A new building of Chokan Valikhanov school was opened in the village of Zhastalap, Atyrau Oblast, on September 04, 2019. CPC General Director Nikolai Gorban, CPC Deputy Director General, RK Government Relations, Kairgeldy Kabyldin , Kurmangazy District Deputy Akim Urketn Tadjiev and Atyrau Oblast Deputy Head of Construction Nurjan Myrzabulatov participated in the ceremony.
Caspian Pipeline Consortium allocated about 407 million Tenge (over 1.2 million USD) to build a school for 80 children, the construction was in progress since October 2017. The total area of the facility amounted to 2,312 sq. m, the construction area was 1,584 sq. m. The school premises consists of an educational building, sports hall and a cooking room. The building has 20 classrooms, school hall, library and a medical station.
There is a multi-purpose sport ground on the territory, which consists of the playgrounds for volleyball, basketball, action games, conditioning, etc. A boiler house with two boilers (one of them is a backup unit), emergency diesel generator, and a firewater storage tank are provided for in the utility zone.
During the opening ceremony, it was pointed out that commissioning of that facility was a significant contribution in the village social infrastructure: the 1956 old building was in disrepair, while the nearest schools in the neighboring villages were at a distance of about 7 km.
- CPC will continue participating in strengthening the social infrastructure in all Regions crossed by Tengiz-Novorossiysk pipeline system. Today, the international Consortium provides regular aid to handicapped people, veterans, orphans, other disadvantaged social groups, - noted CPC General Director Nikolai Gorban.
In 2001-2018, the Consortium invested in charity projects in Kazakhstan in total about 9 billion Tenge, including construction and reconstruction of schools, kindergartens and hospitals in Atyrau Oblast.
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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%.