Baltic Pipeline System-II

The Baltic Pipeline System-2 (BPS-2, Russian: Балтийская трубопроводная система 2, БТС-2) is a second trunk line of the Baltic Pipeline System. The pipeline is constructed and operated by Russian oil pipeline company Transneft.[2][3] The BPS-2 was completed in 2011 and began to function in late March 2012.[4]

Baltic Pipeline System-II
Location
Country	Russia
Province	Bryansk Oblast Smolensk Oblast Tver Oblast Novgorod Oblast Leningrad Oblast
From	Unecha
Passes through	Smolensk
To	Ust-Luga Kirishi
Runs alongside	Luga River
General information
Type	Crude oil
Operator	Transneft
Construction started	2009
Commissioned	2011
Technical information
Length	1,170 km (730 mi)
Maximum discharge	50 million tons per year[1]
No. of pumping stations	8

History

The project was proposed after an oil transit dispute between Russia and Belarus at the beginning of January 2007, and was approved by the Russian government on 21 May 2007.[2][5][6]

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.[7] On 1 December 2008 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a resolution ordering construction.[8]

The construction started on 10 June 2009.[9] Construction was completed in October 2011. The opening of export terminal at Ust-Luga was postponed until 2012 due to damage by landslips.[10]

Route

The 1,170-kilometre (730 mi) 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 kilometres (620 mi) and the length of the branch line to Kirishi oil refinery is 172 kilometres (107 mi). The pipeline passes Bryansk, Smolensk, Tver, Novgorod, and Leningrad regions.[5][11]

Technical description

Plan of Baltic Pipeline System-II

Gulf of Finland Tanker's cargo Luga River lines to Europe Oil-pumping station # 9 Petroleum store (Ust-Luga) Ust-Luga Sea port R-35 road To Kotly To Keikino To Petrodvorets To Ivangorod To Veimarn To Gdov R-42 road To Osmino To Veimarn To Partizanskaya To Prujitsy Luga River R-39 road Oil-pumping station # 8 M-20 highway To Luga To St. Petersburg Luga River R-41 road To Luga To Lubań Oil-pumping station Nevskaya Pipe-end oil-pumping station (Kirishi) Oil-pumping station Pes Kinef To Volkhov To Kirishi Volkhov River Pipeline Bridge N-33 road To St. Petersburg To Pestovo Tigoda River  Leningrad Oblast  Novgorod Oblast To Volkhov To Chudovo M-10 ( E105) To St. Petersburg To Moscow To St. Petersburg To Veliky Novgorod Kerest River To Dno To St. Petersburg R-47 road To Luga To Veliky Novgorod To Luga To Veliky Novgorod Luga River Oil-pumping station # 7 (Menusha) R-52 road To Utorgosh To Shimsk To Soltsi To Veliky Novgorod Shelon River A-116 highway To Dno To Staraya Russa Polist River Porusia River Oil-pumping station # 6 (Lopastino) To Kholm To Staraya Russa Lovat River R-51 road Pola River  Novgorod Oblast  Tver Oblast To Velikiye Luki To Bologoye Oil-pumping station Oil-pumping station (Borisovo) (Velikiye Luki) Oil-pumping station # 5 (Andreapol) Daugava River To Velikiye Luki To Rzhev M-9 highway To Velikiye Luki To Moscow Mezha River  Tver Oblast  Smolensk Oblast Dubovitsy Oil-pumping station # 4 To Bely Ozerniy R-136 road To Smolensk To Roslavl M-1 highway To Vyazma To Smolensk To Sukhinichi Dnieper River To Smolensk To Roslavl 230 km Oil-pumping station # 3 To Smolensk To Roslavl Sozh River A-141 highway To Mstsislaw To Pochinok  Belarus R-96 road To Krychaw To Roslavl Iput River Sosonki Oil-pumping station # 2  Smolensk Oblast Iput River  Bryansk Oblast Voronitsa River Oil-pumping station #1  Belarus (Unecha) To Kastyukovitchy Oil-pumping station To Mikhalki (Desna) (Mazyr) Druzhba pipeline

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.[1][12][13] Of this, 12 million tons will be transported to Ust-Luga and 12 million tons to Kirishi refinery. Diameter of the pipeline will vary between 1,020 and 1,067 millimetres (40 and 42 in).[1]

The construction cost is estimated at US$4 billion.[9] The second stage is expected to be completed by December 2013.[8][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 cubic metres (2,800,000 cu ft). In addition, the oil terminal in Ust-Luga was built.[1]

References

1. "Official page of project" (in Russian). Transneft. Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
2. "Oil route to bypass Belarus might be ready in less than 18 months". RT. 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
3. "Transneft Launches Construction of 2nd Stage of Baltic Pipeline". Turkish Weekly. RIA Novosti. 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
4. Groszkowski, Jakub (2012-04-18). "Czech concerns over the future of the Druzhba oil pipeline". CE Weekly. Centre for Eastern Studies. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
5. "PM Fradkov orders second leg of Baltic Pipeline System". RIA Novosti. 2007-05-21. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
6. Geropoulos, Kostis (2007-05-26). "BPS-2 to redirect oil volumes from Druzhba pipeline". New Europe. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
7. "Russia Pipeline Extends Reach" (PDF). Iran Daily. 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
8. "Putin Clears New Baltic Pipeline to Cut Oil Transit". Downstream Today. AFX News Limited. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
9. "Russia builds Baltic oil pipeline to bypass Belarus". EurActiv. 2009-06-11. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
10. Stolyarov, Gleb; Zhdannikov, Dmitry; Pinchuk, Denis (2011-11-25). "Exclusive - Russia delays damaged Ust-Luga oil port launch". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
11. "Map of pipeline on builder cite" (in Russian). Transneft. Archived from the original on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
12. Astakhova, Olesya (2011-10-20). "Russia cuts Baltic Belarus by-pass oil flow plan". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
13. Konończuk, Wojciech (2009-06-17). "The construction of the BPS-2 oil pipeline starts" (PDF). EastWeek. Centre for Eastern Studies (172). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2009-06-30.

External links

• Official website (in Russian)