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The Baltic Pipeline System-2 (BPS-2, ') is a second trunk line of the
Baltic Pipeline System 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 easte ...
. The pipeline is constructed and operated by Russian oil pipeline company
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. The BPS-2 was completed in 2011 and began to function in late March 2012.


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. 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. On 1 December 2008
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signed a resolution ordering construction. The construction started on 10 June 2009. Construction was completed in October 2011. The opening of export terminal at Ust-Luga was postponed until 2012 due to damage by landslips.


Route

The long pipeline system runs from the
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junction of the
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near the Russia–Belarus border to the
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terminal on the
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. The length of the pipeline from Unecha to Ust-Luga is and the length of the branch line to
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is . The pipeline passes
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,
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,
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, and
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regions.


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. Of this, 12 million tons will be transported to Ust-Luga and 12 million tons to
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. Diameter of the pipeline will vary between . The construction cost is estimated at US$4 billion. The second stage is expected to be completed by December 2013. 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
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with a capacity of . In addition, the oil terminal in Ust-Luga was built.


References


External links


Official website (in Russian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baltic Pipeline System-Ii Energy infrastructure completed in 2011 Oil pipelines in Russia Transneft Baltic Sea