home Calculators Transneft PJSC put into commercial operation the Zapolyarye – Purpe and Kuyumba – Taishet pipeline systems. Pipeline system "Zapolyarye-Purpe"

Transneft PJSC put into commercial operation the Zapolyarye – Purpe and Kuyumba – Taishet pipeline systems. Pipeline system "Zapolyarye-Purpe"

The Bovanenkovo – Ukhta-2 gas pipeline and two Transneft oil pipelines Zapolyarye – Purpe and Kuyumba – Taishet were solemnly put into operation today in Yamal and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The launch command was given via video link by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pipelines will ensure gas supply to Unified system gas supply (UGSS) of the Russian Federation, as well as the reception of oil from recently exploited fields of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) and the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Before the ceremony, the President said that the three pipelines would significantly expand the capabilities of the entire oil and gas industry. In addition, they will contribute to the further development of Russian regions. Of course, first of all, new transport routes will help ensure and increase the supply of hydrocarbons for export.

“It is obvious to everyone that the need for energy resources, of course, both in our country due to economic growth and in the world, it will only grow. The demand for hydrocarbon raw materials will also increase. In order to be prepared for market expansion, it is necessary to make investment decisions in a timely manner, which is what we did on these projects,” Putin emphasized. – And when planning further work, we need to respond most carefully not only to what is happening on the world energy markets, but also to look at the dynamics of the development of our own Russian economy. So that we never have restrictions on economic growth due to any shortage of energy resources and related infrastructure.”

The head of state also praised the pipeline builders, noting that all three projects were implemented “at the highest professional level.” Putin said that during construction, despite difficult climatic conditions, all environmental requirements. In addition, modern domestic technology was used.

Bovanenkovo – Ukhta-2

The Bovanenkovo-Ukhta-2 pipeline, like the existing Bovanenkovo-Ukhta pipeline, will deliver gas from the largest Bovanenkovo oil and gas condensate field in Yamal to the UGSS. Its length is 1.2 thousand kilometers. Among other things, the new pipeline will help fill both lines of the Nord Stream 2 under construction with fuel.

To do this, it is necessary to supplement the so-called Northern Gas Corridor with a gas pipeline. Gazprom already started construction of this line in 2015.

Explored and preliminary estimated gas reserves at the Bovanenkovskoye oil, gas and condensate field amount to 4.9 trillion cubic meters. Industrial development of this fishery began in 2012.

Polar region - Purpe

The oil pipelines that were solemnly launched today are, in principle, already functioning. For example, Transneft began filling the Arctic Circle - Purpe with raw materials back in April last year, but this process was lengthy and lasted for six months. At the beginning of December, Transneft began pumping oil through this pipeline without setting a tariff. Later the tariff was approved at 399 rubles per ton.

Zapolyarye - Purpe - according to experts, the northernmost main oil pipeline with a capacity of 45 million tons per year and a length of 488 km. Its resource base is the Urengoy group of Gazprom fields; Suzunskoye, Tagulskoye, Russkoye, Russko-Rechenskoye fields of Rosneft; Messoyakha and East Messoyakha fields, developed by Rosneft and Gazprom Neft; as well as the Pyakyakhinskoye field of LUKOIL. The Zapolyarye–Purpe pipeline connected these fields with the Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline system.

The main pumping volumes (up to 78%) were contracted by Transneft. According to preliminary agreements, the operating company intends to annually supply up to 10 million tons of oil to Rosneft, as well as up to 7.4 million tons of oil to Messoyakhaneftegaz, up to 3.1 million tons to LUKOIL, and up to 3.1 million tons to Gazprom. and 1.3 million tons of SeverEnergia.

The highway passes through the Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrugs. The route of the route for the most part passes through swampy terrain, with areas of continuous and discontinuous permafrost. The cost of the entire project, according to the head of Transneft, Nikolai Tokarev, is more than 200 billion rubles.

“1.5 thousand jobs have been created. About 3 billion rubles in taxes will be allocated to budgets of all levels,” Tokarev noted at the pipeline launch ceremony.

Kuyumba – Tayshet

The Kuyumba-Taishet oil pipeline connected the Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye and Kuyumbinskoye fields in the Krasnoyarsk Territory with an oil pumping station in Taishet and then with the ESPO oil pipeline. In November 2016, Rosneft began pumping raw materials from the Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye field into the pipeline system. In 2018, Kuyumba will also join.

The implementation of the Kuyumba-Tayshet project includes two stages. The first involves the construction of a linear part, two oil pumping stations (OPS) with a total tank volume of 160 thousand cubic meters, the creation of a central repair service and a production support base in the Boguchansky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, as well as the expansion of the main oil pumping station-1 “Tayshet”. The throughput capacity of the oil pipeline at this stage will be 8.6 million tons of oil per year.

