Urengoy gas field

No victims from the blaze at remote location in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous region.

Fire eliminated at Urengoyskoye field after three and half hour battle.

Supplies to EU maintained despite mega-blast with flames 200 metres in the sky, and heat felt 1km from fireball.

Despite appearances, there is no city anywhere near this oil and gas facility in the Arctic.

Pipes are built over bulging and unstable Arctic pingos prone to violent eruptions caused by 'thawing methane gas', as seen twice on the Yamal peninsula this year.

Up to 300,000 people a year expected to pass through Sabetta International as region gears up to become a gas powerhouse.

Greenpeace is demanding the Russian government blocks a major Gazprom link to Shanghai across one of Siberia's most sacred wildernesses.