History of OJSC “Giprotruboprovod”

OJSC “Giprotruboprovod” was formed in 1939. Its history is rich in significant events, inseparably concerned with the historical milestone of our country: participation in construction of gasoline pipeline across the Ladozhskoye Ozero to the blockade Leningrad in the years of the Great Patriotic War, in restoration and reconstruction of the storage depots for oil and oil products during the earliest post-war years, in intensive construction of trunk oil pipelines in fifties, sixties and seventies, when the country was needed oil at any price.

During the ensuing years of the Great Patriotic War in Institute there was an active work on enhancement of efficiency of the design activity. For this period the first experience of the standard typical design was gained, which subsequently served as an important factor for strengthening and development of productive potential of Institute.

For the period of intensive development of oil industry (1960s – 1980s) based on designs, developed by the Institute, there were built the main oil pipelines and oil product pipelines of the USSR, including oil pipeline system from West Siberia, circular pipelines around Moscow for distribution of oil products and gas, “Druzhba” oil pipeline system and a lot of others. Merits of Institute for this period were marked with great State Award - rewarded with the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1967 for the successful design engineering of the oil trunk pipelines “Druzhba” and large achievements in the field of engineering of the pipeline systems.

The principal new in the activity of Institute nowadays there is a vest with its functions of General contractor for performance of design and survey operations and providence of field supervision at the functioning objects and facilities under construction of OJSC “AK “Transneft”, and for the performance of scientific–research and research and development operations as well. 

Priority direction of the Institute activity is the constant perfection of organization and management of processes of production so as the output production is to meet the requirements and expectations of the Clients (Consumers).

Stages of Institute formation

1939 - On the grounds of Economic Council permit at Council of People's Commissars of USSR dated 16 September 1939 № EС-131-238 by order of People's Commissariat of fuel industry dated 2 October 1939 № 522/а at the base of the oil sector of “Promstroiproject” Trust there was formed a Trust for the design of oil tank farms and oil pipelines – “Nefteprovodproject”, which entered into the system of Glavneftesbyt Narkomnefti.

1950 - Trust “Nefteprovodproject” was transferred to the system of Glavnefteproject of Ministry of oil industry of USSR.

1951 - By Order of Ministry of oil industry of USSR dated 17 April 1951 № 625 Trust “Nefteprovodproject” was transformed in the State Institute for design of facilities of transport and oil products storage – “Giprotransneft”.

1957 - By Order of Ministry of oil industry of USSR the Institutes “Giprotransneft” and “Giproenergoneft” were combined into the Institute “Giprotransneft”.

Institute “Giprotransneft” was transferred from Minnefteprom of USSR to Main  Board of gas industry (Glavgas) at Sovmin of USSR by Regulation of Council of Ministers of USSR dated 25 July 1957 № 904 and by Order of Glavgas of USSR dated  30 июля 1957 №280.

1958 - Institute “Giprotransneft” was renamed in State Institute for design of trunk pipelines – “Giprotruboprovod” by Order of Glavgas of USSR dated 8 May 1958 № 146.

1967 - For the successful design engineering of the oil trunk pipeline “Druzhba” and large achievements in the field of engineering of the pipeline systems OJSC “Giprotruboprovod” was rewarded with the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

1970 - By Regulation of Council of Ministers of USSR dated 5 February 1970 №96 and by Order of Ministry of gas industry of USSR dated 16 February 1970 № 19 Institute “Giprotruboprovod” was transmitted to subordinate to Glavtransneft of Minnefteprom of USSR and was its part up to the moment of abolishment of Ministry in 1991.

1991-2008 - State Enterprise “Giprotruboprovod” was transformed during the process of privatization into the Open Joint-Stock Company and became a Subsidiary with regard to Joint-Stock Company for transportation of oil “Transneft”.

Main Projects of Institute

1939-1941:

• Grozny - Trudovaya (Donbass) oil product pipeline
• Expansion of Caspii - Orsk oil pipeline
• Expansion of Ishimbai - Ufa oil pipeline
• Construction of oil storage depots: Krasnovodskaya, Kineshemskaya, Yaroslavskaya and etc.

