pipeline

Pipelines still remain the only, but vulnerable, channel for delivering Russian oil to Europe. Against the background of the embargo imposed by the EU on the supply of Russian oil by sea, the Druzhba (Transneft) pipeline remained the only source of oil from Russia for Europe. According to Vedomosti (Vasily …

Transneft continues to develop the capacity of the second stage of the Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean trunk system. The reconstruction of the oil pumping station NPS-34 with a tank farm will be carried out at the site Skovorodino – Spetsmornefteport Kozmino. The project documentation and the results of engineering …

Gas gathering and transmission companies have until now taken on the cost of external consultants or specialized in-house expertise for multiphase network analyses. With DNV GL’s new Multiphase Module in Synergi Gas software, users can take full control of their analyses. Multiphase flow is common in gas gathering systems, where …

Gazprom Neft has begun construction of the second section of a pressure-pipeline from the Novoportovskoye field to Cape Kammeny (located on the shore of the Gulf of Ob, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region), for onward shipment to customers by sea. Some 530 mm in diameter and running to a length of 105 kilometres, the pipeline will, once complete, have a total capacity of more than 5.5 million tonnes of oil per …

Vankorneft, a subsidiary of Rosneft, in compliance with the program of Suzun field development started construction of pressure oil pipeline to connect Suzun and Vankor oil fields. Total length of the oil pipeline will be 101 km. The project implementation became possible due to a complex of technical and managerial …

Weatherford International Ltd. and Baker Hughes Incorporated announce today that they have signed an agreement for the sale of Weatherford’s pipeline and specialty services business to a subsidiary of Baker Hughes for a total consideration of $250 million, including $241 million in cash and $9 million in retained working capital. …

For 2013, Alliance Oil Company plans to further reduce upstream capital expenditures to 250-290 MUSD[1] and focus on organic development of production assets in all regions, launching gas production in the Tomsk region and evaluating exploration potential in the Timano-Pechora region. Downstream capital expenditures are budgeted at 430-490 MUSD[2], essentially in line with 2012 …

Flows on a pipeline carrying Azeri natural gas from the Shah Deniz fields were halted due to an explosion in Turkey late on Wednesday, Turkish energy officials said on Thursday, reported Reuters. An explosion occurred on the pipeline between the eastern Turkish cities of Kars and Erzurum, the officials said on condition …

The final joint at the second string of the Nord Stream gas pipeline was welded in the Portovaya Bay. Construction of Nord Stream gas pipeline The final joint connected the offshore section of the pipeline’s second string to its onshore section as well as to the onshore infrastructure on the Russian coast in the Portovaya Bay near Vyborg. The second string will be filled …

Rospan International (a member of the TNK-BP Group of Companies) is planning to announce a tender for the construction of the “Yamal” oil pipeline system, with a total length of around 374 km, to enable transportation of oil from fields in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District and northern Krasnoyarsk Kray. The project …