The Pur ( Russian : Пур ) is a river in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Russia . It has a length of 389 kilometres (242 mi) —1,024 kilometres (636 mi) counting the length of the Pyakupur at its head. The area of its basin is 112,000 square kilometres (43,000 sq mi).
5-582: The Urengoy gas field and Gubkin gas and oil field are located in the basin of the Pur. The Pur is formed at the confluence of the Pyakupur and Ayvasedapur rivers, which have their sources in the northern slopes of the Siberian Uvaly . It flows roughly northwards across the northern West Siberian Plain , meandering strongly. In its lower course its channel divided into branches. Purovsky District
10-565: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Urengoy gas field The Urengoy gas field in the northern West Siberia Basin is the world's second largest natural gas field after South Pars / North Dome Gas-Condensate field . It lies in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Tyumen Oblast , Russia , just south of the Arctic Circle . It is named after the settlement of Urengoy . The gas field
15-727: Is named after the river. Just a few miles west of the mouth of the Taz , the Pur flows into the Taz Estuary , which is connected through the Gulf of Ob with the Kara Sea . The river freezes up in November and stays icebound until May. This Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Russia
20-489: Is operated by Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy and serviced by the town of Novy Urengoy , founded in 1973. Urengoy gas field was discovered in June 1966. The first drilling hole hit gas on 6 July 1966 and the field started production in 1978. On 25 February 1981, Urengoy extracted its first one hundred billion cubic meters (10 m ) of natural gas . From January 1984, Urengoy gas started to be exported to Western Europe through
25-569: The Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline . A fire hit the Urengoy in 2021 which led to an increase in natural gas prices. In June 2022 the gas field caught fire again. The Urengoyskoye conventional gas field has over ten trillion cubic meters (10 m ) in total deposits. It recovered by the end of 2021 more than 90% of its reserves. Its current output is six times lower than at its peak from 1985 to 1996, but this accounts still to 3% of
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