Visit of Legislators and Environmental Activists to Atyrau PS

The delegation could get acquainted with the equipment and technical capabilities of the PS tank farm. The tanks installed there are equipped with floating roofs with modern rigid seals providing 99% suppression of oil vapor emissions into the atmosphere compared to conventional stationary roofs.

Tour participants showed great interest in the Station's highly efficient system for treating domestic wastewater and industrial and storm water wastes.

The treatment facilities are highly automated. Their process cycle includes preliminary sedimentation in static settling tanks, physical and chemical treatment together with pressure flotation, post-treatment at a five-stage filter, and disinfection at the ultraviolet plant.

The water purified to the MAC in the fishery is fed into four-section evaporation ponds equipped with an impervious screen.

It should be noted that the Station’s staff are zealous with respect to water resources and reuse treated water for irrigation of greenery and for dust suppression. The guests were told that during the April campaign called Clean Bank, Atyrau PS staff alone had planted 400 saplings and the entire team of CPC Eastern Region had planted in total 1,500 trees.

In a conversation with the deputies of the Atyrau City Maslikhat, the issue of the proximity of the landfill to the PS facilities was raised. Representatives of Atyrau legislative body reported that it was planned to be closed in 2025.

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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.