Baltic Pipeline System

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Baltic Pipeline System
Location of Baltic Pipeline System
Location of Baltic Pipeline System
Location
CountryRussia
General directionsouth-north-west
FromYaroslavl
Passes throughKirishi
ToPrimorsk
Runs alongsideSever Pipeline
General information
TypeOil
OperatorTransneft
Commissioned2001
Technical information
Maximum discharge76.5 million tons per year

The Baltic Pipeline System (BPS) is a Russian oil transport system operated by the oil pipeline company Transneft. The BPS transports oil from the Timan-Pechora region, West Siberia and Urals-Volga regions to Primorsk oil terminal at the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland.

History[]

The project started in 1997 and construction was completed in December 2001. In April 2006 the Baltic Pipeline System reached full design capacity.[1]

Technical features[]

Main elements of the BPS-1 are:

  • Yaroslavl-Kirishi pipeline
  • Kirishi pumping station
  • Kirishi-Primorsk pipeline
  • Oil terminal in Primorsk.[2]

The capacity of the BPS-1 is 76.5 million tons of oil per year.[1]

Controversy[]

During planning and construction stages the project was criticized by environmentalists, mainly because of the Baltic Sea's status as a particularly sensitive sea area and Primorsk’s proximity to the Beryozovye Islands nature reserve, a major bird sanctuary protected by the Ramsar Convention.[3]

BPS-2[]

Main article: Baltic Pipeline System-II

The Baltic Pipeline System-2 (BPS-2) is a second trunk line of the system running from the Unecha junction of the Druzhba pipeline near the Russia-Belarus border to the Ust-Luga terminal on the Gulf of Finland with a 172 kilometres (107 mi) long branch line to the Kirishi oil refinery. The construction of the BPS-2 started on 10 June 2009[4] and it entered in function in late March 2012.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Baltic Pipeline System Set To Reduce Transit Dependency". St. Petersburg Times. 2006-04-11. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  2. ^ "The Baltic Pipeline System – the key federal project in the Leningrad Region". Leningrad Oblast Administration. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  3. ^ Sergei Grivenkov (December 2000). "What impact will a new port in the Baltic have on the environment?". Journal Evropa. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  4. ^ "Russia builds Baltic oil pipeline to bypass Belarus". EurActiv. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  5. ^ "Czech concerns over the future of the Druzhba oil pipeline". 18 April 2012.

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Coordinates: 60°20′07″N 28°42′54″E / 60.3353°N 28.7150°E / 60.3353; 28.7150

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