Gazprom to develop gas deposits in Yamal after launch of capacities at Bovanenkovo

​Gazprom plans to start works at the gas deposits in Yamal after reaching the maximum capacity of extraction at the first one – Bovanenkovo, a member of Gazprom’s Board, A. Aksyutin, said.

The development of extraction and transportation capacities of Gazprom is explained by the gradual transfer of the main gas extraction center from the domestic deposits of Taymyr to the Yamal peninsula. It is necessary to found new centers of gas extraction in Yamal, in the eastern Siberia, Far East, Aksyutin said.

The extraction in Yamal is held at the Bovanenkovo deposit. When it reaches its produce capacity of about 115 bln cubic m of gas a year, it is planned to put into operation the Kharasaway and Krusenshtern deposits, he said.

The CEO of “Gazprom dobycha Nadym”, S. Menschikov, said that the Bovanenkovo deposit will reach its maximum capacity in 2017.