Baltic Pipeline System-II
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The Baltic Pipeline System-2 (BPS-2, Russian: Балтийская трубопроводная система 2, БТС-2) is a second trunk line of the Baltic Pipeline System. The pipeline is constructed and operated by Russian oil pipeline company Transneft.[2] The BPS-2 was completed in 2011 and began to function in late March 2012.[3]
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Baltic Pipeline System-II | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Province | Bryansk Oblast Smolensk Oblast Tver Oblast Novgorod Oblast Leningrad Oblast |
From | Unecha |
Passes through | Smolensk |
To | Ust-Luga Kirishi |
Runs alongside | Luga River |
General information | |
Type | Crude oil |
Operator | Transneft |
Construction started | 2009 |
Commissioned | 2011 |
Technical information | |
Length | 1,170 km (730 mi) |
Maximum discharge | 50 million tons per year[1] |
No. of pumping stations | 8 |
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