(AGENPARL) – lun 01 agosto 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Moscow,
August
PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) announced
today that the Company
s subsidiary NOVATEK
Yurkharovneftegas
has launched a project for
with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”)
. The initiative
forms part of the Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Change Targets Program as well
as development of a multi
level leak detection sy
stem.
Using
UAVs
The project involves using domestically
sourced
UAVs
to inspect the facilities of the
Yurkharovskoye
field, one of the largest in the Company
s portfolio, and the West
Yaroyakhinsk
license area
, spanning almost 100 hectares as well as a 50
km long section of
OVATEK’
s gas pipeline.
Designed with
hypersensitive gas analyzers,
UAVs
are equipped to
operate
in remote areas and deliver real
time video feed within a range of up to 50 km.
The UAVs are an important element of the multi
includes satellite imaging and ground monitoring during site tours.
one of the
leaders in global carbon efficiency
, NOVATEK is working towards further
intensity by 4% to
/mmboe from
the 2019 baseline. The Company’
s Comprehensive Environmental and
mate Change Targets Program contains a detailed action plan to achieve this target. In 2021,
/mmboe.
information,
please
visit
http://www.n
ovatek.ru
contact:
Press Service
Investor Relations
PAO NOVATEK is
the largest independent
natural gas producer in
Russia. In
2017, the
Company entered the global LNG market by
successfully launching the Yamal LNG project.
Founded in 1994, the Company is engaged in exploration, production, processing and marketing
of natural gas and liquid hydro
carbons. Upstream activities of the Company’s subsidiaries and
joint ventures are concentrated mainly in the prolific Yamal
Nenets Autonomous Region, which
is the world’s largest natural gas producing area and accounts for approximately 80% of Russia’s
ural gas production and approximately 15% of the world’s gas production. NOVATEK
public joint stock company established under the laws of
the Russian Federation.