Baku-Novorossiysk Oil Pipeline
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Baku-Novorossiysk Oil Pipeline (also known as the Northern Route Export Pipeline and Northern Early Oil Pipeline, Baky-Grozny-Tikhoretsk-Novorossiysk Oil Pipeline (МНП Баку-Новороссийск, Нефтепровод "Баку-Грозный-Тихорецк-Новороссийск") is an 1,330-km long oil pipeline, which runs from the Sangachal Terminal near Baku to the Novorossiysk terminal at the Black Sea coast in Russia. The Azerbaijani section of the pipeline is operated by the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and the Russian section is operated by Transneft.[1]
Location
The pipeline originates at the Sangachal Terminal near Baku, Azerbaijan, and terminates at the Novorossiysk terminal at the Black Sea coast in Russia.
Project details
- Operator: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR); Transneft[2]
- Owner: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR); Transneft[3]
- Parent company: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR); Transneft
- Capacity: 5.3 mtpa[4]; 105,000 bpd[5]
- Length: 1,330 km[6]
- Diameter: 720 mm[7]
- Status: Operating[8]
- Start year: 1983, 1997[9]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
A contract on the transportation of Azeri oil via Russia to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk was signed on 18 February 1996. The trilateral contract was concluded between the Azerbaijan International Operating Company, SOCAR and Transneft. The pipeline was commissioned on 25 October 1997.[10] The low-sulfur and more expensive Azerbaijani oil in this pipeline system was mixed with the heavier Turkmen and Caspian oil, resulting in a reduction in its cost at the output.[11]
On 6 December 2006, after a dispute over gas supplies from Russia, Azerbaijan announced that it would stop the exports of Azeri oil through the Baku–Novorossiysk pipeline starting on 1 January 2007.[12] Although SOCAR continued decreased oil supplies through the Baku-Novorossiysk Pipeline, the Azerbaijan International Operating Company stopped using the pipeline starting from 1 April 2007 and SOCAR became the new operator of the Azerbaijani section. [13] SOCAR temporarily stopped oil supplies through the pipeline in February 2008 due to a pricing disagreement with Transneft.[1] Later that year, the disagreement has been resolved and SOCAR resumed pumping oil on old agreement terms. In August 2008, the transport of oil along the Baku–Novorossiysk pipeline was radically increased due to sabotage in Turkey and the conflict in Georgia forcing a temporary shutdown of the rival Baku-Ceyhan and Baku-Supsa pipelines. As of 2013, the Baku–Novorossiysk pipeline remains operational, although the volume of oil pumped through it is relatively low. In 2012, SOCAR exported a total of 25 million tons of oil along all routes. Among them, only 2 million tons were exported through the Baku–Novorossiysk pipeline. The remaining 20 million and 3 million tons were exported through the Baku-Ceyhan and Baku-Supsa routes, respectively.[14] The crude oil transported through Baku–Novorossiysk pipeline comes from the Chirag Oil Field (Chirag-1) and Early Oil Project, the first stage of larger Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) project.[15]
In October 2020, the oil pipeline was attacked on the Azerbaijani territory by Armenia, as reported by the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office. Subsequently, deliveries through the pipeline ceased. In 2019, a total of 824,000 tons of oil was transported along the Baku-Novorossiysk route.[11]
In October 2023, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov discussed the possibility of expanding the Tikhoretsk-Baku segment of the pipeline for reverse deliveries of Russian oil to Azerbaijan. According to Novak, the volume of Russian oil supplies to Azerbaijan could reach 4 mtpa. If the project moves forward, Azerbaijan will be able to process Russian oil in the domestic market and increase the export of its own raw materials.[11] The capacity of the pipeline is around 5 mtpa, but in recent years, the loading has not exceeded 3 mtpa, of which 2 mtpa are oil from Kazakhstan.[16]
Route
The Baku–Novorossiysk Pipeline extends to 1,330 km, of which 231 km are laid in Azerbaijan.[10] In Russia the pipeline runs through Dagestan. Originally, it also ran through Chechnya and connected with the existing Grozny–Baku and Grozny–Novorossiysk pipelines.[17][18][19] However, during the Second Chechen War the Chechen section of the pipeline was closed and Transneft built a Chechenya bypass loop.[20]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 S. Aliyev, V. Sharifov (2008-02-06). "SOCAR Becomes Operator of Azerbaijani Section of Baku-Novorossiysk Pipeline". Trend News Agency. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ↑ "SOCAR перенаправит запланированные на май объемы из трубопровода Баку – Новороссийск в БТД" (in русский). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "О компании Публичное Акционерное Общество "Акционерная компания по транспорту нефти "Транснефть"". finam.ru. 2020-07. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Нефтепровод Баку - Новороссийск будет перекачивать на 2 млн т больше нефти" (in русский). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "The Transportation of Oil |Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan". Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "Нефтепровод Баку - Новороссийск будет перекачивать на 2 млн т больше нефти" (in русский). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "Oсновные маршруты транспортировки энергетических ресурсов - Azerbaijan.az". azerbaijan.az (in русский). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "SOCAR boosts oil transportation via Baku-Novorossiysk". Azernews.Az. 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "МНП Баку-Новороссийск". Neftegaz.ru. May 15, 2013. Retrieved Aug 3, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Transport routes of Azerbaijani oil (Baku-Novorossiysk, Baku-Supsa)". Azerbaijan Portal. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Россия и Азербайджан обсудили расширение нефтепровода". Ведомости. October 13, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Confirmed: Azerbaijan to stop using Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline". Mosnews. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ↑ "Azerbaijan decreases oil exports via Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline". Regnum. 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ↑ "В 2012 году SOCAR экспортировала 25 млн. тонн нефти по всем маршрутам". 1NEWS.AZ. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- ↑ Embassy of Azerbaijan in Georgia
- ↑ "Трубопровод Грозный — Баку не пострадал от землетрясения в Дагестане". oilcapital.ru. January 15, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Karagiannis, Emmanuel (2013). Energy and Security in the Caucasus. Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 9781134547425.
- ↑ Stulberg, Adam N. (2007). Well-Oiled Diplomacy. Strategic Manipulation and Russia's Energy Statecraft in Eurasia. State University of New York Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780791470633.
- ↑ Marriott, James; Minio-Paluello, Mika (2012). The Oil Road: Journeys From The Caspian Sea To The City Of London. Verso Books. p. 100. ISBN 9781844679270.
- ↑ Kandiyoti, Rafael (2012). Pipelines: Flowing Oil and Crude Politics. I.B. Tauris. p. 165. ISBN 9781848858398.
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