Sever pipeline (also known as Kstovo–Yaroslavl–Kirishi–Primorsk pipeline and Sever project) is an oil product pipeline in North-West Russia. It transports diesel fuel EN-590. The pipeline is owned and operated by

Transnefteproduct Transnefteproduct (Russian: Транснефтепродукт) is an operator of oil products pipelines headquartered in Moscow, Russia. It operates more than oil pipelines. It was established by the Government of the Russian Federation on 30 Au ...

, a subsidiary of

Transneft Joint Stock Company Transneft (russian: Транснефть) is a state-controlled pipeline transport company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. It is the largest oil pipeline company in the world. Transneft is operating over of trunk pipeline ...

History

The project was approved by Decree of the Russian Federation Government No. 853-p of 24 June 2002. It was officially opened on 14 May 2008 by Russia's Prime minister

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

Route

The long pipeline runs from Kstovo through

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl ( rus, Ярослáвль, p=jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluenc ...

and

Kirishi Kirishi (russian: Ки́риши, ) is a town and the administrative center of Kirishsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volkhov River, southeast of St. Petersburg. Population: It was previously kno ...

Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast Primorsk (russian: Примо́рск; fi, Koivisto; sv, Björkö) is a coastal town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia and is the second largest Russian port on the Baltic, after St. Petersburg. It is located on the Karel ...

. It uses the same technical corridor with the Yaroslavl-Kirishi and Kirishi-Primorsk oil pipelines 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 eastern ...

. The pipeline is supplied from several refineries, including the Yaroslavl refinery, operated by

TNK-BP TNK-BP (Tyumenskaya Neftyanaya Kompaniya, Tyumen Oil Company) was a major vertically integrated Russian oil company headquartered in Moscow. It was Russia's third-largest oil producer and among the ten largest private oil companies in the world. ...

and

Gazpromneft Invest Union (formerly Gazpromneft) is a Russian company based in St. Petersburg and a former subsidiary of Gazprom. It is not to be confused with Gazprom Neft (formerly Sibneft), which is another company. On 19 December 2004, Gazpromneft (along w ...

, and from Kirishi refinery, operated by Kinef. It is connected with the Surgut-Yaroslavl-Polotsk pipeline.

Technical features

The diameter of the pipeline is . The planned capacity of the pipeline and the terminal is 24.6 million tons per year. At the first stage, the capacity is 17 million tons. The pipeline includes main pumping stations in Yaroslavl and Kirishi and four other pumping stations. The tank farm in

has capacity of 40,000 cubic meters. The Primorsk terminal's tank farm consist of 12 vertical reservoirs with total capacity of 240,000 cubic meters (annual capacity 8.4 million tonnes) at the first stage. There are plans to double and later even triple the capacity of terminal storage. The project cost US$1.3 billion.

References

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