Gas Transmission System Development
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Nord Stream gas pipeline construction |
At present the main investments in gas transmission system development will be committed to construction of the Yamal-Europe Russian pipeline section, SRTO-Torzhok and Pochinki-Izobilnoye gas pipelines, as well as expansion of the Urengoy gas transmission hub.
The Yamal-Europe gas pipeline was commissioned in 1999 the pipeline route crosses the territory of Russia, Belorussia and Poland. The design gas pipeline productivity is at 33 bcm of gas per year. At present the linear gas pipeline section of 1997 km was commissioned from the Torzhok compressor station in Russia to the joint section with the STEGAL gas pipeline in Germany.
The SRTO-Tozhok gas pipeline is being constructed from the Urengoy field. The design capacity is at 20.5-28.5 bcm of gas per year at different sections. The gas pipeline length is at 2.2 thousand km. The project gives a chance to increase the capacity of gas deliveries to consumers of the North-Western region of Russia as well as gas export via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline.
The Urengoy gas transportation hub is being expanding in the aim of providing transmission of increasing gas volumes from the developing fields of Nadym-Pur-Tazov region. The Federal Tariff Agency of the Russian Federation developed and approved a methodology to calculate tariffs for gas transmission services. The methodology stipulates payback to an investor (financial resources invested in construction of new sections of the Urengoy gas transmission system.
The Pochinki-Izobilnoye gas pipeline is a part of the Russia-Turkey gas pipeline system. The design capacity is at 26.2. The gas pipeline commissioning will provide an opportunity to supply gas from the fields of Nadym-Pur-Tazov region to the Blue Stream gas pipeline. At present the construction project of Petrovsk-Frolovo-Izobilnoye linear section is being actively implemented. In 2005 Gazprom started the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline (Nord Stream) from Russia to the Western European countries via the Baltic Sea. The design capacity is at 55 bcm of gas per year. The land section of the gas pipeline with the total length of 917 km will cross the Russian Federation territory from Gryazovts to Vyborg. The marine section with the total length of 1198 km is planned to be laid at the Baltic Sea bed through the German coast with the gas pipeline branch in Sweden.
The Nord Stream gas pipeline is a new route for Russian gas export to Europe. The uniqueness of the project is the absence of transit countries on its route. It decreases the risks for gas transmission and its cost at the same time increasing the reliability of gas export.
A joint venture Nord Stream AG was set up in the aim of designing, constructing and marine section exploitation. Nord Stream AG was registered in Switzerland. Gazprom holds 51 per cent and BASF and E.ON hold 24.5 per cent each.