On 23 July 2023, within a working trip to pipeline facilities in Russia, CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban and representatives of Operations Department and Construction Projects Department visited PS-7 and PS-8 in Krasnodar Krai.
CPC Management inspected operating facilities and pump station equipment. Ad-hoc reviews of PS and contractor personnel readiness for emergency response were carried out at the pump stations and along the pipeline.
In the presence of the Consortium General Director and business departments, PS-7 and PS-8 conducted on-site fire drills to check the readiness of operations personnel, contractors, equipment and special machinery for oil fire containment and elimination.
PS-7 and PS-8 were constructed under the CPC Pipeline Expansion Project and put into service in January 2016 and August 2017 respectively. These pump stations are the last on the Tengiz–Novorossiysk oil transport route, delivering crude oil to the Tank Farm at the CPC Marine Terminal.
At the pump stations, CPC General Director and representative of business departments checked the operation of equipment, inspected administrative buildings, storage premises, fire stations, and repair shops.
During meetings with pump station staff, they discussed issues related to the enhancement of occupational health, industrial safety, environment protection efforts, and the improvement of Safety Culture in cooperation with contractors.
After the inspection of the pump stations, CPC Management recognized the proper condition of systems and equipment, working conditions and high expertise of pump station personnel.
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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), allowing tankers to be loaded safely at significant distance offshore, including in poor weather conditions
CPC Shareholders: Federal Agency for State Property Management represented by Transneft (trustee) – 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. - 2%, and Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC – 1.75%.