A new huge port is being built on Yamal - the heart of the northern sea route. Port of the Arctic Circle Sabetta Port of Sabetta which firms are building
Industrial environmental control (monitoring) of the facility in 2016-2017
![](https://i0.wp.com/cleanseas.ru/upload/medialibrary/18f/18ff89a8755d2b41aa1ed7f5f9af9750.jpg)
The specialists of the International Ecological Fund "Clean Seas" carry out environmental monitoring marine environment and fauna during the entire construction of the seaport facilities in the area of the village of Sabetta on the Yamal Peninsula. The general contractor for the construction of USK MOST OJSC was determined by the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation. Commencement of work - 2012, completion of work - 2017 The Arctic port of Sabetta is being built in the area of the village of the same name on the western coast of the Ob Bay in the Yamal region of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Tyumen region... The new port on Yamal will ensure year-round navigation of gas carriers and their passage along the Northern Sea Route. The port is being built in difficult geological, climatic and hydrological conditions beyond the Arctic Circle. The uniqueness of the project lies in the fact that construction is carried out from scratch, there is no transport infrastructure on the coast, and the navigation period, which allows dredging and delivery of heavy cargo by water, is very short and is 70 days (August - October).
Environmental monitoring of dredging in the port of Sabetta
New port in the northeast of the Yamal Peninsula will be a key element transport infrastructure the Yamal LNG project, which envisages the creation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on the resource base of the company's Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye field. The project is included in the comprehensive plan for the development of LNG production in Yamal, approved by the Russian government.
The construction of the Sabetta port will create the foundation for the development of the Yamal and Ob Bay fields, as well as ensure year-round navigation along the Northern Sea Route and will contribute to the development of the Russian icebreaker fleet. The construction will be carried out in two stages. On the first of them, berths should be built to receive large-size technological modules of the LNG plant and building materials... In July 2014, the port should receive the first modules. At the second stage, it is planned to build berths for shipping LNG and gas condensate. In a few years, the port of Sabetta should become a base for sea supplies of LNG, oil and gas condensate from the Russian Federation to Western Europe, North and South America and the Asia-Pacific region (APR). In July-November of each year, NOVATEK plans to send ships through the Bering Strait to the East, and in December-June to the West across the Atlantic Ocean. The project is being implemented by OJSC "NOVATEK" together with the French Total. Naturally, such a large-scale construction attracts increased attention of international and Russian environmental organizations. In this connection, environmental monitoring is the most important part of works.
The development of economic relations with the countries of the world, as well as the political situation led to the emergence of a project for the construction of such an important facility as the port of Sabetta. It was named after the village of the same name. The construction of the port of Sabetta is due primarily to the fact that about 20% of all oil and gas fields in Russia are concentrated in this region.
Construction project and goals
As mentioned above, the construction of a new port in the Arctic region of the country is already a necessity. This is not a separately built structure, but a whole complex called Yamal LNG. In the future, the port of Sabetta is intended to provide navigation throughout the year along the Ryadom, a plant will be built for transporting it in special tankers for export to Western Europe, South and North America and the states of the Pacific region.
In order for the Arctic port of Sabetta to function fully, a working village has been built near it. It is also planned to build a branch railroad and the airfield.
Work to be performed during the project implementation
In general, the seaport of Sabetta will be unique in terms of the construction of such structures. All work is done from scratch. At the time of the laying of the port, there was no infrastructure on the ground, goods with materials had to be delivered by sea... This applies primarily to heavy and bulky elements of the port structure. The navigation time at that time was only 3-4 months.
The construction of the port of Sabetta includes the following works:
- construction of an approach channel;
- construction of a sea channel;
- port water area;
- quay wall;
- 4 berths;
- control and correction station;
- hydrometeorological post;
- warehouses;
- buildings for technical and administrative purposes.
The work on equipping the approach channel has been completed. At the moment, work is underway to equip the port water area, the construction of infrastructure continues.
Investors and contractors
The project for the construction of the port was developed by the order of the government of the Russian Federation by the design bureau of JSC LENMORNIIPROEKT. According to the results of the tender, USK Most became the general contractor of the port facilities, and MRTS OJSC acted as the general contractor for the construction of the port.
The construction of the port of Sabetta is expensive. The investors were Novatek OJSC (Russia) and the oil and gas company TOTAL (France). The customer is Yamal LNG. Design and survey work was carried out by CJSC GT "Morstroy".
After identifying all the actors, the project had to be re-optimized. As a result, it became possible to reduce the amount of materials through their more optimal use.
