Arctic Gate. Project "New Port"

Russian President Vladimir Putin, via video link, launched the work of the new Arctic Gate terminal at the Novoportovskoye field, RIA Novosti reports. As the president noted, during the construction of the “Arctic Gates” the latest technical solutions related to work in a very harsh conditions on the Yamal Peninsula."

"This new stage development of Yamal is, in fact, a new stage in the development of the Novoportovskoye field. This is a significant, big event, I mean that the project is one of the most capital-intensive in oil and gas industry Russia,” the president said during the opening of the terminal.

The project is truly “capital-intensive”: 186 billion was allocated for its implementation. rubles Gazprom Neft. However, judging by the calculations of the company’s general director, Alexander Dyukov, the costs will pay off. "During the operation of this object tax revenues to budgets of all levels will exceed 1.5 trillion rubles,” Dyukov said at the opening of the terminal.

Yamal is located beyond the Arctic Circle, and the Novoportovskoye field is one of the largest oil and gas condensate fields in this region, to which Gazprom Neft has ownership big plans. This year the company plans to produce 2.5 million tons of oil there, and in 2018. – already 6.3 million tons. However, production and transportation are complicated by the extreme weather conditions of the Far North: air temperatures can reach -50 degrees Celsius, wind speeds of 40 m/s, and ice thickness in the Gulf of Ob is 2.5 m.

Representatives of Gazprom Neft talk about the “Arctic Gates” as a unique, reliable, high-tech project, but experts are not so enthusiastic, believing that the construction of such terminals is ordinary world practice for deposits that are remote from pipeline system. “There are examples in Russia: oil from the Trebs and Titov fields is transported through the Varandey terminal, and Sakhalin-2 has a remote terminal. The zero discharge condition is a mandatory standard when developing Arctic fields: unlike in more southern latitudes, oil does not decompose here. And uniqueness can only lie in extremely harsh construction conditions,”

Vladimir Putin today gave the command via video link to ship oil from the Novoportovskoye field through the new Arctic terminal “Arctic Gate”.

“Today we will begin a new stage in the development of Yamal, essentially a new stage in the development of the Novoportovskoye field. This is a significant, big event, I mean that the project is one of the most capital-intensive in the oil and gas industry in Russia,” the president said. - Over the past three years, 186 billion have been allocated for the implementation of this project, the latest technical solutions, high-tech solutions related to working in such harsh conditions on the Yamal Peninsula, at its northernmost point, have been applied. For the first time, oil will be shipped not through pipelines, but by sea.”

Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexey Miller reported on the readiness of the terminal for operation. He said that the facility is located 700 kilometers from the existing pipeline infrastructure, the terminal is connected to the Novoportovskoye field by an oil pipeline more than 100 kilometers long, the terminal’s design capacity is up to 8.5 million tons.

“The terminal allows for oil shipment in extreme climatic conditions: temperatures down to minus 50 degrees Celsius, wind speeds up to 40 meters per second and ice thickness in the Gulf of Ob up to 2.5 meters,” Miller said. - The terminal is a sea terminal; it is connected to the shore by an offshore oil pipeline. The terminal is a tower type terminal, the height of the crane above the water level is 61 meters, 78 meters is the length of the turntable.”

The Chairman of the Board of Gazprom also noted that the Arctic Gates fully comply with the most high requirements industrial safety and security environment. The terminal uses the so-called zero discharge technology, which means that under no circumstances will harmful pollutants enter the waters of the Gulf of Ob.

“The terminal is fully automated and controlled from shore. There are no analogues of such terminals in the world, there are no such industrial facilities with such characteristics beyond the Arctic Circle. Without a doubt, with the commissioning of the terminal, Russia is taking a serious step towards the further development of the rich hydrocarbon resources of the Far North and the development of the Northern Sea Route,” Miller concluded.

After him, General Director of Gazprom Neft Alexander Dyukov took the floor. He reported on the development of the Novoportovskoye field, which had long remained undeveloped due to the lack of development technologies, as well as the impossibility of exporting and transporting oil from this field.

