The druzhba pipeline network takes russian oil through belarus to poland and germany in the north and in the south through ukraine to central europe and the balkans, as well as to italy. The baltic pipeline system2 bps2 is a pipeline from the unecha junction of the druzhba pipeline near the russiabelarus border to the ustluga oil terminal at the eastern part of the gulf of finland with a 172 kilometres 107 mi long branch line to kirishi oil refinery. Vitaly yermakov the contamination of the druzhba pipeline with organic chlorides became the most serious interruption of oil supplies in the 55year history of oil trade on this key route. This project includes reversing croatias transit oil pipeline. Druzhba pipeline archives oxford institute for energy. Druzhba pipeline academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Unless otherwise indicated, all photos used in this fact book. Geopolitics in this case creates a climate where some projects. The temporary shutdown of the sovietera druzhba crude pipeline due to. It carries oil some 4,000 km from the eastern part of the european russia to points in ukraine, belarus, poland, hungary, slovakia, the czech republic and germany.
The countries that received the largest volume of crude oil from russian exports through the flow of the druzhba pipeline in 2018 were germany and poland. Druzhba pipeline 9 mty paramo refinery in pardubice does not process crude oil since the end of 2012. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. Energy relations between the ussr and its eastern european allies are the focus of the books last section. Gigantic druzhba oil pipeline paralyzed for weeks business. The druzhba pipeline crisis oxford institute for energy. Pdf the future of the druzhba pipeline as a strategic challenge. Apr 27, 2015 the volume of oil pumped to europe via the druzhba pipeline in belarus hasnt changed after repair work, the belarusian state concern for oil and chemistry reports playing down fears of a halved oil supply to europe. Its role is being gradually taken over by the ingolstadtkralupy ikl pipeline, supplying oil from the western direction, which already accounts for more than 40% of oil supplies to the czech republic. The canadian energy pipeline association cepa represents.
Russias druzhba friendship oil pipeline to central europe is the worlds longest oil pipeline and in one of the biggest oil pipeline networks in the world. Between 19 and 20 september 2007 up to 100 workers from 14 cooperating companies directly participated in the work read more in the article replacing 32 pipes on the druzhba oil pipeline in under 88 hours pdf, 2171 kb or online. Druzhba is the heart of the transneftoperated pipeline network. Naftoport ltd was established in june 1991 by several polish oil companies and marine commercial port in gdansk. Belaruss role in east european energy geopolitics jamestown. Based on documents from moscow and east german archives, this chapter analyses the history of the planning and construction of the druzhba pipeline. In 2005, negotiations over gas prices for 2006 started. Russias energy strategy and the energy supply of europe. Over half 54% of oil supplies to czech refineries, held by the majority shareholder unipetrol which is owned by orlen, is transported through the southern branch of the druzhba oil pipeline which runs through slovakia, the remainder 46% is carried from the west through the seaport in trieste, by means of the tal and ikl oil pipelines.
This is the basis of what can be a challenging debate. Political attention and research on the russian challenge to the eus energy security has notably declined in the last couple of years, despite russia maintaining its. Russian druzhba oil exports by destination 2018 statista. Compared to the previous year, this was an increase of 4. The evolving russian challenge to eu energy security. Slovnaft is the successor of the apollo company, which was established in 1895 in bratislava and whose refinery was bombarded by the allies in june 1944. As of today april 15, 2020, each of the below pdf ebooks will download with all the updates published between april 15, 2019 and april 15, 2020 in respective category. These disputes have grown beyond simple business disputes into transnational political issuesinvolving political leaders from several countriesthat threaten natural gas supplies in numerous.
In this wellwritten book, which targets policymakers more than the scholarly. Factboxrussias druzhba oil pipeline to central europe. Business how the oil industry and russia trivialize the druzhba pipeline disaster. Wtf was transneft doing to allow oil with 100 to times the allowable limit getting into the pipeline. Belarus and russia dispute cause of oil cutoff the new. At over 4,000 kilometers druzhba is the worlds longest pipeline carrying oil from the eastern part of european russia to europe.
Recognizable name of the pipeline is druzhba pipeline. Research report on 26 december 1964, nikolai konstantinovich baibakov, a lifelong oil worker turned highlevel soviet bureaucrat, delivered a report to top policymakers in moscow. The oil depot in navapolatsk, belarus, is along the druzhba pipeline from russia to other european nations. Reuters following are key facts about russias druzhba friendship oil pipeline to central europe, one of the worlds biggest by capacity and length. But if you crank up the contamination rate to cut down the volumes, that just raises the question.
