Purpe – Samotlor Pipeline Project
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Summary Information
- Source: Vankorskoe Field and fields in the North of Krasnoyarsk Region of Russia
- Destination:
- Ownership: Transneft
- Website: http://www.transneft.ru/ (Russian)
- Length: 430 kilometres ( miles) length of 430 km and
- Capacity: 25 million tons per year with an option to expand to 50 million tons per year (500,000 barrels of oil per day)
- Crude Type: Rosneft & TNK-BP Siberian Crudes
+++ The Route
- The new project will connect the fields most of the leading oil companies operating in the Yamal Peninsula, with the existing pipelines of Transneft
+++ Status
- The Construction was started in October 2009
- As of May 2011, pipeline welding has been completed
- Completion is planned for 2012
+++ History
- 2010 - The first junction of the route was welded
- 2011 - First oil pumped into the pipeline
+++ Other Information
- TNK-BP will supply the pipeline from crude produced in the Samotlor Oil Field
- Rosneft will supply the pipeline from crude produced in the Vankor Oil Field
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