Novy Urengoy

Novy Urengoy is a city in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District of the Tyumen region, the largest city in the district, one of the few Russian regional cities that surpass the administrative center of its subject of the federation (Salekhard) both in terms of population and industrial potential.

The population is 116,966 (2007).

The city is located on the bank of the river Evo-Yakha (tributary of the river Pur).

As the manufacturing center of the largest gas-bearing region, Novy Urengoy is the unofficial “gas-producing capital” of Russia.

History

In 1949, by order of Stalin, the construction of the transpolar Salekhard-Igarka railway began in the circumpolar tundra. The road was built by tens of thousands of people, mostly prisoners of the Gulag. At the former Urengoy station, the builders planned to stay for a long time. However, after the death of Stalin, the work was curtailed, the road to the early 60s was not needed by anyone and was called “dead”.

About the 501st and 503rd construction sites for a long time was not mentioned anywhere, but the work of the builders was still not in vain, he helped seismic explorers and drillers to discover the Urengoy deposits, helped to equip them at a faster pace. In January 1966, the seismic station V. Tsybenko, which was the discoverer of the Urengoy structure, occupied the barracks of the abandoned camp of prisoners of the 503rd construction.

On June 6, 1966, the team of master V. Polupanov drilled the first exploratory well at Urengoy, and a new unique natural gas field – Urengoyskoye – appeared on the geological map of the country.

On September 22, 1973, a symbolic peg with a sign “New Urengoy” was hammered on the site of the future city, and on December 23, a convoy arrived to build the city. On June 19, 1975, the drilling of the first production well was completed.

The settlement developed rapidly, the volume of gas production grew, and on June 16, 1980 Novy Urengoy was awarded the status of a city of district significance. In 1983, the construction of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline was completed, and since 1984, gas from Urengoy began to flow to Western Europe.

The municipality of the city of Novy Urengoy was formed in accordance with the Law of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of January 5, 1996 No. 34 "On municipalities of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug".

According to the law of Yamal No. 107-ZAO dated 16.12.2004. The settlements of Korotchaevo and Limbayaha ceased to exist as administrative-territorial units and became part of the city of Novy Urengoy.

Industry

In the city there are 3 city-forming enterprises -http://www.ugp.ru/ Urengoygazprom] (since February 2008 Gazprom dobycha Urengoy), Yamburggasdobycha (since February 2008 Gazprom dobycha Yamburg) and Tyumenburgaz, Nortgaz, as well as other enterprises (Gazprom transgaz Yugorsk) - which are part of OAO Gazprom, they account for 74% of all Russian gas produced.