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NOVATEK Obtains International Certification for CO2 Underground Storage Sites in Yamal and Gydan

édité le 03/02/2022

PAO NOVATEK (NOVATEK) announced that the first of three stages of international certification for long-term CO2 underground storage sites in the Yamal and Gydan Peninsulas has been successfully completed and that site feasibility certificates have been issued for further study of the sites and subsequent certification stages. Det Norske Veritas (DNV), an independent certification and classification society, issued certificates of conformity with international standards ISO 27914:2017 Carbon Dioxide Geological Storage and DNVGL-SE-0473 Certification of Sites and Projects for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide.

Pursuant to the issued certificates, the geological formations within the Obskiy (Yamal) and Tadebyayakhinskiy (Gydan) license areas have the capacity to store at least 600 million tons of CO2 each, which is supported by calculations. The calculations were made by NOVATEK's Scientific and Technical Center with the involvement of international service companies, and verified by DNV.

“Having certified CO2 geological storage sites is an important element of the Company's strategy to decarbonize production clusters for LNG and low-carbon gas chemicals”, noted Leonid Mikhelson, Chairman of NOVATEK’s Management Board. “The large potential of the certified CO2 storage sites allows both capturing and storing CO2 generated at our own production facilities, and offering CO2 underground storage services to third parties. NOVATEK is currently finalizing the pre-FEED stage for CO2 capture and treatment infrastructure in Yamal, with subsequent CO2 injection in the subsurface for long-term storage. The project will allow reducing the carbon footprint of the Company's existing and prospective projects, including LNG plants and gas chemical production facilities”.

Work Started on Gazprom Ice Resistant Platform

by Andreas Exarheas|Rigzone StaffWednesday, July 01, 2020

Work Started on Gazprom Ice Resistant Platform
The construction of an ice resistant platform for Gazprom's Kamennomysskoye-Sea field on the Arctic shelf has begun.
The construction of an ice resistant platform for Gazprom’s Kamennomysskoye-Sea field on the Arctic shelf has begun, the company has revealed.

Kamennomysskoye-Sea’s platform will be more than 440 feet long, 226 feet wide, 134 feet tall and its weight will exceed 40,000 tons in total. Structures placed on the platform will include main and auxiliary drilling modules, operational and energy complexes and living quarters for 120 people, Gazprom noted.

The field is situated in an environment characterized by temperatures of up to -60 degrees Celsius, heavy storms, shallow depths and thick and dense freshwater ice, according to Gazprom. The full scope of modeling and design for the ice resistant platform (ICP) was performed by Russia's leading shipbuilding research institutions, Gazprom outlined.

“The construction process will involve a number of cutting-edge technical solutions to ensure a high level of industrial and environmental safety, as well as operational integrity of the facility,” Gazprom said in a statement posted on its website.

“For instance, to protect the ICP from thick ice, the support structure will be V-shaped and nearly all of the facility's equipment will be encased in the hull and thus protected from cold and wind,” Gazprom added.

“Particular attention in the project is paid to solutions aiming to prevent adverse impacts on the Arctic flora and fauna. This includes a zero-discharge system. All household and production waste will be removed from the platform and disposed of later,” Gazprom continued.

Gazprom expects to tow the ICP to the Kamennomysskoye-Sea field in the summer navigation period of 2024. After this, flare booms and a helicopter pad will be set up at the facility. Construction operations will involve about 7,000 Russian workers and specialists, according to Gazprom.

The Gulf of Ob separates the peninsulas of Yamal and Gydan. It is one of the most oil and gas-rich regions in Russia and currently site for several major field developments. The gulf is covered by thick ice major parts of the year and all field installation must be built with extreme ice protection.

Gazprom begins drilling first production well at Kharasaveyskoye field in Yamal

Drilling of the first producing well at Kharasaveyskoye field on Russia's Yamal Peninsula began June 12, Gazprom said in a release. Production is expected to begin in 2023.