Completed stages
The port was laid down in 2012 (it should be fully completed in 2017). In 2013, the quay wall was completed. The technological dam leading to the berths has been completed by more than 10%. The berths are partially ready, and in October 2013 the port of Sabetta made it possible to moor the first vessel. A workers' settlement was built. However, it is not known whether the contractors will be able to meet the deadline.
Financial difficulties on the way of construction and not only
The main funding for construction and maintenance comes from federal budget country. As it turned out two years after the laying, the optimization of the project did not go to the benefit. Apparently, the contractors will have to go back to the original project. It provides for ice protection structures. This raises the cost by more than 40%.
However, it is not possible to mothball the project. First of all, a delay in deadlines will entail very large fines. Well, the most important reason is that it can undermine prestige and reputation. Russian Federation as a reliable and stable supplier. Contracts have already been signed for a large volume of gas for transportation, and failure to meet construction deadlines will also entail financial sanctions for unfulfilled international obligations.
To raise funds, it is planned to reduce investments in other projects, such as the construction of a ferry for the Ust-Luga-Baltiysk line, the reconstruction of the port of St. Petersburg and the construction of a deep-water port in Baltiysk. Until a decision is made, the search for funds continues.
Prospects and significance
According to the project, the port of Sabetta will be used not only for export Through it, grain, metal and coal will go to the world market. This will change the economy of the region and give impetus to its further development. If we talk about political significance, then the port of Sabetta will make it possible not to depend on many countries through which goods were transported earlier. If it is possible to implement the construction of the railway, then the life of the region will change significantly.
You cannot buy tickets for the Moscow - Sabetta flight: they are taken there only according to lists and a passport. There are simply no other options, so there are no random people either. Red Wings were taking there, Yamal was back. I checked in for the flight last, which resulted in a nice bonus, but more on that later. It was unusual to see only adults in the boarding line - sober, calm, no jokes or jokes. Everyone knows where and, most importantly, why they are flying. No crazy mothers, no wild breeders. A stark contrast to the "resort" flights.
The only joke was when a lumpy man who had to go to Simferopol jumped up to us and almost flew with us to Yamal. We kept the intrigue a little, but nevertheless we admitted that Sabetta is not a resort, although it is also on the peninsula. He still managed to get on his plane.
Main square of Sabetta
The captain of the aircraft announced that the airport in Sabetta was congested and it was necessary to wait a bit. Okay, wait. And we are waiting, and we are waiting ... Finally we were towed, the pilot fired up the engines and drove off himself, but at every intersection he stood and let everyone pass!
The food was delicious in flight - I did not even expect this from the actual rotational transport. And the bonus is that although I was sitting at the end of the plane, I was alone in three seats. I thought I’d take a nap, but it was so beautiful behind the window that I didn’t stick to it. And it was also convenient to eat.
We arrived in Sabetta. Everything here was, on the one hand, simpler than at Domodedovo, and on the other, more complicated. Already no frills, such as a bus from the plane to the building, but you need to wait a long time for luggage and it is inspected for alcohol. They really look at the conscience. If something raises questions, you need to open the bag and show it, no matter how tightly packed the things. Refused - prepare a 50 thousand fine.
Nobody refuses. Alcohol in Sabetta, in villages and throughout the South Tambeysky license area (UTLU), including the LNG plant, is under a complete, absolute and total ban. Even in the church, Cahors do not receive communion. The temple, by the way, is blissful. I decided to go there on arrival - I ended up at a feast. We sat, talked, told different stories. I met people, again.
Temple in the middle of Sabetta.
In general, there are many prohibitions, but they are understandable. If you don't understand something yourself, they will explain it during the briefing. Explain simple language... For example, you cannot interact with the local fauna. If a polar bear, then it is clear that he will tear you apart purely out of curiosity, even if not hungry. If an arctic fox, then it is not known what is in his mind, plus it is quite possible rabies. I have not seen polar bears here, I will not lie, but Arctic foxes run through the garbage dumps like cats in cities, and the bravest ones beg people for yummy.
Smoking is allowed only in designated places - outside in ventilated iron sheds. Security monitors the order at UTLU, and the OVD controls the law and order.
For violation of the rules - either a sensitive (five-six-figure) fine, or deportation. Although there are violations with six signs, but without deportation. For example, a booze. Since the drowning here is brutal, then putting the mash is like two fingers. They will feel you drunk - and you yourself will owe money, and your office, moreover, twice as much, but they will not send you home. Eat, they say, further, bring us the loot. But deportation means that the deported will never again - not the next time, not from another office - will be able to come here. The only way to come here again is to change your passport. There are people who, for one reason or another, do not drink, who in Sabetta are like fish in water. There are people who specially come here on duty as for rehabilitation with occupational therapy - because they are unable to stop drinking on their own.
