YEAR-ROUND

CONSTRUCTION
IN THE ARCTIC.

YAMAL LNG
YAMAL, RUSSIA
 23 SEPTEMBER MODULE ROLLING OFF THE 7 OCTOBER TRANSPORT OF MODULE 20 DECEMBER PASSING THE GAP, SLOWLY 25 DECEMBER EVEN AT -33 DEGREES ARCTIC
2015 VESSEL 2015 OVER 110 METERS LONG 2016 ROLLING OVER THE RAMP 2016 SPMTS PERFORM WELL

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VAST GAS PLANT PROJECT COMPLETED IN EXTREME CONDITIONS.

500 kilometers north of the Arctic
Circle lies Sabetta, on Russia’s
Yamal Peninsula. This remote and
perilously cold place sits on the
largest gas reserves in the world.
The Yamal Liquid Natural Gas
(LNG) plant will deliver three
liquefaction trains, each carrying
5.5 million metric tons of LNG per
year. The plant is one of the
biggest and most complex energy
projects ever undertaken. Its safe
and efficient construction required
equipment and expertise on an
unprecedented scale. All to be
deployed to an area subject to the
most challenging of conditions.
Mammoet scaled up and
innovated to meet the challenge.
Building a vast LNG plant – encom-
passing natural gas production,
liquefaction and shipping – in one of
the most inhospitable places on the
planet, presented the Yamal LNG
consortium with colossal challenges.
The site is shrouded in darkness for
much of the year and temperatures
can fall to -57ºC. To maintain large-
scale, year-round construction in such
an environment, a modular prefabri-
cated approach was required. Around
142 modules weighing up to 7,000
tons were assembled off-site ready
for transport and installation. This
minimized the impact of the weather
on construction and optimized the
reliability of the supply chain.
Mammoet had prepared well in
advance for the Arctic environment.
This included innovating their
Self-Propelled Modular Transporters
(SPMTs) that were adapted for the
frozen conditions. A huge number
of these specialist pieces of
equipment were used to transport
components from vessels moored
at the port to the construction site
and precisely maneuver the modules
onto their foundations. At the
height of the project, 25 modules,
with a combined weight of 56,000
tons, were transported in a four-
week period. This involved 1,718
axle lines working on the site
simultaneously.
To ensure the successful completion
of the operation, Mammoet sourced
and accommodated a team of highly
skilled personnel. The team used their
RESOURCES
experience to carefully manage the
equipment and workforce – optimiz- CRANES
3 crawler cranes
ing the working space and use of
4 mobile cranes
resources.Mammoet’s ability to
TRANSPORT
prepare and innovate in advance, and
1,718 axle lines of SPMT
then mobilize the vast resources Trucks, trailers, buses, pick-ups,
forklifts, cherry pickers
required for this project, enabled the
client to achieve their goal of safe, SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Jacking Crate System
year-round construction on a massive
scale, unhindered by extreme CREW
370 Mammoet Professionals (from
geographical and climatic challenges.
15 nationalities)
Since December 2017, the plant is
operating and will produce 16.5
million tons of LNG per year when
completed.

Discover more on www.mammoet.com