The second stage provides for the construction of two more oil pumping stations (PS-3 and PS-4) in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Irkutsk Region. The volume of transportation of raw materials will gradually increase and should reach 9.9 million tons by 2023, and from 2024 - 11 million tons per year. IN in the future The capacity of the Kuyumba – Taishet oil pipeline will reach 15 million tons of oil per year.

The total length of this pipeline is about 700 kilometers. Its construction cost 124.2 billion rubles. :///

Pipeline system "Zapolyarye-Purpe"

The design capacity of the second section, the Zapolyarye–Purpe oil pipeline, is 45 million tons per year. The total length of the oil pipeline is about 500 km. Currently, design and survey work is underway. It is planned to put the oil pipeline into operation in stages: stage 1 - in December 2013, stage 2 - in December 2014, stage 3 - in December 2015.

Main oil pumping station No. 1 with power plant

The main oil pumping station is the northernmost point of the Zapolyarye-Purpe oil pipeline. In summer, you can only get here by helicopter, due to the extremely mobile soil. Therefore, VELESSTROY imported all the necessary equipment for construction in the winter. Weather conditions are also not kind to the builders. In summer, the sun does not set beyond the horizon for days, but the average temperature does not rise above 5-11 degrees. In winter, frosts are down to -45, and if it gets warm, then up to -20 C. The main task for the general contractor Velesstroy LLC is the construction of eight vertical steel tanks with a pontoon roof, with a capacity of 20,000 m3. Like all objects at the gas pumping station, tanks are installed on piles. About five hundred piles are required for one tank. In one day, VELESSTROY workers manage to install about 300. The grillage of the foundation of the tanks is raised above the ground by 1.5 m, the piles go 12 m deep, and the thermal stabilizers - by 15. At the site, VELESSTROY also carried out work on the construction and installation of a booster pumping station and seven tanks for storing fuel of various capacities, four fire-fighting water tanks, a fire station, a fire extinguishing pumping station, a cable rack, a control room, diesel power plant, process pipeline and more.

Oil pumping station No. 2

PS-2 is located south of GNPS-1, at the 152nd kilometer of the route. According to the project, at this NPS VELESSTROY is building 10 vertical steel tanks with a pontoon roof. Like the main oil pumping station, PS-2 has problems with permafrost. To prevent melting of the soil under the tanks, a thermal stabilizer is installed next to each pile. At this site, VELESSTROY is constructing ten fuel storage tanks of various capacities, organizing construction and installation work to assemble service and amenity buildings, fire extinguishing pumps and for water intake, and is engaged in the construction of roads.

Linear part 44 km

Within investment project"Zapolyarye - NPS Purpe" VELESSTROY carries out construction and installation work, including above-ground and underground laying of pipelines, construction of a 10 kV voltage line overhead line, construction of shut-off valve units and plungers for the linear part of the 3rd stage of the pipeline system on the section km 0 - km 44 ,56. During the engineering surveys it was revealed that pipes would have to be laid in extremely difficult geological conditions, due to so-called unstable soils, for example, fine ice. They either remain frozen for a long time, or when warmed by a few degrees they turn into an iron-like mass, losing their load-bearing capacity. To ensure the reliability of the oil pipeline, they decided to run it above ground, placing the pipe with an additional heat-insulating layer on pile foundations. To prevent heat loss during oil transportation, all pipes are equipped with special insulation.

Pipeline system of PS "Purpe" - LPDS "Samotlor"

Pipeline system PS "Purpe" - LPDS "Samotlor" In 2010-2011, a project was implemented, which resulted in an increase in oil supplies from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the northern part of the Krasnoyarsk Territory to 25 million tons per year. To do this, across the territory of Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansiysk (Yugra) autonomous okrugs more than 400 kilometers of pipelines were laid, the Purpe and Samootlor oil refineries were reconstructed, energy and technological support. All this work was carried out as part of the construction of the Purpe - Samotlor oil pipeline - the first part of the global project to create the Zapolyarye - Purpe - Samotlor trunk oil pipeline. The second section, Zapolyarye–Purpe, will have a length of about 500 kilometers and a capacity of about 45 million tons per year. Commissioning is planned for the end of 2015. The Purpe - Samotlor oil pipeline made it possible to increase oil supplies from the Vankor field to the Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) system, and from there to world markets or Russian oil refineries. The future construction of additional intermediate oil refining stations will double the capacity of the finished site - up to 50 million tons per year

Participation of Velesstroy LLC in the construction of the Purpe-Samotlor oil pipeline. Only companies with experience in overcoming water obstacles and working with difficult soils could participate in the implementation of the project for the construction of the Purpe-Samotlor oil pipeline, where a third of all areas of the route were swamps and wetlands. , drainage of swampy areas. VELESSTROY, able to apply advanced technologies and complex construction equipment, organize processes in difficult natural conditions, successfully coped with the assigned tasks. In addition to mandatory compliance requirements federal legislation in the field of security environment, Velesstroy LLC specialists at all stages - from design to commissioning - applied increased industrial and environmental safety standards.

