Yamburg gas field | |
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Country | Russia |
Region | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
Offshore/onshore | Onshore |
Coordinates | 67°54′N 74°51′E / 67.9°N 74.85°E |
Operators | Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg |
Partners | Gazprom |
Field history | |
Discovery | 1969 |
Start of production | 1986 |
Production | |
Estimated gas in place | 289,542×10 9 cu ft (8,198.9×10 9 m3) |
Producing formations | Upper Cretaceous reservoir rocks |
The Yamburg gas field is the world's third largest natural gas field located 148.5 kilometres (92.3 mi) north of the Arctic Circle in the Tazovsky and Nadymsky districts in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast, Russia.[1]