July 24,
2023, CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban jointly with representatives of the
Operations Department and Construction Projects Department visited the Marine
Terminal Tank Farm and Shore Facilities located in Glebovsky rural district
(Novorossiysk municipality).A working
visit of CPC Management to the pipeline system facilities located in the
Republic of Kalmykia, Stavropol Krai and Krasnodar Krai involved an inspection
of oil storage and loading facilities, an unscheduled inspection of site operating
and contractor personnel, and specialized equipment readiness to emergencies.
The Marine
Terminal Tank Farm with a surface area of 160 ha and a total storage capacity
of 1 million ton of oil is the largest operating facility of the CPC pipeline
system, and one of the largest oil storage facilities in Russia. The tank farm is located in the mountain
area, 9 km away from the sea, and is composed of 10 vertical steel floating
roof tanks, with a capacity of 100,000 m3 each (VSFRT-100000).
VSFRT-100000
tanks are outfitted with automatic fire suppression system and installed onto
leak proof multilayer foundations surrounded by reinforced concrete dykes
capable of holding 120% of the contents of each tank. Floating roofs with rigid second seals
prevent collection and emission of oil vapors into the atmosphere.
The Tank Farm
treatment facilities represent a completely closed loop system, in which water
treated to match fishery water body standards is not discharged into nearby
water reservoirs, but is used in the firefighting system loop.
From the Tank
Farm, oil is fed by gravity via a 1400 mm inter-site process piping to the
Marine Terminal Shore Facilities, passes through LACT meters and pressure
regulators to reach the subsea pipeline and eventually, the three single point
moorings (SPMs). SPMs are located some 5 km offshore and are used to load crude
oil to tankers. Oil lifting that involves a five-fold increase in the distance
of the sanitary / protection zone stipulated by legislation can be performed at
wave height up to 2.5 m.
A major
effort to build a new crude oil lease automatic custody transfer (LACT) is
nearing completion at the Marine Terminal. The effort is implemented within the
framework of the Debottlenecking Program aimed at increasing CPC pipeline
throughput capacity to 82 million tons per year. Commissioning of the new LACT will let CPC
lift oil from three single point moorings simultaneously, if needed.
During the
visit to the Marine Terminal Tank Farm and Shore Facilities, the Head of the
Consortium and representatives of functional departments inspected sites,
administrative, utility and warehouse premises, fire stations and workshops,
and monitored living conditions in DBNP construction contractor camps. The
condition of equipment and systems, as well as the level of personnel
professional qualifications were evaluated favorably.
Working
meetings with the Marine Terminal facilities operating personnel reviewed items
associated with further enhancement of Safe Work Culture and active engagement
with contractors on matters of occupational health, industrial safety, and
environmental protection.
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 safe
loading of tankers 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%.