Sever pipeline is an oil product pipeline in North-West Russia. It transports diesel fuel EN-590. The pipeline is owned and operated by Transnefteproduct

Transnefteproduct

Transnefteproduct is an operator of oil products pipelines in Russia. It operates more than oil pructs pipelines. On 16 April 2007, pursuant to a presidential decree signed by president of Russia Vladimir Putin, Transnefteproduct became a subsidiary of an oil pipelines operator...

, a subsidiary of Transneft

Transneft

Transneft is a Russian state-owned business responsible for the national oil pipelines. It was founded in 1993 and owns the largest oil pipeline system in the world, with a total network length of almost...

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History

The project was approved by Decree of the Russian Federation Government No. 853-p of 24 June 2002. It was officially opened on 14 May 2008 by Russia's Prime minister Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...

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Route

The 1056 kilometres (656.2 mi) long pipeline runs from Kstovo

Kstovo

Kstovo is a town and the administrative center of Kstovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, southeast of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: -History:...

 through Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...

 and Kirishi

Kirishi

Kirishi is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the right bank of the Volkhov River, southeast of St. Petersburg. Population: -History:...

 to Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast

Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast

Primorsk is a coastal town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, and the largest Russian port on the Baltic. It is located on the Karelian Isthmus, west of St. Petersburg, at the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland, near Birch Islands, protected as a sea bird sanctuary...

. It uses the same technical corridor with the Yaroslavl-Kirishi and Kirishi-Primorsk oil pipelines of the Baltic Pipeline System

Baltic Pipeline System

The Baltic Pipeline System is a Russian oil transport system operated by the oil pipeline company Transneft. The BPS transports oil from the Timan-Pechora region, West Siberia and Urals-Volga regions to Primorsk oil terminal at the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland.-History:The project started...

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The pipeline is supplied from several refineries, including the Yaroslavl refinery, operated by TNK-BP

TNK-BP

TNK-BP is a major vertically integrated Russian oil company. It is Russia's third largest oil producer and among the ten largest private oil companies in the world. TNK-BP is Russia's third largest oil company in terms of reserves and crude oil production...

 and Gazpromneft

Gazpromneft

This article is about a former subsidiary of Gazprom. For the current oil arm of Gazprom, see Gazprom Neft.Invest Union is a Russian company based in St. Petersburg and a former subsidiary of Gazprom...

, and from Kirishi refinery, operated by Kinef

Kinef

Kinef is a Russian joint stock production association operating a large oil refinery based in Kirishi, Leningrad Oblast. It is a subsidiary of Surgutneftegaz. The Kirishi refinery is the only one in Northwestern Russia.Construction of the refinery had begun in 1961 in an area devastated by World...

. It is connected with the Surgut-Yaroslavl-Polotsk pipeline.

Technical features

The diameter of the pipeline is 530 millimetres (20.9 in). The planned capacity of the pipeline and the terminal is 24.6 million tons per year. At the first stage, the capacity is 17 million tons. The pipeline includes main pumping stations in Yaroslavl and Kirishi and four other pumping stations. The tank farm in Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...

has capacity of 40,000 cubic meters. The Primorsk terminal's tank farm consist of 12 vertical reservoirs with total capacity of 240,000 cubic meters (annual capacity 8.4 million tonnes) at the first stage. There are plans to double and later even triple the capacity of terminal storage. The project cost US$1.3 billion.