Gas and Oil

Modern Arctic Galleries

A 'Christmas tree'(valve assembly) in front of a gas drilling derrick in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
RY.2404-23
Snow covered power lines lead to a gas drilling derrick near Sabetta in the South Tambey Gas Field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia.
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At dusk, foreman, Vladimir Ermark, talks on his radio during a visit to a drilling site near Sabetta. South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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A Gas field worker using a portable steam production unit to free a frozen valve in a gas pipe at a drilling site near Sabetta. South Tambey gas field, Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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A gas field worker walks near a flare at a drilling site in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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At dusk, a geologist stands in front of a gas flare at a drilling site in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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A gas field worker dressed against the winter cold with frosted breath at -30 Celsius in the South Tambey gas field near Sabetta. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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A valve assembly in a gas pipeline covered by frost & snow at a drilling site near Sabetta. South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
RY.2406-04

A gas drilling derrick at sunset in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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Sundogs behind a 'Christmas tree'(valve assembly),in the South Tambey gas field near Sabetta. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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A gas flare at a drilling site in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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A gas drilling derrick in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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The winter sun sets behind a gas flare at a drilling site in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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Gas field workers dressed for the cold on a stormy winter's day in Sabetta. South Tambey gas field near Sabetta. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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Two gas field workers standing near a flare at a drilling site in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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Evgeniy Petrov, a safety officer for Yamal SPG, stands infront of a 'Christmas tree' (valve assembly) at a drilling site in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
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The winter sun sets behind a gas flare at a drilling site in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia
RY.2404-28
Oil pipes and drilling rig on Endicott Island, Prudhoe Bay.Alaska, USA. 1989 Alaska, U.S.A.
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Full moon & a flare at Endicott Oil Production Island. Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope. Alaska. USA. 1989
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The mile marker O zero at the start of the Alaska Oil Pipeline Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. 1989
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Worker dressed against the cold. BP oil field. Endicott Is. Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. 1989
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Oil fields and pipeline at the Prudhoe Bay Refinery. Alaska. USA. 1989
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Oil rig at Endicott Island in the polar night. Prudhoe Bay. North Slope. Alaska. 1989
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Oil Pipes leading from the Oil rigs at Endicott Island. North Slope. Prudhoe Bay. Alaska. 1989
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Oil workers on a drilling rig. Prudhoe Bay. Alaska, USA. 1989
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Oil pipes at the Prudhoe Bay Refinery on the North Slope, Alaska, USA. 1989
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Full moon & a flare at Endicott Oil Production Island. Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope. Alaska. USA. 1989
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Trans Alaska Pipeline just south of Delta Junction. Alaska. 1996
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Tugs manoevering an oil tanker, Arco Fairbanks, near Valdez.Prince William Sound, Alaska. 1988
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Aerial view of gas fields near Tazovskiy. Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia. 2000
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Jakov Vanuito, a Nenets reindeer herder, sits infront of a gas drilling derrick near Tambey in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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A derrick at the Yorharovo Neftgaz production facility north of Noviy Urengoi. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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In icy conditions, a worker struggles with a hose at Gas drilling Rig in Gazprom's Bovanenkovo field. Yamal Peninsula. Siberia. Russia
RY.0112-30
Workers checking the seams of a gas pipeline being constructed during the winter near the Yurharovo gas field. Noviy Urengoi, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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Trucks carrying large sections of gas pipe on a winter road near the Yurharovo gas field. Noviy Urengoi, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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A gas flare at a Gazprom oil production facility near Noviy Urengoy. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Drilling derricks near Sabetta in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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A gas pipeline being constructed in winter near the Yurharovo gas field. Noviy Urengoi, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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A worker checking a section of a gas pipeline being constructed during the winter near the Yurharovo gas field. Noviy Urengoi, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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A truck carrying a large section of gas pipe on a winter road near the Yurharovo gas field. Noviy Urengoi, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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A derrick and pipes in the Yorharovo gas fields north of Noviy Urengoi. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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A gas flare at a Gazprom oil production facility near Noviy Urengoy. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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A worker checking a seam on a section of a gas pipeline with an X-Ray Defectoscope being during the winter near the Yurharovo gas field. Noviy Urengoi, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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Burning off impure gas in the Gazprom's Yamsavey gas fields near Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000
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Workers on a gas drilling rig in Gazprom's Bovanenkova field in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia
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Nenets herder & his children in front of a gas rig on the tundra near Bovanenkovo. Yamal.Siberia.Russia
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Aerial view of a gas processing plant in Gazprom's Yamsavey gas fields. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000
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A pumping unit in the oil fields near Niznevartovsk. Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000
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Sakhalin Energy oil & gas pipeline construction site near Val on Sakhalin Island. Russian Far East. 2006
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Workers at a Sakhalin Energy oil & gas pipeline construction site near Val on Sakhalin Island. Russian Far East. 2006
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Workers at a Sakhalin Energy oil & gas pipeline construction site near Val on Sakhalin Island. Russian Far East. 2006
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The landscape showing part of Sakhalin Energy's 800 km oil & gas buried pipeline route near Val. Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East. 2006
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Worker adjusts a valve in a gas pipeline in Gazprom's Yamsavey gas fields near Nadym. Yamal, W.Siberia, Russia. 2000
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An exploratory gas drilling site in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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Gas drilling platform on the tundra in Gazprom's Bovanenkovo field. Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia
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A worker adjusts a valve in a gas pipeline in Gazprom's Yamsavey gas fields near Nadym. Yamal, W.Siberia, Russia. 2000
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A welder working in the gas fields at Sabetta near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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An exploratory gas drilling site in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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Gas drilling derricks & workers at Sabetta in the Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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A gas drilling derrick near Tambey in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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