Intermediate Oil Pumping Station No. 2 Vyngapur

The Vyngapur intermediate oil pumping station is a modern facility, equipped with the latest technology, built in the tundra. VELESSTROY carried out the construction and installation of the main pumping station, which, of course, is the heart of the station, the control room, which displays all the data on pressure, temperature, vibration in the pumping station and other indicators in real time. He built a closed parking lot for equipment, a fire station, a boiler room, a canteen, and a room for closed switchgear and much more. What I would like to specifically note about the pumping station: firstly, 90% of the equipment in the pumping station is domestic. And, secondly, during the construction of the station, the customer and VELESSTROY paid special attention to the environmental safety of oil transportation: the pumps were equipped with a leak control system, and there are gas sensors in the station premises.

Purpe oil pumping station

The Purpe oil pumping station is the starting point of the Purpe-Samotlor oil pipeline. The station is located in the Purovsky district of the Yamal Territory. Acting as a general contractor in 2010-2011, VELESSTROY completed a set of works for the construction of four tanks with a volume of 20,000 m3, a main pumping station building, a fire extinguishing pumping station, a water supply pumping station, a fuel filling station, the construction of engineering networks and communication networks, and carried out installation work technological equipment, power supply.

Purpe Oil Pumping Station - Expansion

Due to the impossibility of expanding the tank farm at the existing Purpe oil pumping station, which Velesstroy LLC built several years ago, the company had to build a new oil pumping station, which is located three kilometers from the existing one. Today VELESSTROY carries out construction and installation work, incl. construction/dismantling of temporary buildings and structures; carrying out work to uncover the intersections of communications and networks of third-party organizations, their technical examination with the involvement of a specialized organization, etc.; carrying out commissioning works; carrying out work on reclamation of disturbed lands.

Construction of the northernmost oil pipeline in Russia, Zapolyarye-Purpe, continues. The highway will give impetus to the development of new promising deposits Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and northern Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Zapolyarye-Purpe oil pipeline - component transport system Polar region-Purpe-Samotlor. The main line from the oil pumping station (OPS) "Purpe" to the oil pumping station "Samotlor" was put into operation in 2011. Through it, hydrocarbons from the Vankor field began to flow into the Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean pipeline system (ESPO), joining the export flow directed to the East. The Zapolyarye-Purpe highway, 485 km long, is the next stage of construction of the system.

This is the northernmost oil pipeline of the Transneft company. The air temperature in those parts ranges from -56 ºС in winter to +34 ºС in summer, and wind speeds often exceed 40 m/sec. At the same time, northern oil is distinguished by high viscosity, and in order to avoid its solidification during transportation, it is necessary to maintain a certain temperature. For this purpose, it is planned to construct oil heating points at the oil pumping station and along the main oil pipeline route.

The most convenient season for laying a highway is winter, when the reservoirs of the north are covered with a thick layer of ice

Above permafrost

The main difficulty of the project is determined by the fact that the pipe passes through permafrost. That's why most of For the first time in Transneft's practice, the oil pipeline was laid not in the traditional underground way, but above the ground - on special supports. This eliminates the effect of heat from the pipe on permafrost soils. However, the underground method of laying in these specific conditions is also not entirely traditional. To preserve the temperature properties of oil and at the same time prevent the soil from thawing, pipes with an additional heat-insulating layer applied at the factory were used.

At the stage of pre-project preparation, Transneft specialists carefully studied both domestic and Foreign experience similar construction, in particular the experience of construction and subsequent operation of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline in the USA, also laid above ground. Over the years of operation, this highway has encountered a sufficient number of problems, including such serious incidents as the destruction of supports. Therefore, Transneft decided to rely on the reliability of the main technical solutions of the Zapolyarye-Purpe project.

During its development, the company conducted a number of desk and field tests various types support structures and technology for their construction. This allowed us to ultimately accept the optimal technical solutions using several types of supports: fixed, fixing the angles of rotation of the pipeline, freely movable and longitudinally movable, ensuring the operation of compensators.

