Snigurivka–Odesa Oil Pipeline

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Snigurivka–Odesa Oil Pipeline (Ukrainian: Нафтопровід "Снігурівка-Одеса") is an idle oil pipeline in Ukraine.

Location

The pipeline runs from Snigurivka, Ukraine to Odesa, Ukraine.

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Project details

Background

Due to the increased oil production in Western Siberia and the necessity to expand export capabilities for oil shipments through oil terminal complexes in the cities of Odessa and Novorossiysk (Russia), as well as the corresponding ability to supply oil to the Odessa Oil Refinery via pipeline transport, the oil pipelines "Kuibyshev-Lysychansk", "Lysychansk-Kremenchuk", and "Snihurivka-Odesa" were constructed and put into operation in 1977-1978.[7]

In 2014, since several transit oil pipelines crossing the territory of Ukraine were not operational and Russia had stopped delivering oil to the Ukrainian oil refineries, UkrTransNafta began illegally pumping so-called "technological oil" out of those pipelines. According to this corruption scheme, the oil from the pipelines used for their maintenance was sold to money mules for the price of US$30–40 per barrel, while its market value was perhaps double that. The extent to which technological oil has been pumped out of the pipelines is unclear, but it can be assumed that it was worth hundreds of millions of dollars.[8][9][10] In 2017, it was reported that Druzhba Oil Pipeline was the only operational main oil pipeline in Ukraine.[8] Thus, the pipeline is presumed to be idle.

Articles and resources

References

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  5. "THE NEVER-ENDING COLLAPSE THE STATE OF THE UKRAINIAN OIL SECTOR" (PDF). OSW. April 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Нафтопровід магістральний". ЕНЦИКЛОПЕДІЯ СУЧАСНОЇ УКРАЇНИ. 2020. Retrieved Feb 13th, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help); line feed character in |website= at position 13 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Історія розвитку трубопровідного транспорту нафти i нафтопродуктів в Україні". http://oilcity.dp.ua/. 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2024. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. 8.0 8.1 "THE NEVER-ENDING COLLAPSE THE STATE OF THE UKRAINIAN OIL SECTOR" (PDF). OSW. April 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Укртранснафта предложила переработать технологическую нефть из нефтепроводной системы Украины". korrespondent.net. April 9, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Укртранснафта начала опустошение нефтепроводов Украины". neftegaz.ru. May 12, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)