Ключевское месторождение
The place
Klyuchevskoye Mestorozhdeniye ("Klyuchevskoye Deposit") in Tomsk Oblast, Kolpashevo/Parabel area (western Siberia, Vasyugan Plain, Russia), at 102 m elevation, in the western taiga of the Vasyugan Plain. Continuous western Siberia, Russia cluster (batches 260-340). An oil or gas field site with a drilling workers' cabin ("Klyuchevskoye" = "at the spring"), in an area of Vasyugan marsh taiga (the Vasyugan Reserve, 200,000 km², the world's largest marsh/peat bog, 6% of the world's peat reserves), the West Siberian hydrocarbon province (the world's 2nd largest oil reserves after the Persian Gulf, 90% Russia, Rosneft/Gazprom), heritage of the Selkup people (a Ugric people, 3,600 people, speaking Selkup, UNESCO Severely Endangered, 100 speakers).
The setting
Tomsk Kolpashevo/Parabel western Siberia Vasyugan Plain Russia 102 m taiga, continuous cluster batches 260-340, drilling workers' cabin Klyuchevskoye "at the spring", Vasyugan Reserve 200,000 km² world's largest marsh 6% world peat, West Siberian 2nd largest world oil after Persian Gulf 90% RU Rosneft/Gazprom, Selkup Ugric 3,600 people UNESCO Severely Endangered 100 speakers.