To prevent the processes of soil thawing during the operation of both the linear part of the oil pipeline and the structures of oil pumping stations, thermal stabilizers were installed - special devices charged with refrigerant. They freeze the soil, maintaining a negative temperature in it. In total, at the Zapolyarye-Purpe project, Transneft tested many technological innovations and received 16 Russian patents.

The linear part of the Zapolyarye-Purpe main oil pipeline. Photo: Oleg Smerdev

The northernmost section of the system is being built from south to north: from the Purpe oil pumping station - to the zero kilometer, where the main oil pumping station (GNPS) No. 1 "Zapolyarye" will operate already beyond the Arctic Circle. All stages of construction, all types of work are carefully planned taking into account the characteristics of northern weather and nature.

The fact is that the most convenient season for laying a highway is winter, when numerous swamps and reservoirs of the North are covered with a thick layer of ice. At this time, it is easier to deliver the necessary equipment along the highway - welding complexes, pipe layers, excavators. That is why the main types of work - welding an oil pipeline, driving piles, installing supports, laying pipes - also occur in the winter.

In the spring, the pace of work slows down, since at the end of May - beginning of June the area along which the Zapolyarye-Purpe route passes almost entirely becomes a surface of water. But this does not mean at all that construction is stopped during the warm season - where possible, work continues. Also in the summer, hydrotesting of already completed sections of the oil pipeline is carried out, and machinery, equipment and materials are being imported along existing waterways.

To zero kilometer

Construction of the first and second phase sections was completed in 2013 and 2014. Last winter, which ends in May in these latitudes, the main efforts were concentrated on the construction of the linear part (that is, the pipe itself) of the third stage of construction. This is 151 km of the main line from State Oil Pumping Station No. 1 "Zapolyarye" to Oil Pumping Station No. 2. Welding columns, drilling rigs, pipe layers and a significant part of the builders were pulled there. The entire pipe in this section, with the exception of the floodplain of the Taz River, runs above ground.

From December last year to April this year, builders laid over 125 km of oil pipeline on supports. Thus, welding of the linear part of the entire pipeline system has been completed to the full extent provided for by the project. And in July, after the spring flood has passed, hydraulic testing of the oil pipeline and its in-pipe diagnostics will begin. With the help of special instruments - profilers and combined flaw detectors, developed and manufactured by Transneft Diascan specialists - oil pipeline workers will receive complete information about the condition of the pipe.

Laying a siphon pipe on the Pur River. Photo: Ilya Vorobiev

At GNPS No. 1 "Zapolyarye" the installation of all eight oil storage tanks - with a volume of 20 thousand cubic meters - has been completed. m each. In the summer they will undergo hydraulic tests. All tanks are on stilts. All other station facilities are also on stilts.

At the height of construction, up to 1,500 people lived and worked at the station. This is a lot for the Arctic. If this construction site had been classified as a populated area, it would have ranked fourth in the Tazovsky district of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in terms of number of inhabitants. No one complained about the lack of work.

The construction of GNPS No. 1 "Zapolyarye" is proceeding in conditions of absolutely autonomous existence. Distance from the construction site to the nearest settlement- the village of Tazovsky - is 130 km, to the railway station in Korotchaevo, where materials and equipment received for construction are unloaded - 350 km. At the same time, the delivery of materials to the site is possible only in winter, when the winter road opens and the ice crossing across the Taz River begins operation - from December to April. So, while it was cold, hundreds of trucks were moving along the highway every day.

Don't step on moss

Meanwhile, work is also underway on the southern sections of the highway. At the second stage site, the construction of a 10 kV overhead power line along the route and the installation of a backbone fiber-optic communication line will soon be completed. This summer, it is planned to apply voltage to the linear part facilities and carry out commissioning of communication facilities, shut-off valve units and units for passing cleaning and diagnostic equipment.

During the construction of the southern sections, northern specifics also made themselves felt. The first stage is 134 km of oil pipeline, of which approximately half goes underground, and the other half above it. First we passed through the forest-tundra, then the tundra began, and the main work had to be carried out in the most severe frosts. The fact is that in the summer it is even prohibited to travel there. After all, the main natural wealth of the North is moss: if it is trampled, it will be restored only after 60 years. So the peak of work on the first stage occurred in January - March 2013, when 2 km of thermally insulated pipes were welded here per day, up to 120 piles were driven, and up to 55 supports were installed.

All main buildings and structures at PS No. 2 "Yamal" have already been built. More than 80% of utility networks and process pipelines have been laid, main pumping units and electrical power equipment have been installed. The interior decoration is currently underway. By the end of the year, it is planned to complete the main complex of construction and installation work, put into operation external gas supply networks and boiler plants.

