KazTransOil completed work on connecting 3 newly constructed sections of «Uzen - Atyrau - Samara» main oil pipeline

Nur-Sultan, January 31 - Neftegaz.RU. Employees of KazTransOil completed work on connecting 2 newly constructed sections of the pipeline with a total length of 22 km to the main oil pipeline «Uzen-Atyrau-Samara» and a constructed section with process pipelines for the inlet and outlet manifold of the oil heating point of Beineu Oil Pumping Station.

As part of the work to improve the reliability of the production infrastructure, sections at 266.7-281.7 km and 283.7-290.7 km of the Uzen-Atyrau-Samara main oil pipeline were replaced.
Also, at 322.4 km of the oil pipeline, the existing pipelines of the inlet and outlet collectors of the oil heating point of Beineu Oil Pumping Station were replaced.

345 employees were involved as well as employees of the Operation Department, Main Dispatch Department of the Oil Transportation Control Center branch, HSE and Emergency Situations Department of KazTransOil and 108 units of special equipment.
Moreover, the staff of contractors was involved in the amount of 61 employees and 14 pieces of equipment.

In order to carry out work on connecting sections of the pipeline, a scheduled shutdown of the main oil pipeline «Uzen - Atyrau - Samara» was planned at the section of the «Uzen» OPS - Kasymov OPS for 72 hours.

Uzen-Atyrau-Samara oil pipeline is the 2^nd in terms of exports of Kazakhstan´s oil to the world market.
Oil is delivered through the Uzen-Atyrau-Samara oil pipeline and further through the Transneft system to the Baltic terminal of Ust-Luga and the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
For 9 months of 2021, 9.3 million tons of oil were transported through the Uzen-Atyrau-Samara oil pipeline.

«KazTransOil» - the national operator of the main oil pipeline.
It is part of the «KazMunayGas» Groups.
Owns a diversified network of main oil pipelines with a length of 5.4 thousand km.