One of the streets of Sabetta. In fact, there are no streets as such - there are only dorm rooms, between which there are passages. All communications are laid on the surface: after all, it is permafrost.
More about fines. Turning on the heating in the room so that it does not fry so much - to get to 30 thousand. To be at the factory without work clothes - minus five percent of the salary each time. Lack of personal protective equipment (helmets and goggles) - differently, depending on the area where you were caught without them. Lack of insurance when working at height - again, deportation.
About the weather. You come from Moscow to the Arctic - you think, kick-ass! The next day the temperature drops to -3, you think: now it's a kick-ass. The next day the wind rises from the Arctic Ocean (and I must say that Yamal is practically flat and nothing prevents the wind from blowing), you think: now it's definitely a kick-ass! The next day the sun comes out, the wind does not stop, the temperature is still dropping, you think: well, okay. The next day it is just as cold, but the wind stops blowing, fog comes from the ocean, and you think: in the heat!
Sunrise on Sabetta.
The wind, if there is one, turns the cigarette out of the mouth (because of this, the habit of holding a cigarette with your teeth quickly develops), blows through the zipped zippers on the clothes, and if something from the clothes is not buttoned, there is an opportunity to lose. The habit of buttoning up appears instantly. The wind can really blow off a helmet from the head or a yellow vest from the body. At first it is surprising that all the ladders, even if they are two or three steps, are equipped with handrails, but when the wind rises, you understand that this is a necessary thing.
In Sabetta, as I said, there is a police station and a first-aid post. The fire department is located at the factory, where firefighters drive. With the strictness of the Sabetta rules, a fire in the village is unlikely, but at a plant for the production of liquefied natural gas it is quite natural to be insured. In two weeks I saw the police only once, but ambulances go by. The main function of medicine here is to heal cuts and abrasions and to keep the rabies vaccine ready. If someone is seriously ill, give a certificate, on the basis of which the person goes home ahead of time, so that he does not spread the infection and does not parasitize. No simulation is required: at the first-aid post, they ask directly: "Do you want to go home?" - and, if you want, - a tablecloth road.
In general, it is quite possible to yearn there if you treat these shifts and business trips as exile and hard labor, and not as an adventure. The people, who are weaker, go crazy - it is easier for doctors to send home those who are bored than to fix and isolate those who have already "gone".
The usual landscape. Wires and drilling - there is nothing more to catch the eye.
At UTLU, everything is done to ensure that people who come there work and do not fool around with everyday issues: what and how to eat, how to sleep, where to wash and how to maintain hygiene. Literally all questions are closed. I wrote about heating. In dormitories on each floor there are rooms with washing machines and dryers. On the ground floor there is a separate warm clothes dryer. Room cleaning - every other day. Bed linen and towels are changed once a week.
Each person is entitled to a pass - a plastic card to which money for food is credited every day. Three times a day they feed for slaughter, but even I, with my appetite, without denying myself anything, could not gobble up the entire amount.
About leisure. There is a sports complex with iron and a playground. You need to sign up for hardware in two days. I didn’t swing - I just regimented and fed. On the site you can play any playground games: volleyball, mini-football, badminton and tennis, there are ping-pong tables. Communication with civilization throughout the area is only via satellite. And it is impoverished for the user: the voice on the phone in Sabetta keeps up well, at the factory - with big interruptions (the mobile phone is not really needed there: everyone has walkie-talkies), Internet - only Edge. I saw 3G once, but it quickly fell off. Local network - only in offices, for mail, Internet access is very limited. There is Wi-Fi in some places, but it is strictly password protected. People come with gadgets, watch movies and TV shows and exchange with each other on flash drives fresh.
There are two attractions in Sabetta: the torch of the LNG plant, which can be seen from everywhere, and the temple. I was also impressed by the old buildings of dormitories, in which shift workers and border guards used to live - houses hammered out of planks. There is no one in them now, but they are standing, and this is very expressive. Such a house is quite suitable for a room for a museum of these places. Although the village is young and small, its history is already rich.
One of the old hostels.
It's funny to see how stern and gloomy during the day, guys in the evenings nag through cracks and secluded corners and coo on the phone with family and friends. This is also a powerful contrast: there is life everywhere. And in a village style (in a good sense of the word) couples walking along the streets create a good feeling.
The new building of the hostel. There are many of them in Sabetta - everyone lives there.
In general, there are no random people there. People are different: from all over Russia plus the French, Indians, Turks, Serbs. The Germans make up the concrete - with German thoroughness. And everyone is really equal.
