Research of Transportation Scenario for Heavy Crude Oil from Tahe Oilfield

Most of Crude oil produced from Tahe Oilfield have to be transported by Southern Xinjiang railroad to interior areas' oil refinery.Wilth the increase of crude oil output of the oilfield, transportation of crude oil by Southern Xinjiang railroad is faced with a situation in insufficient capacity.Based on investigation on productivity development of the oilfield and variation of oil market, 3 transportation programs of crude oil, that is, by taking ove Petrochina Pipelines, by self-constructed pipeline and by the railroad, are compared and selected.Results show that because of the differences of oil property and the uncertainty of transportation scope of pipeline, the former two ways for transportation of Tahe Crude Oil are not applicable, and while taking advantage of the railroad to transport crude oil is a more practical way, which is of more instructive significance in surface engineering construction of Tahe Oilfield.