Gazprom announces start of construction/overhaul of its portion of Northern Latitudinal Railway - Nadym-Pangody

MOSCOW. Oct 3 (Interfax) - Gazprom is beginning construction (overhaul) of the Nadym - Pangody section of railroad, which will become a part of the Northern Latitudinal Railway, the company said in a statement.

The Northern Latitudinal Railway will allow for organizing a direct connection between Northern and Sverdlovsk railroads on the Obskaya - Salekhard - Nadym - Pangody - Novy Urengoy - Korotchaevo route in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District (YNAO). The total length of the railway is about 700 km.

A general contractor agreement has been signed for carrying out construction and installation work on the Nadym - Pangody section (109 km in length), which is in Gazprom's area of responsibility.

The customer of the contract for the complex of works on creation of facilities included in the "Completion of construction (reinforcement) of the Nadym - Pangody railway line" construction project is Gazprom Transportation Nadym LLC. According to the government procurement system, the contract amount for the period through the end of 2027 will be 43.166 billion rubles. The bulk of the funding will fall between 2023 and 2025. The agreement with the only contractor was signed on September 12.

According to the document, the reconstruction and reinforcement of the existing railway infrastructure, including the roadbed, bridges, energy and transport facilities, as well as communications, will be carried out in line with required technical parameters.

Gazprom plans to use the new transport route in the YNAO to export hydrocarbon products from the company's fields in the region, as well as to deliver cargoes and personnel there.