Yamal–Europe pipeline
The Yamal–Europe natural gas pipeline is a 4,107-kilometre-long (2,552 mi) pipeline connecting Russian natural gas fields in the Yamal Peninsula and Western Siberia with Poland and Germany, through Belarus. The Poland portion ceased operating in 2022.
| Yamal–Europe pipeline | |
|---|---|
Location of Yamal–Europe pipeline | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia, Belarus, Poland |
| General direction | north-southwest |
| From | Bovanenkovo gas field and Novy Urengoy |
| Passes through | Vuktyl, Ukhta, Gryazovets, Torzhok, Smolensk, Minsk, Zambrów, Włocławek, Poznań |
| To | Górzyca |
| Runs alongside | Northern Lights pipeline (partly) |
| General information | |
| Type | natural gas |
| Partners | Gazprom PGNiG Gas-Trading S.A. |
| Operator | Gazprom Gazprom Transgaz Belaru EuRoPol Gaz |
| Construction started | 1994 |
| Commissioned | 2006 (fully) |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 4,107 km (2,552 mi) |
| Maximum discharge | 33 billion m3/a (1.2 trillion cu ft/a) |
In Gazprom's development project nomenclature the pipeline consists of four sections, Bovanenkovo–Ukhta (1,200 km or 750 mi), Ukhta–Torzhok (970 km or 600 mi), the western section from Torzhok also confusingly named Yamal–Europe (1,660 km or 1,030 mi), and the partly parallel SRTO–Torzhok branch section (2,200 km or 1,400 mi).
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