Baltic Pipeline System 2
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Baltic Pipeline System 2 (BPS-2) is a second trunk line of the Baltic Pipeline System. The pipeline was constructed and is operated by Russian oil pipeline company Transneft.[1][2] The BPS-2 was completed in 2011 and commissioned in late March 2012.[3]
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Location
The pipeline originates in Unecha and terminates in Ust-Luga.
Project Details
- Operator: Transneft
- Current capacity: 1,000,000 barrels per day
- Length: 1,170 kilometers / 727 miles
- Status: Operating
- Start Year: 2012
History
The project was proposed after an Russia-Belarus oil transit dispute between Russia and Belarus at the beginning of January 2007, and was approved by the Russian government on 21 May 2007.[1][4][5]
Although in April 2008 Russia's Ministry of Industry and Energy submitted a negative profitability report regarding the pipeline, Russia opted to develop its own infrastructure for exporting hydrocarbons, bypassing former Soviet transit countries. The main goal of the pipeline is to protect Russia and its partners from the transit countries' possible decisions to raise tariffs or siphon off hydrocarbons.[6] On 1 December 2008 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a resolution ordering construction.[7]
The construction started on 10 June 2009.[8] Construction was completed in October 2011. The opening of export terminal at Ust-Luga was postponed until 2012 due to damage by landslips.[9]
Route
The 1,170-km long pipeline system runs 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 is 998 km and the length of the branch line to Kirishi oil refinery is 172 km. The pipeline passes Bryansk, Smolensk, Tver, Novgorod, and Leningrad regions.[4][10]
Technical description
The initial capacity of the pipeline at the first stage is 10 million tons of oil per year, which will be upgraded to 50 million tons during the second stage.[11][12][13] Of this, 12 million tons will be transported to Ust-Luga and 12 million tons to Kinef|Kirishi refinery. Diameter of the pipeline will vary between 1,020 and 1,067 mm.[11]
The construction cost is estimated at US$4 billion.[8] The second stage is expected to be completed by December 2013.[7][13]
The pipeline will have eight pumping stations. During the first stage, two new pumping stations were built, and two pumping stations (in Unecha and Andreapol) were renovated. During the second stage, four new pumping stations will be added, and the pumping station №7 will be equipped with a tank farm with a capacity of 80,000 m3. In addition, the oil terminal in Ust-Luga was built.[11]
Contaminated oil
In May 2019 it was reported that parts of the pipeline had been shut down after contaminated oil was sent through the Druzhba section to several EU countries.[14] The contaminated oil contained 330 parts per million (ppm) of chloride versus a usual level of 10 ppm.[14]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Oil route to bypass Belarus might be ready in less than 18 months" (2007-02-14). Retrieved on 2009-11-09.
- ↑ "Transneft Launches Construction of 2nd Stage of Baltic Pipeline", Turkish Weekly (2009-06-10). Retrieved on 2009-11-09.
- ↑ "Czech concerns over the future of the Druzhba oil pipeline", Centre for Eastern Studies (2012-04-18). Retrieved on 2012-04-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "PM Fradkov orders second leg of Baltic Pipeline System" (2007-05-21). Retrieved on 2007-12-29.
- ↑ Geropoulos, Kostis (2007-05-26). "BPS-2 to redirect oil volumes from Druzhba pipeline", New Europe. Retrieved on 2007-12-29. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16.
- ↑ "Russia Pipeline Extends Reach" (PDF) (2008-05-24). Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Putin Clears New Baltic Pipeline to Cut Oil Transit", Downstream Today (2008-12-01). Retrieved on 2008-12-05.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Russia builds Baltic oil pipeline to bypass Belarus", EurActiv (2009-06-11). Retrieved on 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009.
- ↑ "Exclusive - Russia delays damaged Ust-Luga oil port launch" (2011-11-25). Retrieved on 2011-11-25.
- ↑ Map of pipeline on builder cite (Russian). Transneft. Retrieved on 2009-09-20.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Official page of project (Russian). Transneft. Retrieved on 2009-09-20.
- ↑ "Russia cuts Baltic Belarus by-pass oil flow plan" (2011-10-20). Retrieved on 2011-11-25.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Konończuk, Wojciech (2009-06-17). "The construction of the BPS-2 oil pipeline starts" (PDF). EastWeek (172). Centre for Eastern Studies. Retrieved on 2009-06-30.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 [1], 112 UA, May 8, 2019
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External resources
Wikipedia also has an article on the Baltic Pipeline System and Baltic Pipeline System-II. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
