NOVATEK Obtains International Certification for CO2 Underground Storage Sites in Yamal and Gydan

Moscow, 3 February 2022. PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) announced today that the first of three stages of international certification for long-term CO2 underground storage sites in the Yamal and Gydan Peninsulas has been successfully completed and that site feasibility certificates have been issued for further study of the sites and subsequent certification stages. Det Norske Veritas (DNV), an independent certification and classification society, issued certificates of conformity with international standards ISO 27914:2017 Carbon Dioxide Geological Storage and DNVGL-SE-0473 Certification of Sites and Projects for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide.