On August 24, operation of the CPC Pipeline System recommenced after a scheduled 72-hour shutdown. The three days were used for maintenance, repair and facilities connection that require full shutdown of the system.
This is the second in 2018 scheduled shutdown for the purposes of work to ensure the specified operating parameters and reliability of the CPC Pipeline System facilities. A considerably larger volume of work was done over the entire pipeline than during the shutdown in May 2018. In particular, scheduled ball valves replacement at Tengiz, Komsomolskaya and Kropotkin pump stations, as well as process pipelines at the Tank Farm and the Marine Terminal shore facilities was completed.
Inlet header was modernized with replacement of the pipeline at Astrakhan PS to ensure maximum throughput. Single-point mooring (SPM-1) was connected and commissioned at the CPC Marine Terminal upon comprehensive replacement of the marine hoses.
Well-coordinated work of CPC staff and its contractors, strict adherence to the work safety norms, as well as thorough preparation for the work ensured that the technically complex process was seamless and on schedule. Currently, crude oil is transported as planned.
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The CPC pipeline system is one of the largest investment projects with foreign capital in the energy sector in the CIS. The length of Tengiz-Novorossiysk pipeline is 1,511 km; more than two thirds of all export crude oil from Kazakhstan and crude oil from the Russian fields, including those in the Caspian Region, are transported by this route. CPC Marine Terminal is equipped with three Single Point Moorings (SPM) that allow to load tankers safely at a significant distance offshore, also in poor weather conditions.
CPC Shareholders: Russian Federation (represented by Transneft – 24% and CPC Company – 7%) – 31%; Republic of Kazakhstan (represented by Kazmunaygaz – 19% and Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures LLC – 1.75%) – 20.75%; Chevron Caspian Pipeline Consortium Company - 15%, LUKARCO B.V. - 12.5%, Mobil Caspian Pipeline Company – 7.5%, Rosneft-Shell Caspian Ventures Limited – 7.5%, BG Overseas Holding Limited - 2%, Eni International N.A. N.V. - 2% and Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC – 1.75%.