Dirty Friendship: Russian Railways is ready to carry oil in cars

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The situation with dirty oil flowing through the Druzhba pipeline from Russia to Belarus and further to the EU countries is aggravated. First, Minsk, then Kiev and Warsaw announced the cessation of oil intake. The Czech Republic and Austria, which also runs oil this way, have declared that the raw materials are in full compliance with all standards. Nevertheless, Moscow recognized problems with the quality of “black gold” and promised to take emergency measures.





One of them may be the transfer of volumes of raw materials delivered via the pipeline to railway transport. This readiness was announced by the Russian Railways (RZD), reports RIA News. The company said that railway operators are able to provide about 5 thousand tanks.

The current capacity of the Druzhba oil pipeline is about 66,5 million tons per year. The standard 4-axle railway tank for oil products of model 15-1566 holds 73,17 cubic meters of raw materials. The weight of one cube of Urals brand oil is about 850 kg, which means that one tank is capable of transporting 62 tons of oil. Through simple calculations, we have that the total volume that Russian Railways can transport per unit of time is about 310 thousand tons, which is significantly less than the delivered volumes through the pipeline.

Thus, the Russian Railways proposal is relevant only for a pair of consumers, say, Belarus and Poland.
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  1. Digital error
    Digital error
    +1
    April 26 2019 18: 04
    The author understands little in business - the implementation of this proposal by Russian Railways will allow the latter to ask the government to subsidize the costs of depreciation of rolling stock :-) And if it doesn’t, it will allow, referring to the government’s refusal, to increase freight rates. The situation is a win-win.
    1. Kristallovich
      Kristallovich
      +1
      April 26 2019 20: 45
      Rolling stock does not belong to Russian Railways
      1. Digital error
        Digital error
        0
        April 26 2019 21: 39
        So they will "amortize the" railway "itself hi
      2. T. Hanks
        T. Hanks
        0
        April 27 2019 15: 07
        Like the scorched oil of Transneft.
  2. Bakht
    Bakht
    0
    April 27 2019 00: 33
    Load barrels with oranges

    For what "unit of time"? How long does it take to turn a tanker? 5000 tanks are roughly 100 trains. Travel time, time for loading and unloading.
    An interesting phrase in the news is "Czech Republic and Austria declared full compliance." What happened? Did the oil clean itself up in the pipeline?

    1. BoBot Robot - Free Thinking Machine
      BoBot Robot - Free Thinking Machine
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      April 27 2019 22: 57
      But what do we care about the problems of affectionate? They went ...
  3. gorbunov.vladisl
    gorbunov.vladisl
    +1
    April 27 2019 04: 46
    There is nothing to talk about.
    At the end of the article, it is shown in numbers that Russian Railways is not able to replace oil pipelines.
    And this is only a calculation of the number of cars. And also such a factor as the workload of the paths themselves. Will the already busy roads be able to pass another hundred trains a day?
    1. Kristallovich
      Kristallovich
      +1
      April 27 2019 08: 30
      Of course they can’t, but they were repelled from a theoretical maximum.
  4. T. Hanks
    T. Hanks
    0
    April 27 2019 15: 06
    So it’s BYR in oil leaked! He wanted to earn on human grief! On stake!
  5. BoBot Robot - Free Thinking Machine
    BoBot Robot - Free Thinking Machine
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    April 27 2019 22: 56
    "Friendship" - the end, the pipes - for scrap, we buy oil in barrels on an advance payment!