Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline

The Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean oil pipeline ("ESPO pipeline", Russian: Восточный нефтепровод) is a convert|4700|km|mi|-2 long pipeline system to export Russian crude oil to the Asia-Pacific markets (Japan, China, Korea). The pipeline is being laid by the route of Taishet-Kazachinskoe-Skovorodino-Perevoznaya–Kozmino. From Skovorodino the branch pipeline would extend to Daqing, China.cite news
url= http://www.upstreamonline.com/incoming/article135430.ece
title=Russia-China pipeline progressing
publisher=Upstream Online
date=2007-06-15
accessdate=2007-12-08]

Because of protests of environmental organizations, the pipeline route was moved convert|40|km|mi|0 north of Lake Baikal. The pipeline will be operated by Russian pipeline company Transneft.

Technical features

The capacity of the first stage of convert|1220|mm|in|0 diameter pipeline will be 80 millions tons of crude oil per year. The pipeline will consist 32 pumping stations, including 13 with tank farms with total capacity of 2.67 million cubic meter. The capacity of the link to China will be 30 millions tons of crude oil per year.cite news
url=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070719/69246823.html
title=Work on second leg of East-Siberian pipeline could start 2015
publisher=RIA Novosti
date=2007-07-19
accessdate=2006-04-05]

For feeding pumping stations with electricity, a 35 MW power station will be build near the town of Olyokminsk in the Sakha Republic. It will be fired by the crude oil from the ESPO pipeline. The power station will be designed for independent operation in demanding arctic temperature conditions.cite news
url=http://www.downstreamtoday.com/News/Articles/200711/Wartsila_Announces_Major_Contracts_for__7107.aspx
title=Wartsila Announces Major Contracts for 2007
publisher=Downstream Today
date=2007-11-14
accessdate=2008-04-05]

The terminal at Kozmino will have a tank farm with capacity of 350,000 cubic meters. The loading capacity of the terminal will be 300,000 barrels per day.cite news
url=http://vn.vladnews.ru/issue608/Special_reports/Transneft_to_start_oil_terminal_construction_in_Kozmino
title=Transneft to start oil terminal construction in Kozmino
publisher=Vladivostok News
date=2008-02-28
accessdate=2008-06-08]

Construction

The construction of convert|2757|km|mi|0|abbr=on long first stage of the pipeline started in April 2006. This first section will run from Taishet in Irkutsk Oblast to Skovorodino in Amur Oblast. From Skorovodino, an extension will be built to China. The first stage consists also construction of an export terminal in Primorsky Krai. The pipeline is being built by Systema SpecStroy, Krasnodarstroytransgaz, Vostok Stroy, Promstroy, Amerco Int. and IP Set Spb.cite news
url= http://www.scandoil.com/moxie-bm2/news/pipeline/transneft-cites-siberian-pacific-slow-down.shtml
title=Transneft cites Siberian-Pacific slow-down
publisher=Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine
date=2007-11-22
accessdate=2007-11-25] Five 16V32 crude oil-fired engines for the pipeline-related power station will be delivered in summer 2008 by Wärtsilä.

On 22 November 2007, Transneft announced the first phase pipeline was 41% complete instead of a projected 60%, while pumping stations were 24% ready instead of 56%.cite news
url= http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article144640.ece
title=Work on Transneft's China link slips
publisher=Upstream Online
date=2007-11-22
accessdate=2007-11-25] The first stage of the pipeline with the total cost of US$12.27 billion and the export terminal with cost of US$1.74 billion are planned to be completed in the third quarter of 2009.cite news
url= http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL2759710220071227
title=Russia delays Asian oil pipeline to Q3 2009
author=Tanya Mosolova
publisher=Reuters
date=2007-12-27
accessdate=2008-03-15]

Construction of the convert|2100|km|mi|-2|abbr=on long second stage from Skovorodino to the Pacific Ocean would start after launch of the first stage. It could be commissioned between 2015-2017. [cite news
url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/newsline/index.shtml?2007/04/28/420546
title=С.Вайншток: Проблем с наполнением второй очереди ВСТО не будет
publisher=Vedomosti
date=2007-04-28
accessdate=2007-05-19] cite news
url= http://www.downstreamtoday.com/News/Articles/200707/Russian_Official_Phase_of_ESPO_Could__4895.aspx
title=Russian Official: Phase 2 of ESPO Could Be Online in 2015-2017
publisher=Downstream OToday
date=2007-09-19
accessdate=2008-04-05]

Recourse base

The pipeline will be supplied from the oil fields of Tomsk Oblast and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in Western Siberia along the existing Omsk-Irkutsk pipeline that will join the new project in Taishet, as well as oil provinces of Eastern Siberia. At the initial stage 22 million tons of oil will be supplied by Rosneft and 8 million tons by Surgutneftegaz.

ee also

*Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline

References

External links

* [http://www.transneft.ru/Projects/Default.asp?LANG=EN The Oil pipeline system Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean] , by Transneft
* [http://www.kommersant.com/p667408/r_500/Transneft_Sets_to_Eastern_Siberia-Pacific_Ocean_Oil_Pipeline/ Transneft Sets to Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean Oil Pipeline] , by Kommersant, 18 April 2006
* [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/01/content_405264.htm Russia orders oil pipeline to Pacific] , by China Daily, 1 January 2006