Stroytransgaz Begins Work on ESPO’s Sixth Section
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Stroytransgaz has begun work on a new section of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline –the sixth, which is located in Olyokminsk in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The company received a contract for the construction work in late October 2008.
This new section of the oil pipeline, 52 kilometers in length with a diameter of 1,220 millimeters, is situated between the 1,756-kilometer and the 1,809 kilometer marks along the ESPO route. Already the company has cleared and prepared the right-of-way, assembled the base for welding pipe, and transported 70 pieces of equipment to the construction site.
Stroytraansgaz is presently completing construction of the linear part of the fifth section of the ESPO, the Mogot-Tynda. That facility runs 87.3 kilometers and also has a diameter of 1,220 millimeters; it is situated between the 2,522-kilometer and the 2,620-kilometer marks along the ESPO route. Eighty-six kilometers of pipeline have been welded and bedded in the trench, including crossings beneath the Baikal-Amur main and the Gila River. The company is now laying a 1,300-meter crossing of the Gila River, the second underwater crossing.
Stroytransgaz has fully rolled out construction work on the Skovorodino oil pumping station in Bolshoi Never in the Skovorodino region of Amur Oblast. It is assembling six reservoirs for oil storage, each with capacity to store 50,000 cubic meters of oil. Preparation for the foundation under three additional 5,000-cubic meter reservoirs is nearly complete as are the foundations for the pumping station, the maintenance building, the fire depot, and the fire extinguishing pump. Welding continues for industrial pipelines and a motorway within the site.
Additional information
Stoytransgaz haws been engaged in the ESPO project since 2006. Of the 2,757 kilometers in the project’s first stage, the company is construction six sections totaling 456.7 км and building the Skovorodino oil pumping station at the terminus of the first stage. Along with using its own resources for the ESPO, Stroytransgaz has drawn subsidiaries into the project to fulfill part of the work.
The first stage of the ESPO is notable for its considerable length and the absence of transportation and industrial infrastructure as well as complex geological, hydrological and seismic conditions. For those reasons, Stroytransgaz devotes particular attention to the professional preparedness of specialists in its construction divisions. Stroytransgaz was the first among contracting organizations taking part in building the ESPO to obtain a certificate attesting to the conformance of its quality management system with standards GOST R ISO 9001-2001 and РД-03.120.10-КТН-038-07, Requirements of Contracting Organizations in the Transneft System.
