Baltic Pipeline System
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The Baltic Pipeline System is a Russian oil transport system operated by oil pipeline company Transneft. The Baltic Pipeline System transports oil from the Timan-Pechora region, West Siberia and the Urals-Volga region to Primorsk oil terminal at the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland. Main elements of the Baltic Pipeline System are:
- Yaroslavl-Kirishi pipeline
- Kirishi pumping station
- Kirishi-Primorsk pipeline
- Oil terminal in Primorsk
The project started in 1997 and the construction was completed in December 2001. In April 2006, the Baltic Pipeline System reached to its full design capacity of 1.3 million barrel of oil a day.
During planning and construction stages, the project was criticized by environmentalists, mainly because of Baltic Sea status as a particularly sensitive sea area and Primorsk port’s proximity to the Beryozovye ostrova nature reserve, a major bird sanctuary protected by the Ramsar Convention.
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- The Baltic Pipeline System – the key federal project in the Leningrad Region, by Leningrad Oblast Administration
- Baltic Pipeline System - environmental safety and reliability, Transneft
- Baltic Pipeline System Set To Reduce Transit Dependency, by the St. Peterburg Times, 11 April 2006
- What impact will a new port in the Baltic have on the environment?, by Sergei Grivenkov, Journal Evropa, December 2000
