Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline
| Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline | |
|---|---|
A Soviet stamp of 1983, dedicated to the Urengoy-Uzhhorod transcontinental export pipeline | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia and Ukraine |
| General direction | North-South-West |
| From | Urengoy gas field |
| Passes through | Izhevsk, Yelets, Kursk, Romny, Zhmerynka, Bohorodchany, Ivano-Frankivsk |
| To | Uzhhorod |
| Runs alongside |
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| General information | |
| Type | natural gas |
| Operator | Gazprom UkrTransGaz |
| Commissioned | 1984 |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 4,500 km (2,800 mi) |
| Maximum discharge | 32×109 m3 (1.1×1012 cu ft) per year |
The Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline (also known as the Bratstvo pipeline, Brotherhood pipeline, West-Siberian Pipeline, or Trans-Siberian Pipeline) was one of Russia's main natural gas export pipelines, partially owned and operated by Ukraine. It was part of the "gas in exchange for pipes program", and the Soviet-controlled bank "Ost-West Handelsbank" was opened in Frankfurt on 1 March 1973 to support the project. Russia stopped exporting through this pipeline at the end of 2024 as Ukraine did not renew the contract.