Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline
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Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline (Russian: газопровод Ухта - Торжок (Ямал), also referred to as Ukhta-Gryazovets gas pipeline (Russian: газопровод Ухта - Грязовец) is an operating pipeline in Russia.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Sosnogorskaya compressor station in Ukhta, Komi Republic to Novogryazovetskaya compressor station #17 in Totemsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia.[2][3][4]
Project details
- Operator: Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta[5]
- Owner: Gazprom[1]
- Parent company: Gazprom[1]
- Capacity: 45 bcm/y[1]
- Length: 970 km[1] / 603 mi
- Diameter: 1,420 mm[1]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start year: 2012[1]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure: Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline, Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 3 Gas Pipeline, Bovanenkovo-Ukhta Gas Pipeline, Bovanenkovskoye Oil and Gas Field (Russia)
Background
The construction of the Ukhta – Torzhok gas pipeline started in 2011. Its linear part and top-priority compressor stations were put onstream in 2012 and the other compressor capacities in 2013.[1]
The Ukhta – Torzhok and the partially parallel Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 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][6]
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]
On February 13, 2023, Russian authorities reported two ruptures on the same day on the Ukhta–Torzhok Gas Pipelinecand on the Ukhta–Torzhok 3 Gas Pipeline. The first rupture occurred on the Ukhta–Torzhok Gas Pipeline near a river crossing in the Nyuksensky district of the Vologda region in the country’s northwest. The blast caused a major fire at the site. Operator Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta said the pipeline had been idle at the time of the incident, with valves at neighboring segments automatically closing when the drop in pressure was detected.[7]
Associated infrastructure and route
Associated infrastructure
The Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline runs parallel to the Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline.
Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline connects to Bovanenkovo-Ukhta Gas Pipeline (segment 1) at Sosnogorskaya compressor station in Ukhta. Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline connects to Bovanenkovo-Ukhta Gas Pipeline (segment 2) 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).[8]
At Novogryazovetskaya compressor station #17 near Gryazovets, the Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline connects to Pochinki-Gryazovets Gas Pipeline, and combined output from these two pipelines gets delivered into Gryazovets-Vyborg Gas Pipeline (segment 1).[8]
These two pipelines run partially parallel to the older Ukhta-Torzhok (Vuktyl) Gas Pipeline (I, II, and III). However, while the Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) Gas Pipeline and Ukhta-Torzhok (Yamal) 2 Gas Pipeline terminate near Gryazovets, the Ukhta-Torzhok (Vuktyl) Gas Pipeline (I, II, and III) terminates at Torzhok.[8]
Route
A detailed route was downloaded from OpenStreetMap, Open Infrastructure Map.[9]
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 Ukhta – Torzhok and Ukhta – Torzhok 2, Gazprom, accessed April, 2018
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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) - ↑ Gazprom takes extensive efforts within Ukhta – Torzhok-2 project, Oil and Gas Technology, October 27, 2015
- ↑ "Twin blasts spark fires at Russian gas pipeline". Upstream. February 13, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Open Infrastructure Map". Open Infrastructure Map. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Relation: Ухта — Торжок (Ухта — Грязовец) (17187562)". OpenStreetMap. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
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