mapping oilfield sites was considered as well (Smejkalová et al 2017;Sabirova et al 2019;Myachina, Chibilev 2020). Also, cartographic material (The National Atlas of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2010) and topographic maps of M:200,000 scales were used to clarify the boundaries of some geographical objects, as well as landscape complexes in the area of the field.…”