Yamal project

Preparatory works started in 2007 with the construction of auxiliary infrastructures, such as staff buildings and transport facilities.

[1] In July 2008 Gazprom launched the construction of the Bovanenkovo–Ukhta gas trunkline at the submerged crossing via the Baydaratskaya Bay.

[6] Ultimately however Novatek was the principal shareholder, and commercial operation started in December 2017 with the loading of the first LNG carrier.

[7] The 572 kilometres (355 mi) Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway was opened in 2011 to provide all year access to the Bovanenkovo gas field.

The Arctic Gate offshore oil loading terminal is located in the Gulf of Ob, designed to operate where ice could be over two meters thick.

[4][9] A joint project (Yamal-Europe pipeline) between gas transportation companies of Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany was agreed in 1993 and commissioned in 1999.