Yamal-Europe pipeline

Yamal–Europe pipeline
Location of Yamal–Europe pipeline
Location
Country	Russia, Belarus, Poland
General direction	north-south-west
From	Torzhok
Passes through	Vuktyl, Ukhta, Gryazovets, Torzhok, Smolensk, Minsk, Zambrów, Włocławek, Poznań
To	Górzyca
Runs alongside	Northern Lights pipeline
General information
Type	natural gas
Partners	Gazprom PGNiG Gas-Trading S.A.
Operator	Gazprom Gazprom Transgaz Belaru EuRoPol Gaz
Commissioned	1997
Technical information
Length	4,196 km (2,607 mi)
Maximum discharge	33×10^9 m3/a (1.2×10^12 cu ft/a)  billion cubic meters per year

The Yamal–Europe natural gas pipeline is a 4,196 kilometres (2,607 mi) long pipeline connecting natural gas fields in Western Siberia and in the future on the Yamal peninsula, Russia, with Germany.

Planning for the Yamal–Europe pipeline started in 1992. Intergovernmental agreements between Russia, Belarus and Poland were signed in 1993. In 1994, Wingas, the joint venture of Gazprom and Wintershall, a subsidiary of BASF, started building the German section of the pipeline. The first gas was delivered to Germany through the Belarus-Polish corridor in 1997. The Belarus and Polish sections were completed in September 1999 and the pipeline reached its rated annual capacity of about 33 billion cubic metres (1.2 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas in 2005, after completion of all compressor stations.

The pipeline starts at the Torzhok gas hub in Russia and is fed by the Northern Tyumen Regions (SRTO) – Torzhok gas pipeline. Its length includes around 402 kilometres (250 mi) in Russia, 575 kilometres (357 mi) in Belarus and 683 kilometres (424 mi) in Poland. The German gas system is connected to the Yamal–Europe pipeline through the JAGAL pipeline.

Notwithstanding its name, the pipeline is initially supplied by gas fields in the Nadym Pur Taz District of the Tyumen Oblast and not from Yamal peninsula. It would be supplied from the Bovanenkovo field of Yamal peninsula after construction of the 1,100 kilometres (700 mi) long Bovanenkovo-Ukhta pipeline, a part of the Yamal project.

The capacity of the pipeline is 33 billion cubic metres (1.2 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas per annum. The diameter of the pipeline is 1,420 millimetres (56 in). The pressure in the pipeline is provided by 14 compressor stations.