OGJ editors Jun 16th, 2020

Drilling of the first producing well at Kharasaveyskoye field on Russia's Yamal Peninsula began June 12, Gazprom said in a release. Production is expected to begin in 2023.

Well No. 4051 with a projected depth of 2,540 m is the first in gas well cluster No. 5, which will have 11 wells in total. This year, 16 wells are expected to be completely drilled.

On March 20, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched full-scale development of Kharasaveyskoye field, which lies mostly onshore, but partly spreads into the Kara Sea (OGJ Online, Mar. 21, 2019). Gas reserves at the field are estimated at 2 trillion cu m.

The estimated volume of gas production from the Cenomanian-Aptian deposits—the first development target—is 32 billion cu m/year. Construction of gas production wells, a comprehensive gas treatment unit, a booster compressor station, and transport and power infrastructure are planned. Horizontal wells for the offshore segment of the field are expected to be drilled from onshore. To transmit gas, a connecting gas pipeline stretching 106 km to Bovanenkovskoye field will be built. The gas will then be fed into Russia’s Unified Gas Supply System.

Arctic gas finds new way from Yamal to China
Russia’s natural gas company Gazprom says it intends to build pipelines from Yamal to Far Eastern Russian regions and China.

April 01, 2020

Gazprom leader Aleksey Miller in last Friday’s meeting with President Vladimir Putin confirmed that the building of new east-bound natural gas infrastructure now is high on the company’s agenda.

The plans come as Gazprom’s current key markets in Europe gradually turn away from traditional hydrocarbons and towards alternative energy sources.

Partnership with China
Exports of natural gas from Yamal to China was issue of discussion also in a meeting between Putin and Miller in September 2019. Then, Putin made no doubt that he wanted to see deliveries of natural gas from the Yamal Peninsula to the Asian country. A new delivery route can be made through Mongolia, the President argued.

«Please have a look at the resources in Yamal, so that the necessary volumes can be delivered on a western route to China via Mongolia,» Putin requested. «I know that the route is complicated, but preliminary assessments of the issue have shown that it is fully realistic, and our Chinese partners also tend to think so,» he added.

50 billion cubic meters

Now, Aleksey Miller and his Gazprom comes to the Kremlin with the positive response that the President wants.

According to the company leader, up to 50 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas can annually be delivered to the western parts of China through the Power of Siberia 2, a more than 6,000 km long pipeline that is projected to run through Mongolia.


The Power of Siberia 2 project will connect the existing Russian natural gas pipeline grid a new east-bound grid. Map by Gazprom

Preparing for investments
Gazprom is now ready to enter a project pre-investment phase, Miller told the President.

«I would like to ask you to issue an instruction to start the pre-investment phase, in order to commence the development of a feasibility study and the design-and-survey works for the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline,» Miller said.

«Yes, of course. Agreed,» Putin responded.

Yamal reservers

It is first of all the vast reserves of the Yamal region that will serve as source of the east-bound exports. Several more fields are under development in the remote Arctic area, among them the Kharasaveyskoye field that is due to start production in 2023.

From before, Yamal is Russia’s by far most important region for natural gas production. In 2012, Gazprom launched its Bovanenkovo fields that today produces up to 115 billion cubic meters per year.

However, the Bovanenkovo, like most of the country’s other oil and gas fields are built for exports to Europe and western markets.

East-west connection

The building of the Power of Siberia 2 will connect the current west-bound pipeline grid with a new east-bound grid and consequently open a new route for Russian energy exports.

According to Miller, the natural gas will also be applied to meet energy needs in east Russian regions.

And the whole thing will be profitable, the powerful natural gas leader underlines.

“A preliminary feasibility analysis has been carried out; it has shown that the project is feasible and cost-effective.”

Gazprom in 2019 produced a total of 500,1 billion cubic meters of natural gas, of which 199,3 billion was exported. The company in the period provided 35,6 percent of European natural gas consumption.

