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| Pipelines (references) | Routing | Construction (year and season) | Pipe diameter (mm) | Length (km) | Burial depth (m) | Comments |
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| Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) [25, 26] | Valdez-Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA | 1973-1977
Winter | 1220 | 1287 | 0.4~4.0 | Oil temperature: 38~63°C; oil flow rate: 3.3 m/s; main problem: thaw settlement |
| Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System [27] | Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA, to Alberta, Canada | 1981-1986
Winter | 1219 (Alaska)
1420 (Canada) | 1198 (Alaska)
3271 (Canada) | Above ground | Gas temperature: -17°C; main problems: frost heave/thaw settlement |
| Golmud-Lhasa Oil Pipeline (GLOP) [15, 28] | Golmud, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China | 1972-1977
Winter | 159 | 1078 | 1.2-1.4 | Oil temperature: -5~+9°C; oil flow: 5900 barrels/day; main problems: thaw settlement/frost heave |
| Norman Wells Oil Pipeline (NWOP) [2, 10] | Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, to Zama, Alberta, Canada | 1983-1985
Winter | 328/359 | 869 | 1.1~1.2 | Ambient temperature: -4~12°C; oil temperature: -1~0°C; oil flow: 5000 m3/day; main problems: settlement/uplift/instability of slope |
| China-Russia Crude Oil Pipeline (CRCOP) [21, 22] | Skovorodino, Amur Prefecture, Russia, via Mo’he to Daqing, China | 2009-2011 (I)
2018 (II)
Winter | 813 | 953 | 1.6~2.0 | Ambient temperature: -41~24°C; main problems: thaw settlement/uplift/instability of slope |
| ESPO (Eastern Siberia to Pacific Ocean) Oil Pipeline System [29] | Taishet in Irkutsk Oblast to Skovorodino in Amur Oblast, Russia, along with a branch from Skovorodino to Daqing, China (933 km) (I); another branch from Skovorodino to Kozmino Bay (II) | 2006, spring (I)
2009 (II) | 1220 (I); 1067 (II) | 2757 (I); 2100 (II) | | Mean annual air temperature: -7~-6°C; main problems: thaw settlement/uplift/instability of slope |
| Nadym-Pur-Taz Gas Production Complex (NPT) [8] | Urenoyskoye field in western Siberia to Torzhok, Russia | 1995 | 1020/1220/1420 | 2200 | 1.5~2.0 (part) | Insulated with polymer tape |
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