Explosion at Rosneft’s Largest Gas Field: 1 Dead, 7 Injured

An explosion occurred at Rosneft’s largest gas field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. One person died, and seven were injured, according to Rostechnadzor. The prosecutor's office has already launched an investigation. There is no environmental threat.

The explosion happened during the night from Thursday to Friday. As described by Shot, around 3 AM in the gas condensate processing area, a "powerful explosion occurred." A fire broke out shortly after.

According to the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological, and Nuclear Supervision (Rostechnadzor), one person died as a result of the accident, and seven others — two company employees and five contractor employees — were injured.

"At this moment, the fire at the East-Urengoy installation has been contained. There is no threat to the population or the environment, and air pollution monitoring is being conducted on-site," adds Rostechnadzor.

"Rospan" is one of Rosneft's leading and largest gas projects. It combines several fields with approximately 975 billion cubic meters of gas, over 150 million cubic meters of gas condensate, and over 40 million tons of crude oil.

Rosneft’s subsidiary is also one of Russia's largest producers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Most of the LPG shipments from Rospan are carried out by rail. Last year, the company’s railway LPG transports amounted to nearly 977,000 tons, 425,000 tons more than in 2022.