Baltic Pipeline System-II

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

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] The BPS-2 was completed in 2011 and began to function in late March 2012.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5] On 1 December 2008 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a resolution ordering construction.^[6]

The construction started on 10 June 2009.^[7] Construction was completed in October 2011. The opening of export terminal at Ust-Luga was postponed until 2012 due to damage by landslips.^[8]

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.^[9]

Technical description

Baltic Pipeline System-II

Legend

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

R-51 road

To Velikiye Luki

To Bologoye

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

Bryansk Oblast

Iput River

Voronitsa River

Oil-pumping station #1

Belarus

(Unecha)

To Kastyukovitchy

Oil-pumping station

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]^[10]^[11] 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.^[7] The second stage is expected to be completed by December 2013.^[6]^[11]

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 No.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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Official page of project" (in Russian). Transneft. Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
^ "Transneft Launches Construction of 2nd Stage of Baltic Pipeline". Turkish Weekly. RIA Novosti. 2009-06-10. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
^ Groszkowski, Jakub (2012-04-18). "Czech concerns over the future of the Druzhba oil pipeline". CE Weekly. Centre for Eastern Studies. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
^ 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.
^ "Russia Pipeline Extends Reach" (PDF). Iran Daily. 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-06-08.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Putin Clears New Baltic Pipeline to Cut Oil Transit". Downstream Today. AFX News Limited. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
^ ^a ^b "Russia builds Baltic oil pipeline to bypass Belarus". EurActiv. 2009-06-11. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
^ Stolyarov, Gleb; Zhdannikov, Dmitry; Pinchuk, Denis (2011-11-25). "Exclusive - Russia delays damaged Ust-Luga oil port launch". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
^ "Map of pipeline on builder cite" (in Russian). Transneft. Archived from the original on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
^ Astakhova, Olesya (2011-10-20). "Russia cuts Baltic Belarus by-pass oil flow plan". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
^ ^a ^b Konończuk, Wojciech (2009-06-17). "The construction of the BPS-2 oil pipeline starts" (PDF). EastWeek (172). Centre for Eastern Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2009-06-30.

External links

Official website (in Russian)

v t e Pipeline systems of Russia by year of launch
Natural gas pipelines	Saratov–Moscow pipeline (1946) Central Asia–Center (1960–1988) Northern Lights (1975–1994) Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline (1983) Yamal–Europe pipeline (1997) Blue Stream (2003) Dzuarikau–Tskhinvali pipeline (2009) Baku–Novo Filya pipeline (2010) Bovanenkovo–Ukhta (2011) Nord Stream 1 (2011–2012) Nord Stream 2 (suspended) Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline (2011–2012) South Stream (cancelled) Power of Siberia (2019) TurkStream (2020) Altai gas pipeline (proposed)
Petroleum (oil) 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 (proposed)
Other pipelines	Ammonia: Togliatti–Odessa pipeline (1981)