Long-route power lines. Photo: Oleg Smerdev

Pipe under the basin

One of the most difficult stages of construction was the underwater passage across the large navigable Taz River. A pipe slightly more than 1 km long was laid under its bed, but the total length of the crossing, measured by the distance between the shore valves, was 27 km. The fact is that in the Taz floodplain there are many oxbow lakes, lakes and small rivulets, which in the spring overflow along with the river itself for many kilometers. Throughout this entire section, the pipe runs underground, and for reliability, two lines of the oil pipeline are laid - the main and the reserve.

The transition directly through the Taz bed was completed modern method directional drilling: they drilled a kind of tunnel under the river bottom, and then pulled a pipe through it. This is labor-intensive, but the most reliable method, especially from an environmental point of view. The famous northern muksun spawns in the Taz floodplain, and jeopardizing its existence is an environmental crime.

Transneft had never had to build underwater crossings in such climatic conditions and on such difficult soils before, so they began preparing long before construction work. But then everything went without a single hitch. To ensure that work did not stop even in severe frosts, the installations were placed in easily erected hangars, inside of which a positive temperature was maintained. In total, three wells had to be drilled: for the main line, the backup line, and also for the communication cable. The diameter of the main well is 1600 mm, so we had to drill across the river eight times, 200 mm each.

During the implementation of the project, special attention was paid to environmental safety. After all, the highway route passed through places where, historically, for centuries, indigenous peoples were, and still are, the rightful owners of the vast northern lands. Their main economic activity- This is livestock farming, including deer breeding, fishing, hunting fur-bearing animals, collecting berries and medicinal herbs. To preserve their way of life, it was necessary to preserve the existing flora and fauna in their original form.

Therefore, even before the start of construction, Transneft established close cooperation with representatives of indigenous peoples and regional authorities executive power. The company and its subsidiaries carefully studied the characteristics of the local soil, flora, fauna, deer migration routes, routes and timing of fish movement to spawn. At the request of the indigenous population, reindeer crossings are provided on sections of the migration routes of wild and domesticated deer crossing the Zapolyarye-Purpe oil pipeline.

So moral principle“do no harm,” known from the Hippocratic medical oath, has become one of the main ones for oil pipeline workers.

The goal of the Zapolyarye-Purpe project is to ensure that the system of main oil pipelines receives oil from new fields in the areas of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Urengoy group of Gazprom fields, the Suzunskoye, Tagulskoye, Russkoye, Russko-Rechenskoye fields of the Rosneft Oil Company ", Messoyakha and East Messoyakha fields (Rosneft, Gazprom Neft), Pyakyakhinskoye field (Lukoil)

At the end of May, the team of authors of the Transneft company received the Russian Government Prize in the field of science and technology for 2014 for “the development of a new generation of construction technologies and structures, their industrial production and implementation at main pipeline transport facilities in the difficult geoclimatic conditions of Russia." It's about about the methodology and technology for optimizing construction by combining above-ground and underground pipe laying methods. The work successfully solved complex scientific problems. Based on the created mathematical models and techniques, the results of multivariate calculations, complex innovative design and technical solutions have been developed for full cycle creation, testing and implementation of new construction technologies and structures. The development results have been successfully implemented into real production at the facilities of the Zapolyarye-Purpe-Samotlor pipeline system

Oil pipeline "Purpe-Samotlor"

The first seam of the Purpe-Samotlor oil pipeline was welded on March 11, 2010, and on October 25, 2011, at a ceremony in Noyabrsk, the oil pipeline was put into operation. The route is 430 km long. and with a capacity of 25 million tons per year with the possibility of subsequent expansion to 50 million, it is part of the Zapolyarye-Purpe-Samotlor pipeline system. The oil pipeline connected oil cargo flows from the fields of the middle part of the Purovsky region of Yamal with oil refineries in Russia. Transneft's investments amounted to about 55 billion rubles. A little less than half of the route passes within the Purovsky district, starting in Purpa and ending in Noyabrsk. Three oil pumping stations were built in succession on the oil pipeline: oil pumping station “Purpe”, oil pumping station “Vyngapurovskaya” (Noyabrsk), oil pumping station “Samotlor” (city of Nizhnevartovsk).

Oil pipeline "Zapolyarye-Purpe"

Zapolyarye – Purpe – Samotlor is the northernmost Russian oil pipeline with a length of about 900 km. This is the shortest route connecting the fields of the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Yamal with oil refineries in Russia and world markets in the direction of Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO).

