TheUrengoy gas field in the northern West Siberia Basin is the world's second largestnatural gas field afterSouth Pars / North Dome Gas-Condensate field.[citation needed] It lies in theYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,Tyumen Oblast,Russia, just south of theArctic Circle inNorth Asia. It is named after the settlement ofUrengoy. The gas field is operated byGazprom Dobycha Urengoy[1] and serviced by the town ofNovy Urengoy, founded in 1973.
| Urengoy gas field | |
|---|---|
  Location of Urengoy gas field | |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Offshore/onshore | onshore |
| Coordinates | 66°06′N76°54′E / 66.1°N 76.9°E /66.1; 76.9 |
| Operator | Gazprom dobycha Urengoy |
| Partner | Gazprom |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1966 |
| Start of production | 1978 |
| Production | |
| Current production of oil | 16,500 barrels per day (~8.22×10 |
| Current production of gas | 25,152×10 |
| Estimated gas in place | 353,000×10 |
| Producing formations | Cretaceous sandstones |
History
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Urengoy gas field was discovered in June 1966.[2] The first drilling hole hit gas on 6 July 1966 and the field started production in 1978. On 25 February 1981, Urengoy extracted its first one hundredbillion cubic meters (1011 m3) ofnatural gas. From January 1984, Urengoy gas started to be exported to Western Europe through theUrengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline. A fire hit the Urengoy in 2021 which led to an increase in natural gas prices.[1] In June 2022 the gas field caught fire again.[1]
Production
editThe Urengoyskoye conventional gas field has over tentrillion cubic meters (1013 m3) in total deposits.[1] It recovered by the end of 2021 more than 90% of its reserves. As of 2021, its output was six times lower than at its peak from 1985 to 1996, but it still accounted for 3% of the country's natural gas output.[3]The Urengoy gas field extracts 230 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year, plus condensate and oil.[1] In September 2013, Gazprom announced that a total of 6.5 trillion cubic meters of gas had been produced.[4]
References
edit- ^abcdeStaalesen, Atle (16 June 2022)."Russia's biggest natural gas field is ablaze". The Barents Observer. Retrieved2024-08-09.
- ^Christian Wüst (2007-12-18)."How Long Will Siberia's Gas Last?".Der Spiegel. Retrieved2009-10-31.
- ^"Urengoyskoye (Urengoysky) Conventional Gas Field, Russia". Offshore Technology. 2021-12-03. Retrieved2022-12-29.
- ^"Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy sets new record".Gazprom. Archived fromthe original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved2014-03-04.
External links
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- Gazprom dobycha UrengoyArchived 2012-05-11 at theWayback Machine