On 27 April 2023, an integrated drill was
conducted in the Tank Farm of CPC Marine Terminal near Novorossiysk to confirm
the Consortium’s staff readiness for actions to contain and respond to oil and
oil products spills. Over 100 specialists participated and 28 units of
equipment were engaged in the exercise, the results of which were assessed by
the Commission consisting of representatives of EMERCOM of Russia, Krasnodar
Krai Emergency Ministry, Rosprirodnadzor, Rostekhnadzor and Novorossiysk City
Administration.The drill plan was developed in accordance with
the requirements of the Russian Federation Government’s Resolution No.2451 dd
31.12.2021 “On approval of the Rules for arrangement of activities to prevent
and respond to oil and oil products spills within the Russian
Federation...”. According to the scenario, unfavorable weather conditions
caused suspension of tanker loading at the MT, which, in turn, resulted in the
accumulation of crude oil in the tanks in the Tank Farm. The Company’s and
Contractors’ resources and equipment were put on high alert.
At 11:15 a.m. Moscow time, the SCADA control
system gave a signal about technological failure and at the same time, the
shift supervisor detected an oil seepage from a hypothetically destroyed tank SVRFT-100000.
The personnel not engaged in the accident response was promptly removed from
the territory, initial actions were undertaken to prevent the passage of
unauthorized persons and equipment to the site of the spill. Via the Automated
Emergency Warning System, the information about the incident was communicated
to the government regulatory and supervisory agencies and organizations. Then,
the management bodies were assembled, CPC-R’s OSR Plan was put into effect, and
the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) was formed.
Meeting the time standards, the participants
practiced the deployment of professional emergency and rescue units in the
depressurization of the tank SVRFT-100000, the fire brigade performed search
and rescue for five hypothetically injured persons from the dangerous zone and extinguished
the hypothetical fire in the emergency dam #1 (500 m2). The
specialized laboratory of ecological analytical control took samples of soil
and air.
Based on the results of the exercise, the
Consortium received a positive opinion report of the departmental commission on
the sufficiency of labor and resources for the containment of and response to
the maximum possible oil spills in the Marine Terminal Tank Farm in accordance
with the CPC-R Oil Spill Response Plan. The said opinion report served as the
basis for the approval of a new OSR Plan.
CPC conducts at least 10 large-scale oil
spill response and fire extinguishing drills annually. Large-scale exercises
are conducted in CPC on a regular basis, allowing to assess the readiness of
CPC pipeline operation teams, Security and dispatchers of the Consortium to
emergencies. Thirteen scheduled drills were conducted in 2022 along the entire
Tengiz-Novorossiysk crude pipeline route.
For
information:
CPC Pipeline
System is one of the major investment projects with foreign capital in energy
sector in the CIS. The length of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk pipeline is 1,511
km. This route transports over two-thirds of all Kazakhstan export crude, as
well as crude from Russian oil 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: Federal Agency for State Property Management represented by
Transneft (trust management) – 24%, CPC Company – 7%, KazmunayGas – 19%,
Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures LLC – 1.75%, 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. S.ar.l. – 2% and Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC – 1.75%.