The Bovanenkovo oil and gas condensate field hosted celebrations dedicated to launching commercial gas production in the new large gas bearing region the Yamal Peninsula. First startup complexes of the Bovanenkovo field and the Bovanenkovo Ukhta gas trunkline systems are commissioned.
The celebrations were attended by Mr Alexey Miller chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Mr Dmitry Kobylkin governor of the Yamal Nenets Autonomous Area, heads of Gazprom structural units, subsidiaries and contractors. Mr Vladimir Putin president of the Russian Federation welcomed the audience via video link. Mr Dmitry Kobylkin governor of Yamal Nenets Autonomous Area, Mr Alexey Miller and Mr Sergey Menshikov Director General of Gazprom Dobycha Nadym during Bovanenkovo field commissioning
The Yamal gas production center is replacing the Nadym Pur Taz region which has been the national gas production leader for more than forty years. The Yamal Peninsula and adjacent offshore areas have a great potential the explored gas reserves with estimated and prospective resources total 26.5 trillion cubic meters. This will make it possible to produce here up to 360 billion cubic meters of gas annually by 2030. In the nearest decades the increasing gas consumption in Russia and abroad will be satisfied mainly due to the Yamal gas.
Yamal megaproject is unprecedented by level of sophistication.
The Yamal megaproject is unprecedented by the level of sophistication. The hydrocarbons are concentrated in difficult to access area with extremely harsh climatic conditions. The Peninsula features permafrost long lasting winter season and low temperatures. In summer 80% of the Yamal territory is covered with lakes, bogs and rivers that considerably restrict the areas where industrial facilities can be situated safely.
In these conditions Gazprom created from a scratch Yamal's first production facility of the Bovanenkovo field, placed a gas transmission route to Ukhta and constructed a full scale industrial and life support system: roads, power plants, rotation camp, industrial bases, a railroad and an airport.
Mr Alexey Miller at Bovanenkovo field has the largest gas reserves in the Peninsula. That is why it became the top priority development target. The first commissioned startup complex comprises a comprehensive gas treatment unit with the annual gas capacity of 30 billion cubic meters and 60 wells. The field's productivity will gradually increase in proportion to commissioning of wells, CGTUs and booster compressor stations. In 2013 up to 46 billion cubic meters of gas can be produced in the field in 2017 it is planned to achieve the design capacity 115 billion cubic meters of gas annually, corresponding to approximately a sixth part of the present gas production in Russia. In future, the field's design capacity can be increased to 140 billion cubic meters of gas annually.
First commissioned startup complex comprises comprehensive gas treatment unit with annual gas capacity of 30 billion cubic meters and 60 wells. Gazprom is constructing the Bovanenkovo Ukhta gas trunkline system to convey the Yamal gas to the Unified Gas Supply System. At present, the first string stretching more than 1,240 kilometers and first workshop of the Baidaratskaya compressor station are constructed. The second string and eight compressor stations are currently under construction. It is planned to finish the GTS construction in 2016.
Bovanenkovo railroad laid by Gazprom, guarantees reliable communication of the Peninsula with the continent. Moreover, the airport built in the field is able to accommodate both helicopters and airplanes.
Coping with difficult environmental conditions of Yamal, Gazprom made the Peninsula a launching ground for using high performance, secure, innovative technologies and technical solutions. Many of them were specially developed on Gazprom's order for Yamal by the leading Russian research institutes and national companies.
Particularly, an integrated production infrastructure for gas extraction from the Cenomanian and Apt Albian deposits, used in the Bovanenkovo field is the first in Russia. This approach provides significant saving of infrastructure development costs and increases production efficiency. Producing wells drilling is carried out by the Ekaterina domestic drilling rigs of the fifth generation that combine the best engineering ideas. Gas treatment is carried out applying the most advanced and environmentally clean method of low-temperature separation with the use of domestic turbo expanders.
Source -Gazprom.com
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