In September 2019, CPC personnel and its contractors achieved the milestone of 10 million hours worked without recordable injuries and incidents. The high level of safety has also been demonstrated by the CPC transport units that reached another milestone of 47 million km driven without recordable MVAs.
These significant achievements are the result of a responsible approach of each CPC employee to the prevention of accidents, injuries and other dangerous situations. “The Consortium's safety culture, promotion of safety awareness, 12+1 Life Saving Rules and other effective measures allow CPC to confidently move towards zero injuries”, said in his congratulations to the CPC personnel the CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban.
In 2018, the CPC management set a strategic target to achieve a zero injury rate. The fact that CPC was included into Top-25 Best Companies of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) was the first outcome of this hard work. In 2018, CPC won All-Russia Contest “Health and Safety 2017” and took the first prize in the nomination "Methodology for monitoring and assurance of safe working conditions” for its innovative project “Shaping the Concept of Incidents and Injuries Free Culture”. In 2019, CPC received the Grand Prix of the same contest for up-to-date approach and outstanding safety performance.
CPC, which brings together 11 Shareholders from six countries, is a vivid example of successful international cooperation. For all Stakeholders it has become a unique platform for sharing best practices and modern technologies Strictly complying with the legislation related to operation and construction of hazardous production facilities, introducing the best international practices, CPC achieves impressive results in the field of health, industrial safety and environmental protection.
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The CPC Pipeline System is one of CIS largest energy investment projects that involves foreign capital. The length of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk pipeline is 1 511 km; this route moves over two thirds of all Kazakhstan export oil along with crude from Russian fields including those in 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: CPC Shareholders are Russian Federation (represented by Transneft – 24% and CPC Company – 7 %) – 31%; Republic of Kazakhstan (represented by KazMunayGas – 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%.