Construction of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline in the heat

Construction of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline entered an active phase. Now in taiga laying the first site from the Chayandinsky field to Lensk 207 kilometers long. Ust Kut becomes the main transport knot through which materials for "building of a century" will arrive.

Now Lensk— one big warehouse of pipes. For navigation of last year from Ust-Kutay delivered so many that will be enough to construct 78 kilometers of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline.

Each pipe will be lifted, turned, looked to eliminate even the most insignificant defects of isolation or joints.

—It is necessary to estimate, condition it.
—But often happens inadequate?
—It happens. At this stage three it was eliminated defect— the specialist in repair of pipes Andrey  Yushkov speaks.

Ina taiga it is noisy. Here root out stubs, level the route for the gas pipeline. The wood on different sites is cut by four organizations— two of Lensk, two of the Irkutsk region.

These pipe layers will be necessary approximately in a month when the earth becomes softer. It is necessary to cut through still a glade in taiga— about 60 kilometers are now passable, and also to dig through a trench for the Power of Siberia main gas pipeline.

The gas pipeline will pass on bogs, mountains, earthquake-prone areas. By 2018 gas has to enter to China through Blagoveshchensk. Experts who laid the ESPO oil pipeline, engineers of divisions of Gazprom from other regions are invited to building.

—Here it is possible to make a cut. Here representatives from all our country gathered.  Because building will be grandiose. It already began, and experience of these people is necessary for us— the director of lensky linearly – production management of the main gas pipeline Vladimir Aksentishchev speaks.

Building is humming and in Lensk. Here prepare two large platforms— for the hostel on150places andfor new baseLinearly – production management. The pillow under the building is poured out by the 4,5 meters high. Ona flood case.

—Here onthis site all forces are thrown. Here 25cars pour out in a day. They flights do till 10-12 in a day— the ancillary worker Pavel Kulpatov speaks.

Laying of a pipe from the Kovykta field will become the second stage of construction of the gas pipeline.

Now "Power of Siberia" is under construction from the Chayandinsky field in Yakutia to Blagoveshchensk inthe Amur region— 2200km. Then "Gazprom" will construct a gas pipeline site from the Kovykta field in the Irkutsk region to Chayandinsky— these are about 800 more km.