Novatek starts production at the East-Urengoyskoye and North-Esetinskoye field, Yamal Nenets
Novatek has announced that Arcticgas, a joint venture between Novatek and Gazprom Neft, commenced commercial production at the East-Urengoyskoye+North-Esetinskoye field within the Samburgskiy licence area, with estimated annual production capacity of more than one billion cubic metres of natural gas and 0.2 million tons of gas condensate.
The new production capacity is located in close proximity to the company’s existing infrastructure, which allowed Novatek to quickly commence initial production and optimise the capital costs.
The field will contribute to incremental growth in Novatek’s domestic natural gas production in the area of the United Gas Supply System.
Background
The East-Urengoyskoye+North-Esetinskoye field, in the Russian Arctic, is located in the Purovsky district of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region.
Arcticgas holds the field’s licence for the exploration and production within the Samburgskiy licence area.
As of 31 December 2018, the field’s reserves under the Russian reserves classification totalled about 94 billion cubic metres of natural gas and 27 million tons of liquids.
Source: Energy-pedia