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{{Infobox pipeline
| name        = Baltic Pipeline System
| type        = Oil
| map         = Pipelines in Eastern Europe.png
| map_caption = Location of Baltic Pipeline System
| country     = Russia
| coordinates = 
| photo       = 
| caption     =
| operator    = [[Transneft]]
| partners    = 
| length_km   = 
| discharge   = 76.5&nbsp;million [[tonne|tons]] per year
| direction   = south-north-west
| start       = [[Yaroslavl]]
| finish      = [[Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast|Primorsk]]
| est         = 2001
| through     = [[Kirishi]]
| par         = [[Sever Pipeline]]
}}

The '''Baltic Pipeline System''' (BPS) is a Russian oil transport system operated by the oil pipeline company [[Transneft]]. The BPS transports oil from the [[Timan-Pechora]] region, [[Siberia|West Siberia]] and [[Ural (region)|Urals]]-[[Volga Federal District|Volga]] regions to [[Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast|Primorsk]] oil terminal at the eastern part of the [[Gulf of Finland]].

==History==
The project started in 1997 and construction was completed in December 2001. In April 2006 the Baltic Pipeline System reached full design capacity.<ref name=stpetersburgtimes>
{{cite news
 |url=http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=17280
 |title=Baltic Pipeline System Set To Reduce Transit Dependency
 |publisher=St. Petersburg Times
 |date=2006-04-11
 |accessdate=2007-12-29}}
</ref>

==Technical features==
Main elements of the BPS-1 are:

* [[Yaroslavl]]-[[Kirishi]] pipeline
* Kirishi pumping station
* Kirishi-Primorsk pipeline
* Oil terminal in Primorsk.<ref name=leningrad>{{cite news
 |url=http://eng.lenobl.ru/economics/investment/principlefederalprojects/balticoilpipeline?PHPSESSID=640241724ce1bc42839f3b18b9e71f1a
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222005526/http://eng.lenobl.ru/economics/investment/principlefederalprojects/balticoilpipeline?PHPSESSID=640241724ce1bc42839f3b18b9e71f1a
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=2012-12-22
 |title=The Baltic Pipeline System – the key federal project in the Leningrad Region 
 |publisher=Leningrad Oblast Administration 
 |accessdate=2007-12-29 
}}
</ref>

The capacity of the BPS-1 is 76.5&nbsp;million [[tonne|tons]] of oil per year.<ref name=stpetersburgtimes/>

==Controversy==
During planning and construction stages, the project was criticized by environmentalists, mainly because of the [[Baltic Sea]]'s status as a particularly sensitive sea area and Primorsk’s proximity to the [[Beryozovye Islands]] nature reserve, a major bird sanctuary protected by the [[Ramsar Convention]].<ref name=evropa>
{{cite news
 |url=http://www.delrus.ec.europa.eu/em/2000-2001/user.php-func=mag_art&art_id=222&iss_id=17.htm 
 |title=What impact will a new port in the Baltic have on the environment? 
 |author=Sergei Grivenkov 
 |publisher=Journal Evropa 
 |date=December 2000 
 |accessdate=2007-12-29 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531032657/http://www.delrus.ec.europa.eu/em/2000-2001/user.php-func%3Dmag_art%26art_id%3D222%26iss_id%3D17.htm 
 |archivedate=2008-05-31 
}}
</ref>

==BPS-2==
{{main|Baltic Pipeline System-II}}
The Baltic Pipeline System-2 (BPS-2) is a second trunk line of the system running from the [[Unecha]] junction of the [[Druzhba pipeline]] near the Russia-Belarus border to the [[Ust-Luga]] terminal on the [[Gulf of Finland]] with a {{convert|172|km|mi}} long branch line to the [[Kinef|Kirishi oil refinery]]. The construction of the BPS-2 started on 10 June 2009<ref name=euractiv110609>
{{cite news
 |url= http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/russia-builds-baltic-oil-pipeline-bypass-belarus/article-183101?Ref=RSS
 |title= Russia builds Baltic oil pipeline to bypass Belarus 
 |publisher=EurActiv 
 |date=2009-06-11
 |accessdate=2009-06-30}}
</ref> and it entered in function in late March 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2012-04-18/czech-concerns-over-future-druzhba-oil-pipeline|title = Czech concerns over the future of the Druzhba oil pipeline|date = 18 April 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Energy|Russia|Engineering|Transport|Economy}}
* [[Druzhba pipeline]]
* [[Caspian Pipeline Consortium]]
* [[Sever Pipeline]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061004031813/http://www.transneft.ru/Ecolog/Default.asp?LANG=EN&ID=219 Baltic Pipeline System - environmental safety and reliability], Transneft

{{Pipeline Systems of Russia}}
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[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 2001]]
[[Category:Oil pipelines in Russia]]