Gazprom has welded 981 km of Bovanenkovo – Ukhta pipeline, located in Russia, with 940 km already trenched and buried.
The Bovanenkovo – Ukhta pipeline will be approximately 1,200 km in length and have a design capacity of 140 Bcm/a of natural gas. It will join to the 1,300 km Ukhta – Torzhok pipeline, which will have a design capacity of 81.5 Bcm/a.
The pipeline is part of a the Yamal megaproject, a multi-line gas transmission system that aims to deliver gas from the Yamal Peninsula – including from the Bovanenkovo field – to central Russia.
The pipeline began construction activities in 2007 and is scheduled for commissioning in the third quarter of 2012.
Image caption: The first weld being made of on the Bovanenkovo – Ukhta pipeline.