Gazprom begins Power of Siberia 2 pipeline design, survey work
Gazprom will begin the pre-investment phase of its Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline project, having received instructions to do so from the Russian government.

Christopher E. Smith Mar 30th, 2020

Gazprom will begin the pre-investment phase of its Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline project, having received instructions to do so from the Russian government. Pre-investment includes a feasibility study, design, and survey work. Power of Siberia 2 would deliver 50 billion cu m/year (bcmy) to western China via Mongolia.

Yamal LNG : reprise des transbordements en Norvège

Publié le 31/03/2020 lemarin

Les partenaires du projet de liquéfaction russe Yamal LNG ont décidé de réaliser à nouveau des transbordements de GNL (gaz naturel liquéfié) en Norvège, a annoncé Novatek.



Des transferts de navire à navire de GNL de Yamal ont déjà été réalisés au large du port norvégien de Honningsvåg en 2018 et 2019. (Photo : SCF Group)

Construction Starts on Gazprom's Kharasaveyskoye Gas Field



BY MAREX 2019-03-21

Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen the official start of the full-scale development of Gazprom's Kharasaveyskoye gas field on the Yamal Peninsula.

The field is located north of the Bovanenkovskoye field and is located partly on land and partly in the waters of the Kara Sea. It has an estimated two trillion cubic meters of gas reserves, and production is scheduled for 2023, with an output of 32 billion cubic meters of gas per year.



About 20 percent of the reserves are offshore and will be accessed from horizontal wells from the shore. The project envisages the construction of an integrated gas treatment unit, a booster compressor station and associated transport and energy infrastructure. In order to transport the gas produced at the field, a 106-kilometer gas pipeline connecting the Kharasaveyskoye and Bovanenkovskoye fields will be built.

Putin said the project is another important step in the integrated development of the Yamal Peninsula - in the development of a modern, powerful center for gas production and processing.

“The Kharasaveyskoye field will open up new horizons for the development of the industry, for strengthening our export potential and for further gasification of Russia itself, in general for the growth of the national economy.”

Together the Kharasaveyskoye and nearby Bovanenkovskoye field contain almost seven trillion cubic meters of gas, enough to keep extracting gas until 2131.

By 2030, 310–360 billion cubic meters of gas will be produced in Yamal for domestic consumption and for export through the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.

The total gas reserves of the Yamal Peninsula are over 16 trillion cubic meters. “These are simply planetary reserves,” said Putin.

In 2014, the Russian Government enacted tax incentives to stimulate development of the Arctic region.

Putin launches Kharasaveyskoye gas and condensate field

20 March 2019

President Vladimir Putin has launched via videoconference the full-scale development of the Kharasaveyskoye gas and condensate field, reads a statement on kremlin.ru.

The Kharasaveyskoye field is located on the Yamal Peninsula north of the Bovanenkovskoye field, predominantly onshore and partly in the Kara Sea.

"The field is classified as unique thanks to its enormous gas reserves, which amount to 2 trillion cubic meters. Production is scheduled to begin at the field in 2023 at a design capacity of 32 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Since 20 percent of the field is located offshore, horizontal wells will be drilled from onshore to produce gas from the offshore part of the deposit," the statement notes.

The project provides for the construction of a comprehensive gas treatment unit, a booster compressor station, clusters of producing gas wells, as well as transport and energy infrastructure.

Russia ships record high LNG volumes to Europe in February

in Freight News 01/03/2019

Russia delivered a record amount of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe in February, becoming the biggest supplier of the chilled fuel to the continent for the first time.

A total of 19 cargoes, or 1.41 million tonnes, of LNG from the Yamal LNG plant in Russia’s Arctic reached regasification terminals in Europe in February, with the majority of those going to northwest Europe, Refinitiv Eikon data shows.

This is the largest monthly amount of LNG from Yamal to arrive in Europe since the plant was launched in Dec. 2017 and also the first time Russia has become the biggest LNG supplier to Europe, surpassing traditional suppliers, such as Qatar, Nigeria and Algeria, as well as a newcomer, the United States.

