The Yamburg gas field is the world's third largest natural gas field

Natural gas field

Oil and natural gas are produced by the same geological process according fossil fuel suggestion: anaerobic decay of organic matter deep under the Earth's surface. As a consequence, oil and natural gas are often found together...

 located 148.5 kilometres (92.3 mi) north of the Arctic Circle

Arctic Circle

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 in the Tazovsky and Nadymsky

Nadymsky District

Nadymsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central portion of the autonomous okrug. Its administrative center is the town of Nadym, which, however, is administratively separate...

 districts in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard. Population: -Geography and natural history:...

, Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. The oblast has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs—Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen is the largest city, with over half a million inhabitants...

, Russia

Russia

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History

It was discovered in 1969 under the direction of Vasiliy Tihonovich Podshibyakin

Vasiliy Podshibyakin

Vasiliy Tihonovich Podshibyakin was a Soviet geologist and head of the trust “Yamalnefterazvedka”. He took part in discoveries of large and unique gas fields in the northern regions of Western Siberia, including Urengoy gas field – the largest gas deposit in the world.- Biography :Vasiliy...

. Development of the field started in 1980, production started in 1986. It is operated by Gazprom dobycha Yamburg, a subsidiary of Gazprom

Gazprom

Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Its headquarters are in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow...

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Reserves

The total geological reserves are estimated at 8.2 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, mostly from Upper Cretaceous

Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...

 reservoir rocks at depths of 1000 –. The gas field is situated in an area of 170 kilometres (105.6 mi) by 50 kilometres (31.1 mi).

Operations

Since starting operations, Yamburg has produced more than 3 trillion cubic meters of natural gas. In later years, production has moved to the peripheral areas of the field, such as the Aneryakhinskaya and Kharvutinskaya areas. The main export pipeline from the Yamburg field is called the Progress pipeline.