Kohtla-Järve-Leningrad Gas Pipeline

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Kohtla-Järve-Leningrad Gas Pipeline (Russian: Газопровод Кохтла-Ярве - Ленинград) is an operating gas pipeline in Russia and Estonia.

Location

The pipeline starts in Mooni, Jõhvi, Estonia and runs to Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

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Project Details

Kohtla-Järve-Leningrad I

• Operator: Gazprom Transgaz St. Petersburg
• Owner: Gazprom
• Parent company: Gazprom
• Capacity: 5.40 bcm/year (total for the pipeline)
• Length: 203 km
• Diameter: 720 mm
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1948
• Cost:
• Financing: Gazprom
• Associated infrastructure:

Kohtla-Järve-Leningrad II

• Operator: Gazprom Transgaz St. Petersburg
• Owner: Gazprom
• Parent company: Gazprom
• Capacity: 5.40 bcm/year (total for the pipeline)
• Length: 114 km
• Diameter: 720 mm
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1959
• Cost:
• Financing: Gazprom
• Associated infrastructure:

Background

Initially, the pipeline was used to transport shale gas from Kohtla-Järve, Estonia, and Slantsy, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, to consumers in the Leningrad region and St. Petersburg in Russia. Kohtla-Järve-Leningrad I and Kohtla-Järve-Leningrad II run parallel to each other.

Modernization of the pipeline was included in the list of "Planned Transmission Gas Pipelines" issued by the Ministry of Energy of Russia in May 2015 and revised in May 2023. According to the document, the modernization was to result in capacity upgrade of up to 12.5 bcm/year. Various sources report that the project was complete in 2018, however, no information is available about the upgraded capacity of the pipeline.

Route, Kohtla-Järve-Leningrad Gas Pipeline I

Several detailed routes for sections of this pipeline were downloaded from OpenStreetMap / Open Infrastructure Map.

In order to create a cohesive route for the entire pipeline, the following steps were taken. The way for Kohtla-Järve — Leningrad 1 (744184127) was combined with Way: Kohtla-Järve — Narva (1019744361), Way: 1174093690, and Way: 1019699089.

Way: 1019699089 was then cut off at Mooni, Jõhvi, Estonia, since that is where the pipeline appears to originate. Finally, the pipeline was further extended to Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, to its presumed end point, according to our research.

Route, Kohtla-Järve-Leningrad Gas Pipeline II

Several detailed routes for sections of this pipeline were downloaded from OpenStreetMap / Open Infrastructure Map.

In order to create a cohesive route for the entire pipeline, the following steps were taken. The way for Kohtla-Järve — Leningrad 2 (1297168215) was combined with Way: Kohtla-Järve — Narva (1019744361), Way: 1174093690, and Way: 1019699089.

Way: 1019699089 was then cut off at Mooni, Jõhvi, Estonia, since that is where the pipeline appears to originate. Finally, the pipeline was further extended to Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, to its presumed end point, according to our research.