Baltic Pipeline System

Baltic Pipeline System
Location of Baltic Pipeline System
Location
Country	Russia
General direction	south-north-west
From	Yaroslavl
Passes through	Kirishi
To	Primorsk
Runs alongside	Sever Pipeline
General information
Type	Oil
Operator	Transneft
Commissioned	2001
Technical information
Maximum discharge	76.5 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]

References

1 2 "Baltic Pipeline System Set To Reduce Transit Dependency". St. Petersburg Times. 2006-04-11. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
↑ "The Baltic Pipeline System – the key federal project in the Leningrad Region". Leningrad Oblast Administration. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
↑ Sergei Grivenkov (December 2000). "What impact will a new port in the Baltic have on the environment?". Journal Evropa. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
↑ "Russia builds Baltic oil pipeline to bypass Belarus". EurActiv. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
↑ http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2012-04-18/czech-concerns-over-future-druzhba-oil-pipeline

External links

Baltic Pipeline System - environmental safety and reliability, Transneft

Pipeline systems of Russia by year of launch

Gas pipelines	Saratov–Moskva pipeline (1946) Northern Lights (1975–1994) Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhgorod pipeline (1983) Yamal–Europe pipeline (1997) Blue Stream (2003) Dzuarikau–Tskhinvali pipeline (2009) Baku–Novo Filya pipeline (2010) Bovanenkovo–Ukhta (2011) Nord Stream (2011–2012) Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline (2011–2012) Central Asia–Center (1960–1988; 2011–2012) Altai gas pipeline South Stream (cancelled) Turk Stream Power of Siberia (2019)

Petrol pipelines	Grozny–Tuapse oil pipeline (1928) Tikhoretsk–Tuapse pipeline (1962) Druzhba pipeline (1964) Uzen–Atyrau–Samara pipeline (1971) Baku–Novorossiysk pipeline (1997) Baltic Pipeline System (2001) Caspian Pipeline Consortium (2004) Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean oil pipeline (2010) Baltic Pipeline System-II (2012–2013) Murmansk Pipeline (unknown date)

Other pipelines	Ammonia: Tolyatti–Odessa pipeline

See also: Water pipe

Route of Baltic Pipeline System in Russia

Khariyaga–Usinsk–Ukhta

Route	Khariyaga oil-field Khariyaga^E Usa^P (Usinsk) Syinya^P Pechora^P Chikshino^P Zelenoborsk^P Tayezhnaya^P Ukhta^{E С}

Operator	PLC North Trunk Petrol Pipeline is an affiliated undertaking of Transneft

Ukhta–Yaroslavl

Route	Ukhta^{E С} Sindor^P Mikun^P Urdoma^P Privodino^P Nyuksenitsa^P Pogorelovo^P Gryazovets^P Yaroslavl^P Yaroslavlnefteorgsintez^R Palkino^{E С} Myshkin

Operator	PLC North Trunk Petrol Pipeline is affiliated undertaking of Transneft

Yaroslavl–Kirishi–Primorsk

Route	Yaroslavl^P Yaroslavlnefteorgsintez^R Palkino^E^С Myshkin Pravdino^P Pravdino^P Bykovo^P Pes^P Kirishi^{E С} Kinef ^R Nevskaya^P Sestroretskaya^P Primorsk Primorsk sea port

Operator	PLC Druzhba Pipeline is affiliated undertaking of Transneft

^E Pipe-end oil-pumping station
^P Oil-pumping station
^С Сrude oil delivery and acceptance point
^R Oil refinery plant

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

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