Sabetta harbor

settlement Sabetta Сабетта Federal district Ural region Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Rajon Jamalsky Founded 1980 Height of the center 2  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34996 Post Code 629706 License Plate 89 OKATO 71 168 000 004 Geographical location Coordinates 71 ° 16 '  N , 72 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 71 ° 16 '24 "  N , 72 ° 4' 21"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

The Russian icebreaker gate in the frozen port of Sabetta (end of March 2015)

The port of Sabetta ( Russian Порт Сабетта ) is a Russian infrastructure project on the Siberian Yamal Peninsula in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug . From here, natural gas is cooled down to liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a newly built facility and transported to Europe and Asia using liquefied gas tankers . The project should be completed in 2019 ^[obsolete] .

After construction began in 2013, the first tanker was loaded with liquid gas in December 2017. In addition to Nowatek (50.1%), Total , CNPC (20% each) and the Chinese Silk Road Fund (9.9%) are also involved in the project. The total investment is estimated at US $ 27 billion.

The port with a size of 138 hectares is to be expanded to a capacity of 17.85 million tons per year. The Yamal Peninsula has large, previously untapped natural gas fields . In particular, the South Tambeiskoje field, which has been known since 1974, is to be exploited; the planned and legally guaranteed funding period extends until 2045.

The project was made possible because global warming cleared the Northeast Passage north of Russia and south of the Arctic for a few months or even all year round, depending on the location. In December 2017, a gas tanker, the Eduard Toll , reached the port of Sabetta for the first time without an icebreaker in winter; he came from South Korea and then went to France.

Web links

Commons : Port of Sabetta  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russian Government Sets Boundaries of Seaport in Yamal Penisula . worldmaritimenews.com, March 11, 2013, accessed August 24, 2013
2. ↑ https://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/yamal-lng-project-russia/
3. ^ Construction of Sabetta port to start this summer. barentsobserver.com, April 17, 2013, accessed August 24, 2013
4. ↑ Eduard Steiner: Russia's first step towards liquefied gas giants . In Die Welt , December 10, 2017, accessed on February 23, 2018.
5. ^ André Ballin: Russia's coldest breast as a heat source. In: The Standard . May 11, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Michael Meyer: The Russian ice breaks only in parts. In: Hansa , issue 4/2020, pp. 26/27
7. ↑ Information on the project on the Nowatek website, accessed on August 24, 2013 ( memento of the original from August 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ Marco Evers: Waterway through the Arctic Ocean . In: Der Spiegel . No. 34 , 2013, p. 114-116 ( online - p. 115).
9. ↑ Josh Gabbatiss: Ship makes history by taking Arctic sea route in winter without icebreaker for first time . In: The Independent . February 13, 2018 ( independent.co.uk [accessed May 11, 2018]).