In a ceremony in Ukhta, the Komi Republic, today, Mr. Zubkov highlighted that the Yamal project is unprecedented in its complexity, a press release from the company reads.
-We are witnesses to an event, which will get its place not only in the history of the national gas industry, but also of the country as a whole, Zubkov said. The welding of the first joint in the gas transport system Bovanenkovo-Ukhta and the drilling of the first production well at the Bovanenkovo field mark the start of the practical implementation of the mega-project on the development of the giant hydrocarbon reserves of the Yamal Peninsula, he added.
Present at the ceremony was also Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller, Governor of the Komi Republic Vladimir Torlopov and Governors of the Nenets-Yamal Autonomous Okrug Yuri Neyolov.
By year 2030, up to 360,000 billion cubic meters of gas is planned produced annually in the peninsula, all of which is to be sent towards central Russia and western export markets.
Although the official opening of the Yamal project was made today, Gazprom has long been engaged in the preparations for the project. The company is about to complete the construction of a railway line to the Bovanenkovo field, and about 40 km of the underwater pipeline across the Baydarata Bay has been laid this summer.
Read more about the Yamal project in BarentsObserver’s Yamal section
