Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline
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Ukhta-Torzhok 2 Gas Pipeline (Russian: газопровод Ухта - Торжок - 2 (Ямал)), also referred to as Mega-Yamal (Russian: Мега-Ямал) is an operating gas pipeline in Russia.[1][2]
Location
The pipeline runs from Sosnogorskaya compressor station in Ukhta, Komi Republic to Novogryazovetskaya compressor station #17 in Totemsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia.[1][2][3][4]
Project details
- Operator: Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta[2]
- Owner: Gazprom[1]
- Parent company: Gazprom[1]
- Capacity: 45 billion cubic meters per year[1]
- Length: 970 kilometers[1] / 603 miles
- Diameter: 55.91 in / 1,420 mm[1]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start year: 2018[1][5]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure: Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline, Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 3 Gas Pipeline, Bovanenkovo-Ukhta Gas Pipeline, Bovanenkovskoye Oil and Gas Field (Russia)[1]
Background
Construction of the the Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline project began in October 2015.[1] The pipeline was commissioned in December 2018.[6]
The Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline and the parallel Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline are significant arteries to Russia's gas supply system in the territory between the Yamal Peninsula and the Gulf of Finland. The pipelines deliver gas from the Yamal fields to Central Russia along with northwestern Russia for the needs of domestic consumers and for export purposes.[1][1][7] Each pipeline has a reported capacity of 45 bcm/year, measures 1,420 millimeters in diameter, and has a working pressure 100 atm. There are seven compressor stations.[1]
Despite language on the Gazprom website noting construction has been completed by 2018[1], the 2020 Gazprom Annual Report[8] noted that construction was continuing on the Ukhta - Torzhok 2 pipeline system. In April 2022, the CEO of Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta mentioned in an interview that the construction of the pipeline was planned to be fully completed in 2022 after commissioning of four compressor stations.[9] The 2022 Gazprom Annual Report lists the project as completed.[10]
In August 2021, the system map provided by Gazprom also indicated the possibility of a proposed additional pipeline between Gryazovets and Torzhok.[1]
Associated infrastructure and route
Associated infrastructure
The Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline runs parallel to the Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline. It also runs parallel to the proposed Ukhta-Torzhok 3 Gas Pipeline.
Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline pipeline takes gas from the hub of Ukhta and transports it southwest to Gryazovets. Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline connects to Bovanenkovo-Ukhta Gas Pipeline (segment 2) at Sosnogorskaya compressor station in Ukhta. Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline connects to Bovanenkovo-Ukhta Gas Pipeline (segment 1) at Sosnogorskaya compressor station in Ukhta. Both of these pipelines terminate at Novogryazovetskaya compressor station #17 near Gryazovets, Totemsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia.[3] These pipelines source gas from Bovanenkovskoye Oil and Gas Field (Russia).[11]
At Novogryazovetskaya compressor station #17 near Gryazovets, the Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline connects to Gryazovets-Vyborg Gas Pipeline (segment 2).[11] Gas is transported westward to Saint Petersburg and then fed into the Nord Stream Gas Pipeline.
These two pipelines run partially parallel to the older Ukhta-Torzhok (Vuktyl) Gas Pipeline (I, II, and III). However, while the Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline and Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline terminate near Gryazovets, the Ukhta-Torzhok (Vuktyl) Gas Pipeline (I, II, and III) terminates at Torzhok.[11]
Route
A detailed route was downloaded from OpenStreetMap, Open Infrastructure Map.[12]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Ukhta – Torzhok and Ukhta – Torzhok 2, Gazprom, accessed July 17, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Газпром Трансгаз Ухта (August 2017). "АКТУАЛЬНО: «ЭТИ ДАЛИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ЗЕМЛИ НАША ТРАССА ОБЪЕДИНЯЕТ...»" (PDF). СЕВЕРГАЗПРОМ. 9: 5.
{{cite journal}}: line feed character in|title=at position 50 (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ухта – Торжок". ГАЗСТРОЙПРОМ (in русский). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ↑ "Филиал ООО «Газпром трансгаз Ухта», Грязовецкое ЛПУМГ, отмечает юбилей!". ukhta-tr.gazprom.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ↑ "Ухта – Торжок". ГАЗСТРОЙПРОМ (in русский). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ↑ Gazprom’s Ukhta-Torzhok 2 gas pipeline in operation, World Pipelines, Dec. 6, 2018
- ↑ Gazprom takes extensive efforts within Ukhta – Torzhok-2 project, Oil and Gas Technology, October 27, 2015
- ↑ "Gazprom Annual Report 2020". Gazprom. Retrieved Aug 16, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "«Газпром трансгаз Ухта» прокачивает более 30 процентов всего российского газа". Правда Севера. April 7, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ГОДОВОЙ ОТЧЕТ ПАО «ГАЗПРОМ» ЗА 2022 ГОД" (PDF). Газпром добыча Краснодар. June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Open Infrastructure Map". Open Infrastructure Map. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Relation: Ухта — Торжок 2 (Ямал) (17187563)". OpenStreetMap. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
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