The construction of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline by the Transneft company. To cross the Angara River, fragments of the pipeline were fitted on a pontoon and then floated off. This operation was repeated 15 times. Then the pipe was lowered into a special underwater trench. Workers used satellite equipment to reach maximum precision. The pipeline project involves crossing of 107 rivers and lakes.
- Location: Irkutsk region, Russia
- Event date: 17.05.2007
- Date published: 22.05.2007
- Author: Aleksey Babushkin
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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