Yuzhno Russkoye Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Gazprom
• Country: Russia
• Location: Krasnoselkupsky District of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
• Production start: 2007
• Partners: E-ON, BASF
• Type: Gas
• Estimated Reserves: ABC1+C2 natural gas reserves of the field exceed 1 trillion cubic meters
• Production Volume: 25 billion cubic meters per annum

Description

• Yuzhno Russkoye has reserves of over 600 billion m³, making it one of the world’s largest gas fields.
• More than 140 production wells are in operation and around 70 million cubic meters of natural gas are produced there every day
• The field is a major supplier to the Nord Stream Gas Pipeline

History

• 2007 - The field was put into commercial production
• 2008 - E-on acquired a stake
• 2009 - The Yuzhno-Russkoye field reached its annual design capacity of 25 billion cubic meters
• 2012 - Hundred Billionth cubic metre of gas produced
• 2017 - OMV acquired a 25% stake from Uniper

Links

1. Yuzhno-Russkoye, Gazprom
2. Yuzhno Russkoye Gas Field: E.ON and Gazprom Reach Final Agreement on Asset Swap
3. Hundred billion cubic meters of gas produced at Yuzhno-Russkoye oil and gas field
4. OMV completes acquisition of 24.99% interest in the Yuzhno Russkoye gas field from Uniper