POL PIPELINE NORTH VIETNAM/LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300570001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 16, 1969
• Content Type: PHOTO

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POL PIPELINE
NORTH VIETNAM~LAOS
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE OPERATIONAL
PETROLEUM PIPELINE IN NORTH VIETNAM AND LAOS.
2. LOCATION:
3. BACKGROUND:
APPROXIMATELY 161 NM OF 4 INCH (10 CM.) PETROLEUM PIPELINE IS NOW
IN USE IN THE PANHANDLE AREA OF NORTH VIETNAM AND LAOS. IlVTERMITTENT SECTIONS
OF THIS PIPELINE HAS BEEN OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION SIlVCE JULY 1868. THE
MEASURED DISTANCE INCLUDES PHCII'0 CONFIRMED MAINLINE AND SERVICE L1NES AND
APPROXIMATELY 17 NM OF NON-PHOTO CONFIRMED BUT NECESSARY OPERATIONAL GAPS
(MEASURED IN STRAIGHT LIlVE DISTANCES). EIGHT MAJOR OPERATIONAL STORAGE AREAS
SERVED BY THE PIPELINE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED, THESE HAVE A TOTAL ESTIMATED
CAPACITY OF 10,000 MT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONLY THAT PORTION OF THE SYSTEM
BETWEEN THE WATER AND RAIL IlVPUT POINTS AT VIN'H AND THE PRESENT TERMINUS IN
LAOS IS NOW IlV USE .
These notes have been prepared for briefirg purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
portirg period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
GROUP I EXCLUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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4. MISSION READOUT:
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PIPE SYSTEM INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF
ASSOCIATED PRESSURE PUMPS AND IlVTERDICTIONS IN THE LAOTIAN PORTION OF THE LINE.
THE SECOND EAST-WEST PIPE LINE WAS OBSERVED, FOR THE FIRST TIME ON
PHOTOGRAPHY RUNNING WEST FROM THE VIIVH PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
STORAGE FACILI'T'Y TO A POINT WHERE IT JOIlVS THE NORTH-SOUTH LINE TWO NM NORTH OF
THE SONG CA RIVER CROSSING. THIS LIlVE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED
AND GENERALLY PARALLELS THE FIRST EAST-WEST LINE. ANEW UNDERGROUND PETROLEUM
STORAGE AREA IS ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW LINE IN THE VINH AREA. THE
STORAGE AREA WILL BE SERVED BY THE PIPELINE. THE AREA IS ALSO SERVED BY A RAIL
SPUR OFF THE MAIN RAILLII~TE NEAR THE VINH RAILYARD. RAIL TANK CARS HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED ON THIS SPUR FROM WHICH DIRECT POL TRANSFER INTO THE PIPELINE AND INTO
THE STORAGE AREA CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.
SINCE EARLY FEBRUARY 1969 A SERIES OF PUMPING STATIONS HAS BEEN
OBSERVED IN THE OPEN LEVEL AREAS NORTH OF BAI DUC THUN AND HARDER TO IDENTIFY
IN THE HEAVILY VEGETATED AND UNEVEN TERRAIIVT TO THE SOUTH. FOURTEEN STATIONS
AND F PTE PROBABLE STATIONS ARE PRESENTLY CONFIRMED BY NPIC. A TOTAL OF THIRTY-
TWO STATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. TYPICALLY, THESE PUMPING STATIONS CONSIST OF
ONE PUMP SITUATED IN A SMALL RE VETTED HUT ADJACENT TO THE PIPE LINE. THE PUMPS
ARE CONNECTED TO THE MAINLINE BY DUAL (EFFLUENT AND AFFLUENT) LINES. IN ADDITIOiJ
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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TO PRESSURE PUMPS SEVERAL TRANSFER PUMP STATIONS HAVE BEEN LOCATED. THESE ARE
USED TO FILL POL TANK TRUCKS, OTHER VEHICLE TANKS, OR POL DRUMS.
SEVERAL IlVTERDICTIONS IlV THE LAOTIAN PORTION OF THE LTNE HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED. THE NATURE OF THE LINE PROBABLY FACILITATES EASY REPAIR OF LINE
PETROLEUM AT THE POIlVTS OF BREAK. THIS AREA IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 NM
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re?
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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