1941-1950:

• Astrakhan - Saratov oil product pipeline.
• Gasoline pipeline made of prefabricated sections across the Ladozhskoye Ozero to the blockade Leningrad .
• Restoration of Grozny - Trudovaya oil product pipeline.
• Ufa - Cheliabinsk oil product pipeline (the first oil product pipeline in the country in east direction).
• Construction of new and reconstruction of the destroyed oil storage depots: Kombarskaya, Novosibirskaya, Astrakhanskaya, Odesskaya, Krasnovodskaya and etc.

1950-1960:

• Oil pipelines, connecting the “second Baku” oil fields (Bashkiria, Tataria, the Kuibyshev Oblast) with oil refineries in the European and eastern parts of the USSR:
• Tuymazy - Ufa I, II; Ufa - Omsk I, II; Almetyevsk - Gorky I, II, III; Almetyevsk - Molotov (Perm); Gorky - Ryazan I, II; Ryazan - Moscow; Gorky - Yaroslavl; Ishimbai - Orsk; Kuibyshev - Saratov; Yaroslavl - Kirishi; Perm - Almetyevsk.
• The project of oil storage depots in Afghanistan in the form of friendly aid.
• Pipeline for the transportation of Transcaucasian oils - Malgobek Tikhoretskaya.
• Moscow circular oil product triple pipeline with feed pipelines and lateral pipelines.
• Moscow circular gas pipeline with lateral pipelines.

1960-1988:

• International system of “Druzhba” main 5 thousand km long pipelines connecting the regions of Almetyevsk, Kuibyshev with oil refineries of USSR, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany: Almetyevsk - Kuibyshev; Kuibyshev - Unecha; Unecha - Polotsk; Polotsk - Ventspils; Unecha - Mozyr; Mozyr - Brest.
• Khashuri - Batumi oil pipeline.
• The system of main pipelines to transfer oil from Western Siberia to western and eastern parts of the country: Shaim - Tumen; Ust-Balyk - Omsk; Nizhnevartovsk - Ust-Balyk; Aleksandrovskoye - Anzhero-Sudzhensk; Ust-Balyk - Kurgan - Ufa - Almetyevsk; Nizhnevartovsk - Kurgan - Kuibyshev; Surgut - Polotsk; Kholmogory - Klin.
• Industrialization of construction of pump stations: development of modular packaged and block-modular types of pump stations of different capacity.
• Yuzhny Balyk - Minnibayevo pipeline for transportation of long distillats of light hydrocarbons.
• Pipelines for carbon dioxide transportation: Tolyatti - Abdrakhmanovo; Berezniki - Olkhovskoye (oil field).
• Tolyatti - Odessa ammonia transportation pipeline.

1988-1992:

• Oil pipelines from Republic of Komi and Arkhangelsk Oblast for high-viscosity oil transfer: Usa - Ukhta; Kharyaga - Usa.
• Preproject exploratory design of the Baltic Pipeline System.
• Tengiz - Astrakhan - Grozny oil pipeline for transportation of Kazakhstan oils.

1992-1997:

• Reconstruction and overhaul of pipelines in Moscow oblast, Yaroslavl oblast, Ryazan oblast, Gorky oblast, Kuibyshev oblast and other oblasts (name of districts) in Russia.
• Substantiation of investments in construction of the crude oil pipeline system of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium.
• Preparation of Declaration of Intent in respect of the Baltic Pipeline System.
• Substantiation of investments in Tikhoretsk - Krasnodar oil pipeline.

1997-1999:

• Talakan - Vitim temporary feed pipeline.
• Reconstruction and engineering re-equipment of oil pipelines for transportation of Azerbaijan oil through the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Substantiation of investments in construction of the Baltic Pipeline System.
• Development of Feasibility Study of reconstruction and overhaul of the system of main oil pipelines of OJSC “Uralo-Sibirskiye MNP”.
• Development of regulatory documentation covering design and construction of river crossings while using the directional drilling method.

Our present-days

The most significant projects for the last years with OJSC “Giprotruboprovod” are:

• Baltic Pipeline System (BPS).
• Crude oil pipeline system of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC).
• Reconstruction of Atyrau - Samara oil pipeline.
• Series of projects for expansion of Russian oil export through Novorossiysk; Krymskaya - Grushovaya oil pipeline.

Principal achievement of OJSC “Giprotruboprovod” nowadays is its defining participation in the development of “East Siberia - Pacific Ocean” (ESPO) and BPS-2 pipeline system projects.