The Zapolyarye-Purpe oil trunk pipeline is the second stage of the project. Its capacity is 45 million tons per year, its length is 488 km, it is being implemented in several stages from south to north:

Stage I - section from the town of Tarko-Sale to the village of Purpe;

Phase II - section from the village of Novozapolyarny to the town of Tarko-Sale;

The third stage is the section from the Zapolyarye gas pumping station to the village of Novozapolyarny.

Completion of construction is scheduled for 2016. After the oil pipeline is put into operation, over a thousand new jobs will appear in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Oil pipeline facilities have concentrated all the advanced achievements of science in the field of oil pipeline transport. The latest technological and technical solutions were used during construction, modern equipment, high-quality components and equipment. The new highway is designed to provide reliable, efficient, economically and environmentally justifiable transport of hydrocarbons in conditions of northern latitudes and permafrost soils with minimal impact on local natural environment: overpass construction is being implemented, passes are provided on the deer paths.

The main difficulty of the project is that the pipe passes through permafrost. Therefore, for the first time in Transneft’s practice, most of the oil pipeline was laid not in the traditional underground way, but above the ground - on special supports. This eliminates the effect of heat from the pipe; oil is heated to 60 ° C at the oil pumping station and on permafrost soils.

Construction of the first and second phase sections was completed in 2013 and 2014. Winter 2014-15 The main forces were concentrated on the construction of the linear part of the third stage of construction. This is 151 km of the main line from GPS No. 1 “Zapolyarye” to PS No. 2 “Korotchaevo”. Welding columns, drilling rigs, pipe layers and a significant part of the builders were pulled there. The entire pipe in this section, with the exception of the floodplain of the Taz River, runs above ground.

Welding of the linear part of the entire pipeline system has been completed in full. At GNPS No. 1 Zapolyarye, the installation of all eight oil storage tanks with a volume of 20 thousand cubic meters has been completed. m each.

Meanwhile, work is also underway on the southern sections of the highway. At the second stage site, the construction of an along-route overhead power line and the installation of a fiber-optic communication line have been completed.

Along the pipeline route, the Purovskaya taiga is gradually replaced by the Tazovskaya tundra.

One of the most difficult stages of construction was the underwater crossings across the Purpe River and the navigable rivers Pur and Taz. For example, in the Taz floodplain there are many oxbow lakes, lakes and small rivers, which in the spring overflow along with the river itself for many kilometers. Therefore, the total length of the crossing, measured by the distance between the shore gates, was 27 km. Throughout this entire section the pipe runs underground.

The investment project for the construction of an oil pipeline involves the construction of facilities, including social and transport infrastructure. The main one is the construction of a bridge across the Pur River between Korotchaevo and Urengoy. The opening of the bridge will be a new page in the history of the Tazovsky region, otherwise the oil pipeline facilities, fields and villages of the region will continue to be cut off from the main traffic flows by the obstinate Pur.

Deserves special attention oil pumping station "Purpe", located near the village of the same name. Before the start of the Zapolyarye-Purpe-Samotlor investment project, it was a small station on the outskirts of the Noyabrsky Department of Trunk Oil Pipelines. The station, which was put into operation in 1994, is today in constant development. As part of the investment project, the oil pumping station was significantly expanded and dozens of facilities were built. The station's tank farm has increased several times. Thus, to the existing two oil storage tanks with a volume of 20 thousand m 3 each, five more were added, as well as two RVS-5000 m 3. As a result, the total volume of the tank farm is 150 thousand cubic meters.

As part of the construction, a second oil pumping station with an oil heating point was erected. It is designed to heat oil to a certain temperature. Only after this will hydrocarbon raw materials be supplied to PS-3, the construction of which is being carried out three kilometers from the existing site.

Today, the Purpe pumping station is a modern, rapidly developing LPDS. It is still the northernmost oil pumping station of Sibnefteprovod OJSC. But very soon the main and booster pumps of two oil pumping stations will start operating: the Korotchaevo oil pumping station and the main oil pumping station (GNPS) No. 1 Zapolyarye, located beyond the Arctic Circle.

Product pipeline “Purovsky ZPK-Noyabrsk-Pyt-Yakh-Tobolsk”

Construction of the product pipeline started in 2012 at the Noyabrskaya loading railway overpass, and it was then that the ceremonial joining of pipes took place as part of the planned construction.

The length of the product pipeline is 1,100 kilometers, investments are 63 billion rubles. The throughput capacity of the product pipeline in the section from the Purovsky Plant to the loading rack in Noyabrsk is 4 million tons. per year, in the section from Noyabrsk to Pyt-Yakh - about 5.5 million tons. per year, and in the Pyt-Yakh-Tobolsk section - 8 million tons. in year. In addition, the new product pipeline is duplicated by the previously existing networks of Yamal and Yugra. Its introduction allowed the company to completely abandon the use of Gazprom networks when transporting natural gas liquids, a product of APG processing. The project was completed in August 2014 in Tobolsk.

