In October 2018, 5,112,867 gross tons (40,343,876 barrels) of crude oil were lifted from CPC-R Marine Terminal, which is 458,732 tons (almost 10%) more compared to the same period of the previous year.
Out of 5,112,867 tons lifted, 2,075,707 tons of crude oil were from Tengiz field, 781,292 tons - from Karachaganak field, 1,414,477 tons - from Kashagan field and 239,433 tons - from other Kazakhstani producers. In October, the Russian Shippers exported 601,958 gross tons of crude through the CPC-R pipeline system.
From January 1 to October 31, 2018, crude oil lifting amounted to 49,974,970 gross tons. Out of that quantity, 23,559,986 tons were received from Tengiz field, 8,463,828 tons from Karachaganak field and 10,710,653 from Kashagan. 456 tankers were loaded at CPC Marine Terminal in January-October 2018, with 48 tankers loaded in October.
In total, from 2001 through October 31, 2018, 571,519,659 net tons of crude oil were delivered to the world markets via the Tengiz-Novorossiysk crude pipeline system. 497,221,294 tons of that crude oil came from Kazakhstani Shippers and 74,298,365 tons of “black gold” were produced in Russia.
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CPC Pipeline System is one of the major investment projects in energy sector with participation of foreign capital in the CIS. The length of the Tengiz–Novorossiysk pipeline is 1,511 km; it transports over two thirds of all Kazakhstan export crude, as well as crude from Russian oil fields, including the Caspian Region. CPC Marine Terminal is equipped with three Single Point Moorings (SPM) that allow to load tankers safely at a significant distance offshore, also amid 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%.