More about the torch. A torch is a meditative thing. It is really visible from everywhere, and if it is hidden behind buildings, then the whole sky is illuminated by such a flickering red-yellow light. It looks fantastically beautiful: on the non-fig tower there is a pillar of fire from 20 to 50 meters high, plus sometimes, when something difficult is burning there, black smoke flies.
Several times I had to be next to him. Well, how close. The first 220 meters from it is a sterile zone, where entry is prohibited, and you yourself will not want to go there. But you don't want to because already half a kilometer away from him you can barely hear your neighbor because of the hum and you are really fried. You can warm your hands from a torch like from a fire. You get out of the car and think that spring has come, it's warm: there is no dirt around, there is no snow at all, and you think that you can walk without a hat in one helmet. But the hell was there: as soon as you step into the shade of some structure, you realize that you had to put on a hat, because in the shade there is the most winter, that is, the snow crunches, and the ears the cold curls up into a tube. But already a bummer: you can't take off your helmet. The village of Sabetta is located a few kilometers from the plant, our building was on the last line - and so, there is always a feeling that an airliner is flying over the house, only the source of the noise does not fly away anywhere.
About local traffic rules. I took my driver's license with me and thought that it would be possible to saddle some six-wheeled TRECOL and drive it across the tundra, well, or pop it in a pickup truck on icy roads. Fuck it all: fines for traffic violations are about 10 times higher than "mainland" ones, the speed limit is 50 km / h, and all cars are equipped with GLONASS, you can't hide. Even if you think that no one will notice your violation, the track is constantly being written and checked randomly every few days. Several services, including the traffic police, monitor order on the roads at once, and discipline is held by mutual responsibility. In the tundra, on the "bushes", the opposite is true. There is only one rule: laden transport has the advantage. Point. There are no more rules, go as you want. It looks wild at first, but then you get used to it.
In short, with an optimistic attitude, time on a business trip in Sabetta is perceived as an extreme, but damn interesting vacation.
The material was published on the East Travel Telegram channel with the consent of the author. Travel stories are published there ordinary people in the most beautiful places in Russia and the world: in Japan, Jerusalem, Chukotka, Kamchatka, Baikal, Primorye and others.
In July 2012, construction began on the new Arctic port of Sabetta on Yamal. The Sabetta seaport is a key infrastructure facility for the Yamal LNG project (Novatek, Total), which includes the creation of capacities for the production, storage and shipment of liquefied natural gas based on the resource base of the South Tambeyskoye field. According to the governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Dmitry Kobylkin, it is necessary to build a road to the seaport of Sabetta so that it turns from a monoport into a multifunctional hub of the Northern Sea Route, which can be used to export liquefied gas from Yamal, Siberian grain, metal from the Urals, Kuzbass coal, oil products from Tatarstan and Bashkortostan ...
Construction of seaport facilities in the area of the village. Sabetta
Commencement of work - 2012, completion of work - 2017
The Arctic port of Sabetta is being built near the village of the same name on the western shore of the Ob Bay in the Yamal District of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District of the Tyumen Region. The work is being carried out within the framework of the Yamal LNG project, which provides for the launch of a natural gas liquefaction plant based on the Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye field. The new port on Yamal will ensure year-round navigation of gas carriers and their passage along the Northern Sea Route.
Scope of work
As part of the construction of seaport facilities in the area of the village of Sabetta, the following are being built:
approach channel 6 km long, 495 m wide, bottom elevation minus 15.1 m;
sea channel 49 km long, 295 m wide, bottom mark minus 15.1 m;
water area of the port with a bottom mark of minus 15.2 m.
The port will be equipped with navigation equipment and built onshore infrastructure facilities:
control and correction station,
hydrometeorological observation post,
administrative, technical and warehouse buildings.
The total volume of dredging works is about 70 million cubic meters. m.
Sequence of work
The preparatory stage (2012-2013) has been successfully completed.
A technological channel was created with a length of 3.9 km, a width of 240 m, a bottom mark of minus 12.4 m and the water area of auxiliary berths. This made it possible to start delivering equipment and materials to the port construction site.
The main stage (2014-2017).
Dredging works for the construction of the main hydrotechnical facilities of the seaport of Sabetta - the approach and sea channels, as well as the port water area. Dredging is planned to be carried out in two stages during the period of four summer navigation.
Construction of onshore infrastructure facilities is carried out all year round.