Bovanenkovo-Ukhta gas pipeline

The decision to build a gas pipeline 1100 km long. and a capacity of 140 billion m³ for transporting gas from Bovanenkovskoye and other fields of the Yamal Peninsula was accepted in October 2006, construction began in August 2008. The first stage (the first line of the gas pipeline) was put into operation in October 2012. Complete the construction of the system main gas pipelines planned for 2016.

Oil terminal "Mys Kamenny"

In September 2015, Gazprom Neft completed the installation of a loading terminal structure in the waters of the Gulf of Ob near the village of Cape Kamenny on the Yamal Peninsula. The terminal is designed for year-round loading of oil from the Novoportovskoye oil and gas condensate field into tankers. To ensure the operation of the Arctic terminal on the shore of the Ob Bay, accompanying infrastructure for oil shipment was built: underwater and onshore oil pipelines more than 10.5 km long, a tank farm, pumping stations. The total height of the terminal exceeds 80 m, and the maximum capacity for transshipment of raw materials will be more than 8.5 million tons per year.

Northern Optical Flow

The Northern Optical Stream is a backbone communication line stretching 3.5 thousand kilometers from Yekaterinburg through Nyagan, Khanty-Mansiysk, Surgut, Noyabrsk, New Urengoy to Salekhard, its cost amounted to more than 10 billion rubles. The total length of optical communication lines operating in the Northern Optical Stream system is 14,699 km. More than 3.5 million subscribers receive communication services thanks to the Northern Optical Stream.

The line's builders had to work in the taiga, in wetlands, and in the extreme natural conditions of the Far North. Particularly difficult was the construction of the line in permafrost conditions. The builders of the highway overcame hundreds of natural and man-made obstacles: 347 large and small rivers, 793 roads, 79 railways, 657 oil and gas pipelines. Construction was carried out in stages from 2000 to April 15, 2014.

Power transmission line "Nadym-Salekhard"

A high-voltage line with a voltage of 220 kV will connect Salekhard with the centralized energy system and ensure reliable power supply to the Yamal capital. The starting point of the overhead line route is the existing 220 kV Nadym substation, and the final point is the projected 220/110/6 kV Salekhard substation. The cost of power lines is 17.8 billion rubles.

P.S. In 1948, on the outskirts of Tyumen, the team of master B. Melik-Karamov drilled the first exploratory well. Its depth was only 2000 meters and although nothing but mineral water was found then, geological exploration in the young region continued. On September 21, 1953, exploration work was crowned with success, the first gusher erupted from the P-1 well in the Ugra village of Berezovo, and it was from that moment that the history of Tyumen oil began. Today, more than 60 years later, one can only admire the enthusiasm and heroism of geologists and pioneers who defended the industrial future of the region and did not allow the north of Tyumen to be flooded with the waters of the Obskaya hydroelectric station. Could a simple man in the middle of the last century imagine that the rails would run from Tyumen to the North for more than one and a half thousand kilometers and reach the Arctic Ocean. The idea that dozens of cities would grow in the taiga and swamps, and that there would be a huge port on the Arctic coast seemed like a fairy tale. The wildest dreams of the past have now been translated into reality, and the titanic work and enthusiasm of the people made it possible to write the illumination of the Tyumen north in the history of the state as a separate chapter...

We would like to dedicate this article to one of the important modern Russian strategic sites. This is the Zapolyarye - Purpe oil pipeline. Let's consider it specifications, construction history, opportunities and find out Interesting Facts.

What is this?

"Zapolyarye - Purpe" is the northernmost main oil pipeline in our country, the construction and operation of which is the prerogative of Transneft.

The general system is “Zapolyarye - Purpe - Samotlor” (about 900 km in total). Her mission: to connect the rich oil fields regions of Yakutia and the Krasnoyarsk Territory from southern Siberia, as well as another iconic oil pipeline - ESPO (Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean).

Construction cost 237.8 billion rubles. Transneft assumed the main expenses.

For Russian specialists This oil pipeline is the first experience in the design and construction of such a facility in the permafrost conditions of the Far North. He used the holding and the practices of foreign colleagues - in particular, when laying the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. All engineering and technological solutions used during construction are protected by more than 30 international patents.

Let's present a selection of interesting facts about the object:

The length of the linear part is 488 km. Of these, 170 km are beyond the Arctic Circle.
The oil pipeline's throughput capacity is estimated at 45 million tons of oil annually!
The facility will provide employment opportunities for 1,500 citizens.
The resource potential of the Zapolyarye - Purpe oil pipeline is estimated at 2 billion tons of oil.
In 2017, the volume of tax revenues from of this object to all levels of the Russian budget will amount to 3 billion rubles.
8 thousand people were involved in the construction of the northernmost oil pipeline.

