Baltic Pipeline System-II | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
General direction | south-north |
From | Unecha |
Passes through | Smolensk |
To | Ust-Luga, Kirishi |
Runs alongside | Luga River |
General information | |
Type | Oil |
Partners | Ust Luga Sea port, Kinef |
Operator | Transneft |
Commissioned | 2012 |
Technical information | |
Length | 1,170 km (730 mi) |
Maximum discharge | 50 million tons per year[1] |
The Baltic Pipeline System-2 (BPS-2, Russian: Балтийская Трубопроводная Система 2, БТС-2) is an under construction second trunk line of the Baltic Pipeline System. The construction to be conducted and the pipeline to be operated by Russian oil pipelines' monopoly Transneft.
History
The project was proposed after an oil dispute between Russia and Belarus at the beginning of January 2007, and was approved by the Russian government on 21 May 2007.[2][3] Although in April 2008 Russia's Ministry of Industry and Energy submitted a negative report regarding the pipeline,[4] on 1 December 2008 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a decree ordering construction.[5] The construction started on 10 June 2009.[6]
Route
The 1,170 kilometres (730 mi) long pipeline system will run from the Unecha junction of the Druzhba pipeline near the Russia-Belarus border to the Ust-Luga terminal on the Gulf of Finland. The length of the pipeline from Unecha to Ust-Luga will be 998 kilometres (620 mi) and the length of the branch line to Kirishi oil refinery will be 172 kilometres (107 mi). The pipeline will pass Bryansk, Smolensk, Tver, Novgorod, and Leningrad regions.[7][2]
Technical description
The initial capacity of the pipeline will be at the first stage 30 million tons of oil per year, which later will be upgraded to 50 million tons.[1][8] Of this, 12 million tons will be transported to Ust-Luga and 12 million tons Kirishi refinery. Diameter of the pipeline will vary between is 1,067 / 1,020 mm.[1]
The construction cost is estimated at US$4 billion.[6] The first stage of the pipeline is expected to be completed by September 2012. The second stage is expected to be completed by December 2013.[5][8]
The pipeline will have eigth pumping stations. On the first stage two new pumping stations would be built two pumping stations (in Unecha and Andreapol) would be renovated. On the second stage four new pumping stations will be added and the pumping station №7 will be equipped with with a tank farm with a capacity of 80 thousand cubic meters. In addition, the oil terminal in Ust-Luga will be built.[1]
Map
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References
- ^ a b c d "Official page of project" (in Russian). Transneft. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ a b "PM Fradkov orders second leg of Baltic Pipeline System". RIA Novosti. 2007-05-21. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ^ Kostis Geropoulos (2007-05-26). "BPS-2 to redirect oil volumes from Druzhba pipeline". New Europe. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ^ "Russia Pipeline Extends Reach". Iran Daily. 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ a b "Putin Clears New Baltic Pipeline to Cut Oil Transit". Downstream Today. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ^ a b "Russia builds Baltic oil pipeline to bypass Belarus". EurActiv. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ "Map of pipeline on builder cite" (in Russian). Transneft. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ a b Wojciech Konończuk (2009-06-17). "The construction of the BPS-2 oil pipeline starts" (PDF). EastWeek (172). The Centre for Eastern Studies. Retrieved 2009-06-30.