(NOVY URENGOY, YAMALO-NENETS AUTONOMOUS OKRUG) – A drone threat was declared in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug on 9th September 2026, with the likely target being the Novy Urengoy Plant for Preparing Condensate for Transportation, according to the press service of the region’s governor.
Residents have been urged to remain indoors and stay away from windows. Restrictions on aviation infrastructure were recorded in Novy Urengoy, with flights to and from the city delayed.
As of now, there has been no confirmation from Russian authorities or Gazprom regarding damage to the facility. Russian official bodies have not reported that a drone struck the plant specifically, nor have they reported a fire or damage to technological equipment. There is also no confirmation regarding possible consequences for the facility’s operations.
The facility is located more than 3,000 km in a straight line from Ukraine. The Novy Urengoy Plant for Preparing Condensate for Transportation is one of the region’s key gas condensate infrastructure facilities. It is part of the Gazprom Pererabotka structure and prepares gas condensate for further transportation and processing.
The plant’s design capacity after modernisation is approximately 19.5 million tonnes of raw materials per year. The facility receives unstable gas condensate from fields in Western Siberia, including the Yamburg, Zapolyarnoye, and Urengoy fields. The plant produces stable and de-ethanized condensate, a broad fraction of light hydrocarbons, and liquefied hydrocarbon gases. Some of the prepared raw material is sent by pipeline for further processing.
In 2021, a large scale fire occurred at the plant at the condensate de-ethanization unit. After the accident, Gazprom implemented a project to build a new unit, which was commissioned in 2024.
Denis Shtilerman, co-founder of the attack drone manufacturing company Fire Point, reported that the Ukrainian long range FP-1 UAV travelled approximately 3,200 km and struck the plant.
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