Murmansk-Volkhov Gas Pipeline
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Murmansk-Volkhov Gas Pipeline (also known as Volkhov-Murmansk-Belokamenka Gas Pipeline; Russian: Газопровод "Мурманск - Волхов", газопровод-отвод "Волхов-Мурманск-Белокаменка") is a proposed gas pipeline in Russia.[1]
Location
The pipeline is proposed to run from Volkhov, Leningrad Oblast, via Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast, to Belokamenka, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.[1][2]
Project details
- Operator: Gazprom PJSC[1][3]
- Owner: Gazprom PJSC[1][4]
- Parent company: Gazprom PJSC[5]
- Capacity: 41.2 bcm/year[1][6]
- Length: 800 km[1][7]
- Diameter: 1420 mm[4]
- Status: Proposed[1][8][3][9][7]
- Start year: 2028[1]
- Cost: RUB 450-500 bln / USD 6,3-7 bln[1]
- Financing: Gazprom[8]
- Associated infrastructure: Murmansk LNG Terminal, Gryazovets-Volkhov Gas Pipeline, Volkhov-Segezha-Kostomuksha Gas Pipeline
Background
In March 2021, the pipeline was expected to start construction within the next five years.[10] Estimated cost of investment is USD 4 billion.[11] There have not been any recent developments related to this pipeline since June 2021.[12][13] The pipeline is to supply gas to the Murmansk Oblast by connecting the Oblast to Russia's unified gas supply system and using the surplus gas of 110 bcm/y caused by the status of Nord Stream Gas Pipeline and Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline.[8] The gas pipeline will also supply the proposed Murmansk LNG Terminal with gas.[1] Construction works on the gas pipelines were expected to commence in 2023.[8]
Initially, the gas pipeline was planned to run in the opposite direction through this corridor — from north to south, the Murmansk-Volkhov Gas Pipeline (51.84 bcm/y) — to supply gas from the offshore Shtokman field to the Unified Gas Supply System. The new version of the project more clearly outlines the pipeline's purpose: "to supply natural gas to the Murmansk LNG project and to consumers in the Republic of Karelia and the Murmansk region" (previously, only Murmansk and the region were mentioned as consumers). The project has also been given a new name: the "Volkhov-Murmansk-Belokamenka Branch Gas Pipeline". It was earlier reported that the construction of the Volkhov-Murmansk-Belokamenka Gas Pipeline could be combined with another project — Volkhov-Segezha-Kostomuksha Gas Pipeline. The latest additions to the "Territorial Planning Schemes of the Russian Federation in the Field of Federal Transportation (specifically, pipeline transportation)", released in March 2024 by the Russian Ministry of Energy, confirm the merger of the projects, as the Volkhov-Segezha-Kostomuksha Gas Pipeline has been excluded from the document.[2][14]
In April 2024, it was reported that Gazprom may finance the construction of the gas pipeline, necessary for the Murmansk LNG project, by providing NOVATEK with a discount on gas transportation within the rest of Russia's Unified Gas Supply System (UGSS). This settlement scheme is currently being discussed by the companies. NOVATEK will build the pipeline itself, but then it will transfer it to Gazprom on an installment plan and pay a tariff for gas transportation through it. Under a government directive, Gazprom, in return, must provide NOVATEK with a discount on gas transportation through other pipelines.[1]
In November 2024, the Government of Russia issued a directive approving a list of transmission gas pipelines designated for construction, reconstruction, or major overhaul by entities holding a natural monopoly in gas pipeline transportation (i.e. Gazprom). The Murmansk-Volkhov Gas Pipeline was among those listed.[3][6] In May 2025, the project was mentioned in the updated list of "Planned Transmission Gas Pipelines" released by the Ministry of Energy of Russia.[9] The pipeline is marked as "under construction/prospective"on the "Map of the Main Production Asses and Projects of Gazprom Group in Russia" included in the Gazprom 2024 Annual Report.[15] In May 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Gazprom, together with the Russian government, to build and commission the Volkhov–Murmansk Gas Pipeline by 2030.[7]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "НОВАТЭКу предложат скидку на прокачку газа за трубопровод в Мурманск Чем необычна предложенная схема оплаты строительства". www.rbc.ru. April 10, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Перечень магистральных газопроводов, планируемых для размещения". Судебные и нормативные акты РФСудебные и нормативные акты РФ. March12, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Распоряжение Правительства РФ от 16.11.2024 N 3302-р <Об утверждении перечня магистральных газопроводов в соответствии со статьей 9 Закона РФ от 21.02.1992 N 2395-1 "О недрах">". legalacts.ru. November 16, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Energy Base," Accessed July 28, 2021
- ↑ "Gazprom Group Profile". sustainability.gazpromreport.ru. 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "13 газопроводов Газпрома. Правительство РФ поручило компании строительство и реконструкцию ключевых газотранспортных проектов". neftegaz.ru. November 19, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Путин поручил запустить газопровод Волхов - Мурманск до 2030 года". TASS. May 17, 2025. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Газпром планирует начать строительство МГП Волхов - Мурманск в 2023 г." (in русский). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Приложение N 4. Перечень магистральных газопроводов, планируемых для размещения". СудАкт: Судебные и нормативные акты РФСудебные и нормативные акты РФ. May 24, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Газопровод от Волхова до Мурманска оценили в 300 млрд рублей". DP.RU. March 22, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ↑ "Газификация Мурманской области позволит до 2035г привлечь 400 млрд руб. инвестиций - губернатор". Интерфакс Россия. May 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ↑ "Не дали газу - Почему Минэнерго не спешит газифицировать каждый дом". versia.ru. Jan 24, 2022. Retrieved Jul 12, 2022.
- ↑ "Газпром и НОВАТЭК могут проложить магистральный газопровод в Мурманскую область". Neftegaz.ru. Jun 25, 2021. Retrieved Jul 12, 2022.
- ↑ "Оценка мощности газопровода-отвода до Мурманска уточнена до 41,2 млрд куб. м в год". Interfax. March 13, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Gazprom 2024 Annual Report". Центр раскрытия корпоративной информации. June 27, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
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