Urengoy gas field
{{Short description|World's second largest natural gas field}}
{{Other uses of|Urengoy}}
{{Infobox Oil field
| name = Urengoy gas field
| region = Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
| country = Russia
| location_map = Russia
| coordinates = {{coord|66.1|76.9|display=inline,title}}
| relief = yes
| locblock =
| offonshore = onshore
| operator = Gazprom dobycha Urengoy
| partner = Gazprom
| image =
| caption =
| discovery = 1966
| startofproduction = 1978
| peakofproduction =
| expectedabandonment =
| oil_production_bbl/d = 16500
| production_gas_mmcuft/d = 25152
| estimatedstoiip =
| est_gas_bft = 353000
| producingformations = Cretaceous sandstones
}}
The Urengoy gas field in the northern West Siberia Basin is the world's second largest natural gas field after South Pars / North Dome Gas-Condensate field.{{cn|date=July 2022}} It lies in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast, Russia, just south of the Arctic Circle in North Asia. It is named after the settlement of Urengoy. The gas field is operated by Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy and serviced by the town of Novy Urengoy, founded in 1973.
History
File:Urengoy gas Motherland stamp 1981.jpg
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Urengoy gas field was discovered in June 1966.
{{Cite news
| publisher = Der Spiegel
| url = http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,524140,00.html
| title = How Long Will Siberia's Gas Last?
| author = Christian Wüst
| date = 2007-12-18
| access-date = 2009-10-31}}
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 hundred billion cubic meters (1011 m3) of natural gas. From January 1984, Urengoy gas started to be exported to Western Europe through the Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline. A fire hit the Urengoy in 2021 which led to an increase in natural gas prices. In June 2022 the gas field caught fire again.{{cite news |last1=Staalesen |first1=Atle |title=Russia's biggest natural gas field is ablaze |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry-and-energy/2022/06/russias-biggest-natural-gas-field-ablaze |publisher=The Barents Observer |date=16 June 2022 |access-date=2024-08-09}}
Production
The Urengoyskoye conventional gas field has over ten trillion cubic meters (1013 m3) in total deposits. 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.
{{Cite web
| publisher = Offshore Technology
| url = https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/urengoyskoye-urengoysky-conventional-gas-field-russia/
| title = Urengoyskoye (Urengoysky) Conventional Gas Field, Russia
| date = 2021-12-03
| access-date = 2022-12-29}}
The Urengoy gas field extracts 230 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year, plus condensate and oil. In September 2013, Gazprom announced that a total of 6.5 trillion cubic meters of gas had been produced.
{{Cite web
| publisher = Gazprom
| url = http://www.gazprom.com/about/subsidiaries/news/2013/september/article175022/
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140305011940/http://www.gazprom.com/about/subsidiaries/news/2013/september/article175022/
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = March 5, 2014
| title = Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy sets new record
| date =
| access-date = 2014-03-04}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Russia|Energy}}
- [http://www.gazprom.com/about/subsidiaries/list-items/gazprom-dobycha-urengoy/ Gazprom dobycha Urengoy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511043722/http://gazprom.com/about/subsidiaries/list-items/gazprom-dobycha-urengoy/ |date=2012-05-11 }}
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Category:Geography of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Category:Natural gas fields in Russia
Category:Natural gas fields in the Arctic Ocean