“If we talk about the quality of Novy Port oil, this grade is characterized high quality, refers to light oils with low sulfur content, which gives it additional competitive advantages on world oil markets. This oil is of higher quality than Brent oil and is traded at a premium to Brent oil,” Dyukov presented the product. - We continue the construction of high-tech horizontal wells at the field. We are expanding and developing ground infrastructure. Construction of a powerful power plant is underway. At the Vyborg Shipyard, we have started building new modern, powerful icebreakers that will work on this project.”

The head of Gazprom Neft also assured the president that the multibillion-dollar investment in the project will definitely pay off - during the operation of this terminal, tax revenues to budgets of all levels will exceed 1.5 trillion rubles.

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Today in the village of Cape Kamenny (Yamal Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region) a ceremonial event was held dedicated to the start of year-round shipment of Yamal oil through the Arctic oil terminal “Arctic Gate”. The event was attended by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom PJSC, and Alexander Dyukov, General Director of Gazprom Neft PJSC.

The President gave the command to start loading the tanker with oil from the Novoportovskoye field via video link Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

The Novoportovskoye oil and gas condensate field, the largest in terms of oil reserves in Yamal, is located 700 kilometers from the existing pipeline infrastructure. Therefore, it was decided that for the first time in the history of the Russian oil and gas industry, the export of Yamal oil will be carried out by sea.

Usage latest technologies with the creation of production, transport and, most importantly, shipping infrastructure, it made it possible to organize industrial oil production at the field in just four years. Already in 2018, it is planned to extract 6.3 million tons of raw materials. Plan further development deposits will be determined by the end of 2017.

An oil pipeline with a length of more than 100 km transports oil from the Novoportovskoye field to the coast of the Ob Bay. It has a critically shallow navigable fairway depth for navigation - 11 meters, and therefore the oil terminal is located directly in the sea - 3.5 km from the coast. The terminal's oil transshipment capacity is up to 8.5 million tons per year. It allows year-round loading of oil produced in Yamal onto tankers for further transportation along the Northern Sea Route.

The Arctic Gate marine terminal is a unique structure. The terminal is designed to operate in extreme climatic conditions: temperatures in the region drop below -50 degrees Celsius, ice thickness can exceed two meters. It has a two-level protection system and meets the most stringent requirements in the field of industrial safety and environmental protection.

The terminal equipment is fully automated and reliably protected from water hammer. Special system allows you to instantly undocking the terminal and the tanker, maintaining the tightness of the disconnected elements. The “zero discharge” technology eliminates the entry of any foreign substances into the waters of the Gulf of Ob, which is extremely important for preserving the ecology of the Arctic. In addition, the subsea pipeline connecting the terminal to the offshore tank farm is protected by an additional concrete shell.

“Gazprom is consistently mastering Russian Arctic. Oil production is progressing successfully at the Prirazlomnoye field, the only hydrocarbon development project on the Russian Arctic shelf. On the Yamal Peninsula, a gas production center that has no analogues in the world is in full swing. Now here, together with the gas center, we are creating a new oil province. “The Gates of the Arctic” are open for Yamal oil, which will be supplied to European consumers year-round via the Northern Sea Route,” said Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom PJSC.

Reference

The Novoportovskoye oil and gas condensate field is located in the southeastern part of the Yamal Peninsula, 250 km north of the city of Nadym and 30 km from the coast of the Ob Bay. Recoverable reserves of liquid hydrocarbons of C1+C2 categories amount to more than 250 million tons. The field development operator is Gazprom Neft PJSC.

The Novy Port oil grade is a medium-density oil grade and contains less sulfur (about 0.1) than the Urals mixture.

The possibility of exporting oil by sea was confirmed in 2011 after a trial run nuclear icebreaker from the port of Sabetta (northeast of the Yamal Peninsula) to Cape Kamenny. First in Russian history Experience in transporting oil from Yamal by tanker by sea was gained in the summer of 2014.

To date, the volume of investments in the development of the Novoportovskoye field has amounted to 180 billion rubles, expected tax revenues during the implementation of the project will exceed 1.5 trillion rubles.