Tech, lead tech, pipeline inspector, relief supervisor, safety coordinator, project coordinator. Druzhba adria pipline druzhba adria project aimed to connect the pipelines druzhba and adria in direction from samara russia to omisalj croatia in order to transport russian oil to world markets click to view protest against the project many ecoassociations and civil society organisations protested against the project. Eastern europe via the druzhba pipeline were interrupted due to the. Starting out as a crew member he learned the ground rules of pipeline work. Cold war energy a transnational history of soviet oil and gas. The czech stateowned company mero, the owner of the czech section of the druzhba oil pipeline, declared it had no information about the causes of the disruptions in the oil supplies or their scheduling. The problem is that crossborder oil and gas pipelines have a history of vulnerability to disruption and of generating conflict.
Russia and belarus, two countries bound by history and deep ethnic, cultural and. Content is available under creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike. Each of the below pdf ebooks are dynamic compilation of current affairs of respective category of last 1 year. Kaplan and eugene chausovsky at this juncture in history, the fate of europe is wound up not in ideas but in geopolitics. Based on hitherto little known documents from western and eastern european archives, it combines the story of soviet oil and gas with general cold war history. Pipeline sizes vary from the 2inch 5centimetre diameter lines used in oilwell gathering systems to lines 30 feet 9 metres across in. Correspondents in novorossiysk, russia have brought to the attention of the club the potential risks of lifting, carrying and storing crude oil supplied by the public joint stock company transneft.
However, just like any resource, if the writer does not utilize it to its fullest potential, it will not provide any aid. Crude oil, pipeline, druzhba, friendship, bts, refinery assets, processing, summary the author deals with the subject of possible shortages or the change of the directions of oil. Additional political divisions among fsu countries of the druzhba. Replacing 32 pipes on the druzhba oil pipeline in under 88 hours pdf for screen 2171 kb replacing 32 pipes on the druzhba oil pipeline in under 88 hours in september 2007, a unique event in terms of its scope and speed was carried out on the czech section of the 20 inch diameter russia to germany druzhba oil pipeline in south moravia, where. Druzhba friendship is a rather common russian and ukrainian word, used for numerous purposes, as evidenced in the dab page. The druzhba pipeline is being used to a lesser extent as a supply route for czech refineries. The russian government and european oil refineries have reported only sparsely and misleadingly about a big. Statute of the international association of oil transporters. Poland is linked with russia by druzhba pipeline with a capacity of roughly 43 million tons of oil the nominal capacity can be increased to 50 million tons depending on the applied chemicals and this option is currently being taken advantage of. Russian oil supplies to europe via druzhba pipeline halved. Russia oil companies generosity outshines weaker earnings.
The future of the druzhba pipeline as a strategic challenge for the czech republic and poland book january 2012 with 1,418 reads how we measure reads. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The network also branches out into numerous pipelines. Czech concerns over the future of the druzhba oil pipeline. Druzhba oil pipeline, also known as the friendship pipeline and comecon pipeline, is the worlds longest oil pipeline and one of the biggest oil pipeline networks in the world. Even taking the primary topic claim at face value and i highly doubt it, the full, wp. The druzhba pipeline crisis the lessons for russia and for europe. The history of the pardubice refinery started in vienna where david fanto sold kerosene in his shop. This book examines the role of soviet energy during the cold war.
Apr 27, 2015 the is nothing to worry about right now, demin told rt by phone, adding that consumers should not notice the reduced oil supplies. Reading this book on oil and gas pipeline fundamentals has been quite educational. It carries oil some 4,000 kilometres 2,500 mi from the eastern part of the european russia to points in ukraine, belarus, poland, hungary, slovakia. The problem is that crossborder oil and gas pipelines have a history of vulnerability to. Design, construction, management, and inspection delivers all the critical aspects needed for oil and gas piping and pipeline condition monitoring and maintenance, along with tactics to minimize costly disruptions within operations. It carries oil some 4,000 kilometres 2,500 mi from the eastern part of the european russia to points in ukraine, belarus, poland, hungary. The druzhba pipeline is losing significance in oil supply to. Druzhba pipeline is owned by a oneperson state treasury company, przedsiebiorstwo. This page was last edited on 15 january 2020, at 14. Belarus has been chronically indebted to russia for its entire history as a. Pipeline, line of pipe equipped with pumps and valves and other control devices for moving liquids, gases, and slurries fine particles suspended in liquid. Oil in the onemillionbarrelperday druzhba pipeline running from russia to eastern europe via belarus was contaminated by chemical compounds which can damage refining equipment.
The publication of the book has been financially supported. The publication of the book has been financially sup ported. In 2018 we paid one of the highest dividend in the history pln 3,00 per share pln 3,00 per share 2018. This page was last edited on 21 december 2019, at 18. It carries oil some 4,000 kilometres 2,500 mi from the eastern part of european russia to points in ukraine, belarus, poland, hungary, slovakia, the. Summarizing the recent completion of the first oil pipeline network linking russian oilfields with eastern bloc. The plan includes the idea of pumping russian oil from the druzhba pipeline starting in samara russia southwards via hungarian and croatian pipelines, to the omisalj port krk island, on the croatian adriatic coast point on the map.
