The President of OJSC "Transneft" Nikolai TOKAREV and the Governor of the Primorsky Territory Sergey DARKIN signed the Declaration on intentions on construction of the oil pipeline along the territory of Primorye.
The presentation of the project was held in the Territory Administration. Among the participants of the activity there are representatives of executive and legislative authorities of Primorye, the Heads of municipal formations, on the territory of which the pipeline will be laid, the Heads of transport and industrial enterprises of the region, the press-service of the Territory Administration reported to RIA PrimaMedia.
The President of JSC "Transneft" Nikolai TOKAREV noted that the project of construction of the oil pipeline is based on the long-term State program of development of the power system of Russia to 2020. The resource base of the oil pipeline is the fields of Western, and mainly, Eastern Siberia.
Construction of the oil pipeline supposes 2 stages: Taishet - Skovorodino and Skovorodino - Kozmino Bay. At the first stage construction of the modern oil-loading port in Kozmino is planned, at first oil will be delivered here by railway.
"At the present time the preparation of construction of the terminal has been completed. The project successfully passed the State expert examination, and in March its practical realization will start," TOKAREV noted. According to him, construction of the special sea oil port Kozmino will cost 41bln Rubles to Transneft.
Volumes of transfer of oil will be at the first stage - 30mln tons a year, half of them - 15mln tons - will be delivered to Kozmino. At the second stage transfer of oil will reach 80mln, 50 of them - in Kozmino.
As a result of construction of the oil pipeline Russia joins the new, dynamically developing APR market. Territories, where the pipeline will pass, get preconditions for economic and social development, new work places, an opportunity of creation of new industries. So, according to experts of Transneft, 4800 people will be occupied in the construction of the oil pipeline in Primorye, at the same time over 4000 - local cadres. The company management notes, that special attention in realization of the project will be paid to problems of ecology and reduction of negative influence on environment.
The length of the oil pipeline along the Primorsky Territory will be 570 km. At this part it is also planned to build 6 oil-transfer stations. The largest-scale object of construction will be the Special sea oil port in Kozmino. After the complete development of the oil port to 50mln tons of oil a year 500 modern supertankers of the deadweight of 100 thousand tons will annually call the port.