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Construction of an Oil Products Trunk Pipeline from the Volgograd Refinery to the Tinguta PEPS Has Begun

20.01.16 08:53

Transneft – Pipeline Construction Directorate, LLC got down to construction of the linear portion of an oil products trunk pipeline (OPTP) to link LUKOIL’s Volgograd Refinery with the future Tinguta pipe-end pump station (PEPS).

The work represents Stage 2 of the Yug Project.

Welding operations started on 16 January 2016. Construction of the 55.6-km OPTP and erection of the Tinguta PEPS will be completed in H2 2017. The pipeline diameter is 350 mm and its throughput will be 3 MTPA.

Construction of the oil products pipeline has been planned for transfer of the diesel fuel produced by LUKOIL-Volgograd Refinery to the Volgograd – Tikhoretsk oil products pipeline to be built as part of the Yug Project.

The Yug Project envisages construction of an oil products pipeline for supplies of Euro-5 diesel fuel both for export and the domestic market of southern Russia.