The jump in Russia’s deliveries to Europe shows how lower-than-expected LNG demand and lower prices in Asia have made Europe a top destination for LNG produced in the Atlantic basin this winter, a drastic change from the previous winter.
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Reportage : Yamal LNG, gaz et glace dans le grand nord russe

Publié le 10/01/2019 lemarin.fr

Situé dans le grand nord russe, le complexe de gaz liquéfié Yamal LNG clôt sa première année d’exploitation, avec quelque 16,5 millions de tonnes de gaz exportées.

Paul Gogo s’est rendu dans cette usine de liquéfaction de Novatek, située dans un désert de glace, à l’emplacement de ce qui fut un village sans habitants, Sabetta. C’est le sujet du reportage de trois pages à découvrir dans l’édition du marin du 10 janvier. Aperçu en images.

Total voit une solide demande pour le GNL du site russe Yamal

Reuters 11/12/2018 SABETTA, Russie

Total, dont le projet de gaz naturel liquéfié (GNL) sur le site russe Yamal est en avance sur le calendrier initial, estime qu'il existe une demande suffisante pour sa production sur le marché spot, a déclaré mardi son PDG, Patrick Pouyanné.

Ce site situé dans le nord de la Russie est l'un des plus grands projets de gaz naturel liquéfié du monde. Sa troisième phase a été inaugurée mardi en présence du Premier ministre russe, Dmitri Medvedev.

Cette nouvelle phase, initialement prévue pour la fin 2019, va permettre au site de porter sa capacité de production annuelle à 16,5 millions de tonnes.

Cette accélération du calendrier fait naître des doutes sur la capacité du site à écouler ces volumes supplémentaires alors que plus de 96% de sa production ont déjà été prévendus dans le cadre de contrats à long terme sur les 20 prochaines années.

La compagnie russe Novatek détient 50,1% du projet Yamal, Total et la compagnie pétrolière chinoise CNPC en contrôlent chacun 20%, et le fonds souverain chinois Silk Road Fund en possède 9,9%. Les activités du site ont démarré en décembre 2017.

"Ce n'est pas difficile de vendre sur le marché spot, le marché du GNL croît de 10% par an ou plus, par conséquent les clients demandent plus de GNL, ce n'est pas un réel problème", a dit Patrick Pouyanné à la presse.

Yamal LNG Plant In Russia Reached Full Capacity - Novatek

Umer Jamshaid 11th December 2018



A Yamal liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in northwestern Russia has reached the full capacity of an annual 16.5 million tonnes, Russian gas producer Novatek said on Tuesday.

A Yamal liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in northwestern Russia has reached the full capacity of an annual 16.5 million tonnes, Russian gas producer Novatek said on Tuesday.

The official ceremony commemorating the event was attended by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the company said.

" PAO NOVATEK announced today that its joint venture Yamal LNG has reached full capacity at the plant's three LNG trains ... Yamal LNG is comprised of three liquefaction trains with a total nameplate capacity of 16.5 mmtpa [million metric ton per annum], or 5.5 mmtpa per LNG train," the statement said.

The project involves infrastructure needed to produce, liquefy and ship natural gas. Half of the joint venture is owned by Novatek, with the rest shared out between Total, CNPC and the Silk Road Fund.

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03 déc. 2018, 19:31

je n'ai pas compris l'astuce ; quel intérêt à réaliser ce transvasement ?

Yamal LNG : empoignade russo-américaine sur les transferts en Norvège

Publié le 03/12/2018 lemarin.fr

Les États-Unis ne voient pas d’un bon œil les transferts de GNL de navire à navire qui viennent de débuter dans les eaux norvégiennes pour alimenter l’Europe en gaz de Yamal LNG.



Entre 150 et 160 transferts ship-to-ship de GNL issu de Yamal pourraient avoir lieu d’ici à la mi-2019 dans le port norvégien de Honningsvåg. (Photo : Sovcomflot)