Construction conditions
The port is being built in difficult geological, climatic and hydrological conditions beyond the Arctic Circle. The uniqueness of the project lies in the fact that construction is carried out from scratch, there is no transport infrastructure on the coast, and the navigation period, which allows dredging and delivery of heavy cargo by water, is very short and is 70 days (August - October).
The general contractor for the construction of seaport facilities in the area of the village of Sabetta is USK MOST OJSC, determined by the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation. The construction customer is FSUE "Rosmorport". Project organization- JSC "LENMORNIIPROEKT". Subcontractors in 2012-2013 are the Belgian company Jan De Nul n.v., specializing in the construction and maintenance of marine infrastructure, Fertoing LLC, which provides engineering support for the project, the International Ecological Fund Clean Seas, which carried out environmental monitoring of dredging.
the lot of romantics and extreme lovers, today it is becoming an ordinary sea road. In a year, a new heart of the Northern Sea Route, the port of Sabetta, will appear in the north of Siberia. A huge complex that will provide work for the nuclear fleet, researchers and merchants. New Mangazeya of Siberia
Construction of the new port of Sabetta began last summer. In the future, the new port should become the largest Arctic sea gateway in Russia. According to the press service of NOVATEK, the new port in the northeast of the Yamal Peninsula will become a key element of the transport infrastructure of the Yamal LNG project, which envisages the creation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on the resource base of the company's Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye field. The project is included in the comprehensive plan for the development of LNG production in Yamal approved by the Russian government. The construction of the port of Sabetta will create the foundation for the development of the Yamal and Ob Bay fields, as well as provide year-round navigation along the Northern Sea Route and will contribute to the development of the Russian icebreaker fleet, the report says.
The construction will be carried out in two stages. On the first of them, berths should be built to receive large-size technological modules of the LNG plant and building materials. In July 2014, the port should receive the first modules. At the second stage, it is planned to build berths for shipping LNG and gas condensate.
In fact, this is the largest offshore construction site modern Russia worth about 600 billion rubles.
December 2011 by decree Russian government for the construction of the port of Sabetta, it was ordered to allocate in 2012-2016. federal funds in the amount of 47.2 billion rubles, as well as 25.9 billion rubles. extrabudgetary funds. Previously CFO NOVATEK Mark Jetway reported that Yamal LNG plans to attract $ 7-8 billion, with a total investment in the project of $ 18-20 billion.
Of course, we are most interested in how this will affect the future of Siberia and its inhabitants. Observers assure that this will be a new Mangazeya (a city that at one time became the center of fur trades, about which the blog "Discover Siberia!" Will tell you more).
For example, here is what Vladimir Ruksha writes from Murmansk:
"The start of the Sabetta port will give us, the seamen of the nuclear icebreaker fleet, permanent long-term work. For the first time, these will be long-term contracts for 15-25 years. The Yamal LNG project at the first stage will generate 5-6 million tons of cargo in a year-round navigation mode. At the third stage, the deep-water port of Sabetta will generate up to 16 million tons per year.Taking into account the fact that this cargo traffic in a large enough volume is planned for sale to the Pacific Ocean markets, this means that in winter the nuclear icebreakers of Rosatomflot will ensure the safe pilotage of ships with cargo hydrocarbons through the Kara Sea, most likely in the European direction, and in the summer - autumn period, the same cargo will go in transit along the routes of the Northern Sea Route, also accompanied by the nuclear-powered ships of Rosatomflot.
The port of Sabetta is the second mangazeya for the Yamal land. I am sure that the beginning of the construction of a deep-water Arctic port and the beginning of financing the construction of a new nuclear-powered icebreaker of Rosatomflot are links in one chain, stages of one huge project to develop the most important transcontinental transport route - the Northern Sea Route. "
And here is another certificate from the construction site. Most recently, the 2nd year master of the Department of Ecology and Nature Management of the Institute of Economic Management and Management of the Siberian Federal University, Alexander Mitev, went there. As usual for young romantics, he compares this construction site with the second BAM, and is ready to return there even now to create a mega-project:
“Maybe for someone else there is a question - why build a huge port in the Arctic? - but the answer lies on the surface. where they are really needed How to deliver them to the consumer?
So in this respect I was lucky - there has not been such a large project in Russia, probably since the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. And so, as part of a group of environmental specialists, I ended up on the Yamal Peninsula, where it was necessary to conduct radiation and environmental studies.
I had never been to the tundra before, but it turned out to be approximately the same as I imagined it: cold, wind, snow, polar night and northern lights. In general, it turned out to be quite difficult to work in the Far North without habit, especially when you are in the open air for 6-8 hours. Nevertheless, the harsh, lifeless beauty of this land does not leave indifferent any of those who have been here. "