Natural conditions, climate

It must be said that the entire route “Zapolyarye - Purpe” runs through an area with a specific climate:

The temperature here, depending on the season, can vary from +34°C to -56°C.
Wind gusts reach 40 m/sec.
The oil pipeline in many places coincides with reindeer migration areas. Therefore, special crossings were built for animals.

Project implementation

Let's follow the chronology from the idea to the launch of "Polar - Purpe":

04/22/2010 Prime Minister V.V. Putin signed an order to begin construction of this main oil pipeline. All work must take place in two stages: design and construction of “Purpe - Samotlor”, and then design and construction of “Zapolyarye - Purpe”.
The official start was given a little earlier - 03/11/2010, bringing the launch of “Zapolyarye - Purpe” closer.
Construction was carried out somewhat ahead of schedule. Already on October 25, 2011, the “Purpe - Samotlor” section was put into operation.
On March 5, 2012, the implementation of the second part of the project - “Polar Region - Purpe” - started.
On August 31, 2016, oil began to be received into the new pipeline system from the Pyakyakhinskoye field (developer - Lukoil).
On January 18, 2017, Vladimir Putin solemnly launched the 2nd stage of the Zapolyarye - Purpe oil pipeline. And this meant the start of operation of the entire trunk system.

The first stage of the oil pipeline

Let's get acquainted with the technological features of the facility. The Zapolyarye - Purpe oil pipeline consists of three stages.

The first runs from the Purpe pumping station to the 134th km of the linear part. It includes three underwater crossings across the rivers Purpe, Tydeotta, Yagenetta. Also on the territory of the Purovsky district of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, within this line, three oil heating points have been installed. This is required by the special properties of black gold from northern deposits. At the points, transported viscous raw materials will be heated to +60 °C. In addition, the pipes are protected by a special thermal insulation layer, which does not release heat from the inside and does not allow cold to penetrate from the outside.

80% of the entire route of the oil pipeline runs on special supports. This is necessary in order to exclude the impact of heat from the pumped fossil on permafrost soils. The supports themselves are unique - some of them are stationary, some can move in one plane, and some - in different ones. This is necessary in conditions of changes in the structure of the soil and the pipeline itself due to the effects of temperature changes.

Second stage of the oil pipeline

It stretches from the 358th kilometer to the Yamal oil pumping station No. 2, which has a tank farm. The latter is located beyond the Arctic Circle.

Some characteristics of this stage of the Zapolyarye - Purpe oil pipeline:

The linear part is 202 km.
Two underwater crossings - in the area of the Yamsovey and Pur rivers.
Three oil heating points are located on the territory of the Tazovsky and Purovsky districts of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Usually, for travel along the route near the oil pipeline, a road is built from logs. However, in the case of the Zapolyarye - Purpe pipeline, this was unrealistic: there is no forest nearby, and such a pipeline would easily be washed away by floods, turning the area into a complete swamp.

The builders found their solution: the use of special soil modules. This is the name given to blocks of woven material into which soil is poured. After this they are connected to each other. You can move freely along this road at any time of the year.

The construction of the line, let us remind you once again, was carried out in winter. Only during this period is it possible to deliver machinery, materials, equipment to the tundra zone, as well as to carry out the work itself. They move here only on winter roads - roads frozen in a special way, as well as on ice, which has turned into local reservoirs.

The third stage of the oil pipeline

This part of the oil pipeline runs from the Yamal station to the main oil pumping station Zapolyarye, which is located 170 km beyond the Arctic Circle. This part of the oil pipeline is 152 km long.

Some characteristics of the third stage:

One crossing is 26 km long. Constructed using directional drilling method.
Two oil heating points on the territory of the Tazovsky district of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

As you noticed, the oil pipeline overcomes many water barriers - from small rivers to navigable arteries. The most serious problem for builders was the river. Taz. To overcome it, one of the largest underground passages with a total length of 28 km was built. This is exactly the width of the Taz during floods.

Having studied the features of both the entire area and the river, experts chose an environmentally friendly method of laying pipes. A well was drilled under the bottom of the reservoir, through which a pipe was pulled in a special protective cover. The work was carried out from both banks of the Taz towards each other - powerful drilling rigs took part in it.

This year, 2017, the launch of the Zapolyarye - Purpe oil pipeline took place.

Now we can say with confidence that this is unique both in terms of design developments and the work of builders, and in its strategic characteristics an object.