Cold war energy a transnational history of soviet oil. The moscowowned pipelines that send russian oil and gas to and. Russian oil deliveries to europe via key pipeline undamaged. He was an electrician primarily, but over the years his work titles progressed to electronic instrument technician i. As a result, the soviet union entered into longterm commitments towards its satellites, which became dependent to a considerable extent on soviet energy imports. The pipeline was completed in 1964 and has been the major pipeline supplying russian crude within the country, and for export to the neighbouring countries and western europe. Don leonard began his career within the pipeline industry in 1976. How the oil industry and russia trivialize the druzhba. Round up the usual suspects, druzhba pipeline contamination. This volume breaks new ground by framing soviet energy in a. This means that the pipeline was used at less than of 50 percent of its capacity of 20 million tonnes per year. Broken up into two logical parts, the book begins with coverage on. Russia certainly has influence in europe on account of its oil, and has occasionally used its oil as a means of political pressure on belarus and ukraine.
The government of ukraine agreed, with the stipulation that price increases were to be gradual, in return for increased gas transit fees and changing the method of payment for transit from payment in kind to cash. Overview of the polish fuel market mdi strategic solutions. During the week of the 21st april it was hit by probably the biggest crisis in its 55year history. Russias giant sovietera oil pipeline is a vital piece of europes energy infrastructure, carrying crude to refineries across the region. It carries oil some 4,000 kilometres from the eastern part of the european russia to points in ukraine, belarus, poland, hungary, slovakia, czech republic, and germany. While it is true that most operating pipelines have avoided such problems, the minority that have such a history have cast a much greater shadow than their actual numbers might justify. Contaminated crude oil from russia is clogging the main delivery route for several eu countries. The trysk motor oil was launched in 1960 and the legendary mogul super, remembered by many for its typical golden bottle, in 1970. Dec 28, 2009 factboxrussias druzhba oil pipeline to central europe 3 min read dec 28 reuters russia has warned the european union of possible cuts in oil supply via the druzhba oil pipeline because of a. The russianoperated druzhba oil pipeline is a strategic asset and. For a transnational history of soviet oil and gas to be exhaustive, it might have been useful to broaden it.
Overview of the polish fuel market 9 the primary source of significant profits of the polish refineries is low price of the purchased urals oil in relation to the prices of other oil types, which, considering the prices of sold final products that are based on their world quotations, results in historic record profits. Sep 23, 2012 russias druzhba friendship oil pipeline to central europe is the worlds longest oil pipeline and in one of the biggest oil pipeline networks in the world. But it rapidly morphed into an international incident. Cold war energy a transnational history of soviet oil and. When the pipeline was commissioned in 1963, it was the worlds largest. The great accelerator notes for a film on september 26, 2014, a blog post on a. Pdf the future of the druzhba pipeline as a strategic. Falk flades chapter looks at the infrastructural lockin created during the 1970s through the construction of the druzhba pipeline, and how this consolidated the dependence of the satellite states. It compares the development of the electricity grid mir russian for peace, the crude oil pipeline druzhba russian for friendship, and the natural gas pipeline soyuz russian for union. Replacing 32 pipes on the druzhba oil pipeline in under 88. Search the history of over 418 billion web pages on the internet. Jan 08, 2007 reuters following are key facts about russias druzhba friendship oil pipeline to central europe, one of the worlds biggest by capacity and length.
The russiaukraine gas disputes refer to a number of disputes between ukrainian oil and gas company naftohaz ukrayiny and russian gas supplier gazprom over natural gas supplies, prices, and debts. Our final conclusion regarding book pipeline is that it is a helpful resource for writers, especially those that are looking to adopt their work for tv and film. The druzhba pipeline is the worlds longest oil pipeline and one of the biggest oil pipeline. If you dont want to wait have a look at our ebook offers and start reading immediately.
Pdf russias energy strategy and the energy supply of europe. This chapter will discuss the background, contested emergence, and farreaching consequences of the druzhba oil pipeline, which was the first largescale transnational energy project in the eastern bloc. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Druzhba pipeline druzhba pipeline the largest and most prominent oil pipeline in the world, the druzhba pipeline remains a leading service for the transportation of oil to european countries, being in operation since 1962. It has two parts the northern route runs through belarus, poland, germany, latvia and li. Sourcewatch is a project of the center for media and democracy cmd. The druzhba crisis started small, with warnings in april about high levels of organic chlorides in belaruss portion of the pipeline. Even though the druzhba pipeline is, from the customers perspective.
Transneft left bruised by russias dirty oil crisis the. Exchange of 32 pipes within 96 hours represented a great deal of work that involved large numbers of personnel and equipment. Even if you increase the contamination by an order of magnitude, you are still talking 1 to 3 percent of the oil in the pipeline. Oil and gas pipelines and piping systems 1st edition. Study on the technical aspects of variable use of oil. Feb 20, 2018 the staterun pipeline operator, transpetrol, transported about 9.