In order to transport large quantities of oil from Imperial’s fields the company has constructed its own pipelines which will service all of the company’s current assets.

At the beginning of 2007, the company obtained all necessary permissions from the relevant Russian ministries and authorities for the construction of two pipelines of 208km in length in aggregate in the Tomsk region. Imperial has successfully completed and commissioned both of these pipelines and oil is now flowing directly to the Transneft system through Imperial’s own tie-ins and custody transfer stations at Luginetskoye and Zavyalovo.

The first pipeline, Snezhnoye-Zavyalovo, is approximately 49km in length and extends from the Snezhnoye field to the Transneft main trunk pipeline at Zavyalovo. This pipeline serves Imperial’s Blocks 74 and 77. The second pipeline, Maiskoye-Festivalnoye-Luginetskoye, is approximately 159km in length and extends from Imperial’s Maiskoye field, on Block 70, through Festivalnoye field, on Block 69 to the Transneft pipeline tie-in at Luginetskoye. This pipeline serves Imperial’s Blocks 69, 70, 85 and 86.

A third pipeline, east of the Ob River, to service Block 80, is in the course of construction. Laying of the pipeline is in progress with completion and commissioning due by the end of summer 2008, and first oil is expected to be transported in the autumn.

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