Uray
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Uray is a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, located on the Konda River
350 kilometres (217.5 mi) from Khanty-Mansiysk
. Population: Postal code: 628285. Dialing code: 34676.
It is served by Uray Airport
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It was founded as a settlement for oil field
workers. It was granted town status in 1965.
oilpipe line. TPP Uraуneftegaz OOO "LUKoil
- Zapadnaya Sibir" oil reprocessor plant is located in Uray.
Other Uray's industries include food industry and housebuilding.
Konda River
Konda is a river in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia. The town of Uray and the Shaimskoye oil field is situated by the Konda....
350 kilometres (217.5 mi) from Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...
. Population: Postal code: 628285. Dialing code: 34676.
It is served by Uray Airport
Uray Airport
Uray Airport is an airport in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia located 4 km southeast of Uray. It services up to medium-sized airliners.-Airlines and destinations:...
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It was founded as a settlement for oil field
Oil field
An oil field is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically extend over a large area, possibly several hundred kilometres across, full exploitation entails multiple wells scattered across the area...
workers. It was granted town status in 1965.
Economy and industry
Uray is the organizational center of the oil-extracting region. In 1960, the first oil field in Siberia—the Shaimskoye field—opened here). Uray is the starting point of the Shaim–TyumenTyumen
Tyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River east of Moscow. Population: Tyumen is the oldest Russian settlement in Siberia. Founded in 16th century to support Russia's eastward expansion, the city has remained one of the most...
oilpipe line. TPP Uraуneftegaz OOO "LUKoil
LUKoil
Lukoil/LUKoil ; ) is Russia's second largest oil company and its second largest producer of oil. In 2009, the company produced 97.615 million tons of oil; ....
- Zapadnaya Sibir" oil reprocessor plant is located in Uray.
Other Uray's industries include food industry and housebuilding.