Zapolyarye-Purpe Oil Pipeline

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Zapolyarye-Purpe Oil Pipeline (Russian: Нефтепровод Заполярье-Пурпе) is an operating oil pipeline in Russia.[1][2]

Location

The pipeline runs from Zapolyarye oil pumping station in Tazovsky District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug to Purpe oil pumping station, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Russia.[2]

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Project details

Background

The Zapolyarye-Purpe pipeline is the second stage of the Zapolyarye-Purpe-Samotlor line. Construction began in 2012 on the 488-km pipeline, which includes 1,200 km of supply lines, a parallel high-voltage power line, three pumping stations, and the expansion of the existing Purpe pumping station.[9] The pipeline was commissioned by Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft in January 2017. In April 2019 it was reported that the pipeline's capacity was 25 million tonnes per year, and that it would be increased to 45 million tonnes per year in the future.[10]

The pipeline flows east-to-west, but will be able to reverse flows in 2018.[11] The pipeline provides access from new fields in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, the northern Krasnoyarsk Territory, Gazprom's Urengoi fields and Rosneft's Suzunskoye, Tagulskoye, Russkoye, and Russko-Rechenskoye fields, among others, to the existing network of oil pipelines.[12] The project's budget was 120 billion rubles (US$3.9 billion).[9]

Environmental Impact

Approximately 70% of the pipeline's route is swampland, and it required the construction of seven brides and 160 river and stream crossings, including the Taz and Pur rivers.[9]

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Zapolyarye-Purpe Oil Pipeline, A Barrel Full, accessed September 2017
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Нефтепровод «Заполярье — Пурпе»". Нефтепровод «Заполярье — Пурпе». Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  3. "АО «Транснефть - Сибирь»". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  4. "АО "Транснефть-Сибирь" завершило геомониторинг объектов нефтепровода Заполярье – Пурпе". t-l.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Нефть из тундры - Первой строчкой - Статьи журнала". magazine.neftegaz.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  6. "ФАС предложила повысить тарифы "Транснефти" по прокачке нефти в 2024 г. на 7,2%". Interfax. October 11, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Трубопроводы на все случаи жизни". Kommersant. August 14, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "«Транснефть» повысила оценку стоимости проекта «Заполярье-Пурпе» до 199,2 млрд руб". oilru.com. 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2023-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Russia Brings Three New Pipelines On Line, Newsbase, 25 Jan. 2017
  10. Transneft sees fast growth in Arctic, E Siberian crude pipeline flows, S&P Platts Global, Apr. 5, 2019
  11. Russia's Zapolyarye-Purpe oil link to pump 7.5 mln T in 2017: Transneft, Reuters, 18 Jan. 2017
  12. Transneft to complete Zapolyarye-Purpe oil pipeline by end of 2016, The Arctic, 30 Jun. 2015