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Founded: 1930
Governor: Yury Neelov
Federation Council Representatives: Boris Mikhailovich Gutin (legislative, term expires March 2010); Vladimir Borisovich Spitsnadel (executive, term expires March 2010)
Duma deputy: Natalya Vladimirovna Komarova (Yamalo-Nenets district)(United Russia)
Population: 507,400 (2002 census)
Capital: Salekhard (30,000), 2,436 km from Moscow
Federal district: Ural
Economic region: East Siberia
Time zone: Moscow +2, GMT +5, EST +10
Geography: The Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area is located in the center of northern Siberia in the Russian Far North. More than 50% of the area lies north of the Arctic Circle. The area borders on the Komi Republic, the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous Area, and the Taimyr Autonomous Area. Its northern boundary is on the Arctic Ocean and it is part of the national boundary of the Russian Federation.
Urban population: 83%, Rural population: 17%
Ethnic make-up: includes Russians (58.8%), Ukrainians (13%), Tatars (5.4%) and Nenets (5.2%)
In July 2007 the perfectly preserved body of a baby mammoth, thought to have died over 10,000 years previously was recovered in the Yamal Peninsula. The mammoth's eyes and fur were intact. Following preliminary investigations the mammoth's body was sent to japan for ful tests.
Economy: The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area is a resource-producing region. The oil and gas industry is the leading economic sector, with a 93% share in total industrial production. More than 90% of Russia's natural gas and 12% of its oil are produced here. Due to the severe climate, agriculture in the region is limited to reindeer herding, hunting, fishing, and fur farming.
Jan '07 - Oil: Victoria Oil & Gas PLC, London, reported a gas-condensate discovery on the 1,224 sq km West Medvezhye license in the Yamal region of Western Siberia, Russia. Well 103 flowed on test at 400 Mcfd of gas and 350 b/d of condensate at 1,500 psi tubing pressure on a 12/64-in. choke with traces of water. The well penetrated a Jurassic J2 horizon at 3,794-99 m. Victoria will test the well for 90-120 days to collect information on daily production rates, reservoir characteristics, and productivity and then submit the data to consulting engineers for review. The company has built an ice road [from Well 103] to the next exploration well, 105, and is mobilizing the rig. Well 105, to explore a 15 sq km prospect, is to spud in the second quarter of 2007. The prospect is a four-way closure that subsurface and 2D seismic data indicate covers both structural and stratigraphic accumulations. Its potential resource is 130 million boe, the largest on the license. Victoria plans to drill Well 105 to TD 3,850 m and targets sandstones at 2,760-3,780 m.
Contact Information
Administration
72 Ulitsa Republika
Salekhard 629008
Tel.: +7 (34922) 4 46 02
Fax: +7 (34922) 4 79 99
Email: admokr@gov.yamal.ru
Press service contact
Tatyana Pavlovna Arhkipova
Tel.: +7 (34922) 4 02 87
Email: pr_serv@gov.yamal.ru
Chairman of the State Duma
Sergei Nikolayevich Kharyuchi
Tel/Fax: +7 (34922) 4 51 51
Tel.: +7 (34922) 4 47 30
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Nikolay Arkadyevich Borodulin
15 Arkhangelsky pereulok, building 3
Moscow 101000
Tel.: +7 (095) 942 67 89
Fax: +7 (095) 925 83 38
last updated August 26, 2005
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