During the development of the field, a program is being implemented to increase the population of northern commercial fish. In particular, in 2015, about 4 million juvenile muksun and other fish species were released into the Ob and rivers of the Ob-Irtysh basin. In 2016-2018, it is planned to release another 24 million muksun fry.

Information Department of PJSC Gazprom

At the Gazprom Neft Novoportovskoye field, the Arctic oil loading terminal “Gateway of the Arctic”, installed in the waters of the Gulf of Ob, began operation. This is a unique technical structure designed to operate in extreme climatic conditions: temperatures in the region drop below -50 degrees Celsius, ice thickness can exceed 2 m. Oil from the field to a collection point on the coast of the Gulf of Ob and further to the terminal located 3.5 km from the coast, supplied through an oil pipeline more than 100 km long. The terminal's oil transshipment capacity is up to 8.5 million tons per year.

“Alexander Sannikov” is one of two icebreaking vessels serving the terminal at Novoportovsky, built by order of Gazprom Neft at the Vyborg Shipyard

The facility is equipped with a two-level emergency protection system and meets the most stringent requirements in the field of industrial safety and environmental protection. A special system allows you to instantly undocking the terminal and the tanker, while maintaining the tightness of the disconnected elements. The “zero discharge” technology eliminates the entry of any foreign substances into the waters of the Gulf of Ob. The subsea pipeline connecting the terminal to the offshore tank farm is protected by an additional concrete shell.

The command to start loading the tanker with oil from the Novoportovskoye field through the new terminal was given via video link by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. IN gala event, dedicated to the start of year-round shipment of Yamal oil through the Gates of the Arctic, was attended by Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexey Miller and General Director of Gazprom Neft Alexander Dyukov.

The development of territories located beyond the Arctic Circle on land and on the shelf is part of Gazprom Neft’s strategy until 2025, united by the Arctic Time program. The flagship projects of the program today are the development of the Prirazlomnoye and Novoportovskoye fields. In the future, its perimeter may include other elements of the Gazprom Neft production cluster that is being formed in the north of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, as well as new assets on the shelf.

Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation:

Today we are starting a new stage in the development of Yamal, in fact, a new stage in the development of the Novoportovskoye field. This is a significant, big event, since the project is one of the most capital-intensive in the Russian oil and gas industry. Over the past three years, 186 billion rubles have been allocated for its implementation; the latest technical solutions related to work in the harsh conditions of the northernmost point of the Yamal Peninsula have been applied. For the first time, oil will be shipped not through pipelines, but by sea. I would like to congratulate and thank the management of Gazprom and Gazprom Neft, as well as the engineers and workers who took part in the implementation of this project. This is a very good step forward!

Alexander Dyukov, General Director of Gazprom Neft:

The Novoportovskoye field was discovered more than 50 years ago and became the first hydrocarbon field discovered on the Yamal Peninsula. For a long time, the lack of technologies for developing such complex fields as Novoportovskoye, the lack of the possibility of exporting and transporting oil, did not allow us to begin developing the asset. Application of new modern technologies The 21st century made it possible to begin the development of this field.

We continue to construct high-tech horizontal wells at the field. We are expanding and developing ground infrastructure. Construction of a powerful power plant is underway. At the Vyborg Shipyard we have begun building new, modern, powerful icebreakers for Novy Port. The start of full-scale development of the asset opens up a new production region for Gazprom Neft and brings the company significantly closer to its strategic goal of 100 million toe. by 2020.

The command to start loading the tanker with oil from the Novoportovskoye field through the new terminal was given via video link
Russian President Vladimir Putin

Arctic terminal

Oil transportation scheme

8.5 million tons per year capacity of the Arctic Gate terminal for oil transshipment

Vadim Yakovlev, first deputy general director Gazprom Neft:

The construction of an Arctic terminal at the Novoportovskoye field is a complex project implemented in extreme climatic conditions. However, the commissioning of the “Arctic Gate” is a valuable event not only from the point of view of demonstrating the technological capabilities of Gazprom Neft. This is a major milestone on Novoportovsky's path to reaching its design capacity - on the path that the company has taken virtually from zero to the discovery of a new Russian oil province in Yamal.