Putin backs initiative to build Ust-Luga line of Unecha-Primorsk pipe
Russian President Vladimir Putin supports an initiative from the governor of Leningrad region, Valery Serdyukov, to build an additional line from the planned Unecha- Primorsk pipeline to Ust-Luga, Interfax reports. The governor reported to the president that the regional authorities together with experts studied options for diversifying and balancing capacity utilization at the ports on instruction from the presidium of the State Council at its meeting in Murmansk."We discussed the BTS-2 [the Baltic Pipeline System] issue. The Ust-Luga line must be built to balance the load and environmental safety," Serdyukov said.