Makat–North Caucasus Pipeline

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Makat–North Caucasus Pipeline (Russian: Газопровод Макат – Северный Кавказ) is a gas pipeline in Kazakhstan and Russia.

Location

The pipeline runs from Makat, Atyrau region, Kazakhstan, to the North Caucasus Federal District of Russia.

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Makat–North Caucasus Looping Pipeline

The pipeline runs from Makat, Atyrau region, Kazakhstan, to Taldykol, Atyrau region, Kazakhstan.

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Project details

• Operator: Gazprom Transgaz Makhachkala, Intergas Central Asia
• Owner: Gazprom, Qazaqgaz
• Parent company: Government of Russia, Samruk-Kazyna SWF JSC
• Capacity: 21.9 bcm/year
• Length: 944 km 492 km
• Diameter: 1200, 1400 mm,1420 mm
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1988, 1986
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure: Mozdok Kazimagomed Pipeline, Kumli Kizlyar Babayurt Aksai Pipeline

Project details, Makat–North Caucasus Looping Pipeline

• Operator: Intergas Central Asia
• Owner: QazaqGaz
• Parent company: Samruk-Kazyna SWF JSC
• Capacity: 13.147 bcm/y
• Length: 130 km
• Diameter: 1020 mm
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2023
• Cost: 86 billion KZT
• Financing: Samruk-Kazyna SWF JSC (20%); Qazaqgaz (80%)
• Associated infrastructure: Mozdok Kazimagomed Pipeline, Kumli Kizlyar Babayurt Aksai Pipeline

Background

The pipeline is 944 kilometers, has 1,200 and 1,400mm pipeline diameter, a pressure (MPa) of 5.4 and 7.4 at varying points, and one thread. It starts in Makat, Kazakhstan, and ends near Grozny, Russia. The pipeline connects to the Central Asia-Center Gas Pipeline in Makat. In 2004, the pipeline was connected to the Mozdok Kazimagomed Pipeline, via the Kumli Kizlyar Babayurt Aksai Pipeline. All three pipelines are a part of Russia’s United Gas Transmission System. A detailed route for this pipeline has been downloaded from OpenStreetMap.

In May 2023, QazaqGaz national company and the Akimat (administration) of the Atyrau Region launched a looping section of the Makat-North Caucasus Gas Pipeline in the region’s Makat District. The construction of the looping (or second) line, which runs in parallel to the first one, is valued at approximately 86 billion tenge ($192.2 million). This is one of the projects that QazaqGaz is implementing with the Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund throughout Kazakhstan. The construction of the looping link will help avoid emergencies related to the shutdown of the single gas pipeline. It will also ensure uninterrupted gas supply to the National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark special economic zone in the Atyrau Region.