Designing prefabricated substation buildings according to GOST standards

Prefabricated electrical substation buildings were chosen for supplying power to the pipeline linking the oil producing regions of the Caspian Sea to a new port facility on the Black Sea. All electrical equipment was required to be in compliance with the standards and regulations of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan. This added to the complexity of the design, construction, commissioning and operation of the equipment and systems. The paper describes some of the difficulties that occurred, and the solutions implemented when applying local regulations and in obtaining GOST-R and GOST-K certification from the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan.