Baltic Pipeline System-II

The project was proposed after an oil transit dispute between Russia and Belarus at the beginning of January 2007, and was approved by the Russian government on 21 May 2007.

{{cite news

|url=http://www.neurope.eu/articles/74317.php

|title=BPS-2 to redirect oil volumes from Druzhba pipeline

|first=Kostis

|last=Geropoulos

|publisher=New Europe

|date=2007-05-26

|accessdate=2007-12-29

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016151733/http://www.neurope.eu/articles/74317.php

|archivedate=2007-10-16

}}

Although in April 2008 Russia's Ministry of Industry and Energy submitted a negative profitability report regarding the pipeline, Russia opted to develop its own infrastructure for exporting hydrocarbons, bypassing former Soviet transit countries. The main

goal of the pipeline is to protect Russia and its partners from the transit countries' possible decisions to raise tariffs or siphon off hydrocarbons.{{cite news

|url = http://www.nitc.co.ir/iran-daily/1387/3134/pdf/i7.pdf

|title = Russia Pipeline Extends Reach

|newspaper = Iran Daily

|format = PDF

|date = 2008-05-24

|accessdate = 2008-06-08

}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On 1 December 2008 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a resolution ordering construction.

The construction started on 10 June 2009.

{{cite news

|url= http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/russia-builds-baltic-oil-pipeline-bypass-belarus/article-183101?Ref=RSS

|title= Russia builds Baltic oil pipeline to bypass Belarus

|publisher=EurActiv

|date=2009-06-11

|accessdate=2009-06-30| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090619075747/http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/russia-builds-baltic-oil-pipeline-bypass-belarus/article-183101?Ref=RSS| archivedate= 19 June 2009 | url-status= live}}

Construction was completed in October 2011. The opening of export terminal at Ust-Luga was postponed until 2012 due to damage by landslips.

{{cite news

|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/world/exclusive-russia-delays-damaged-ust-luga-oil-port-launch-idUSTRE7AO1A7/

|title= Exclusive - Russia delays damaged Ust-Luga oil port launch

|first1 = Gleb |last1 = Stolyarov

|first2 = Dmitry |last2 = Zhdannikov

|first3 = Denis |last3 = Pinchuk

|agency = Reuters

|date= 2011-11-25

|accessdate=2011-11-25

}}

The {{convert|1170|km|mi|adj=on}} long pipeline system runs from the Unecha junction of the Druzhba pipeline near the Russia–Belarus border to the Ust-Luga terminal on the Gulf of Finland. The length of the pipeline from Unecha to Ust-Luga is {{convert|998|km|mi}} and the length of the branch line to Kirishi oil refinery is {{convert|172|km|mi}}. The pipeline passes Bryansk, Smolensk, Tver, Novgorod, and Leningrad regions.{{cite web

|url = http://www.transneft.ru/objectdata/WebPageImpl/3658/74.gif

|title = Map of pipeline on builder cite

|publisher = Transneft

|language = Russian

|accessdate = 2009-09-20

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110208191816/http://www.transneft.ru/objectdata/WebPageImpl/3658/74.gif

|archive-date = 2011-02-08

|url-status = dead

}}

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The initial capacity of the pipeline at the first stage is 10 million tons of oil per year, which will be upgraded to 50 million tons during the second stage.

{{cite news

|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/business/energy/russia-cuts-baltic-belarus-by-pass-oil-flow-plan-idUSL5E7LK20V/

|title= Russia cuts Baltic Belarus by-pass oil flow plan

|first1 = Olesya |last1 = Astakhova

|agency = Reuters

|date= 2011-10-20

|accessdate=2011-11-25

}}{{cite journal

|title = The construction of the BPS-2 oil pipeline starts

|first = Wojciech

|last = Konończuk

|publisher = Centre for Eastern Studies

|journal = EastWeek

|date = 2009-06-17

|issue = 172

|url = http://osw.waw.pl/files/EastWeek_172.pdf

|format = PDF

|accessdate = 2009-06-30

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090816023203/http://osw.waw.pl/files/EastWeek_172.pdf

|archive-date = 2009-08-16

|url-status = dead

}} Of this, 12 million tons will be transported to Ust-Luga and 12 million tons to Kirishi refinery. Diameter of the pipeline will vary between {{convert|1020|and|1067|mm|in|0}}.

The construction cost is estimated at US$4 billion. The second stage is expected to be completed by December 2013.{{cite news

|url= http://downstreamtoday.com/news/article.aspx?a_id=14008

|title= Putin Clears New Baltic Pipeline to Cut Oil Transit

|agency= AFX News Limited

|publisher= Downstream Today

|date= 2008-12-01

|accessdate= 2008-12-05

|archive-date= 2012-04-26

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120426000343/http://downstreamtoday.com/(S(roniqb45t3aava45duiwb2yq))/news/article.aspx?a_id=14008

|url-status= live

}}

The pipeline will have eight pumping stations. During the first stage, two new pumping stations were built, and two pumping stations (in Unecha and Andreapol) were renovated. During the second stage, four new pumping stations will be added, and the pumping station No.7 will be equipped with a tank farm with a capacity of {{convert|80,000|m3}}. In addition, the oil terminal in Ust-Luga was built.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090726173752/http://www.transneft.ru/projects/project/?zpID=8115 Official website (in Russian)]

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