On 6 October
2023, at 07:22 a.m. Moscow time, the crude pipeline system of Caspian Pipeline
Consortium was put back into operation after the 72-hour scheduled shutdown.During the
said period, scheduled regular maintenance of various crude pipeline systems,
Pump Stations and Marine Terminal was carried out. The work was carried out on
the mechanical process, power and electrical equipment, instrumentation and
automation systems and control systems. The work was also completed under CPC
ongoing and capital projects that is only possible during shutdown of Pump
Station and crude pipeline equipment.
CPC’s and
Contractors’ specialists inspected the emergency shutdown systems functioning
along the entire line pipe in Russia and Kazakhstan. Middle-life repair of gate valves at PS-7 and
pig L/R at KP1353 was completed. Ball valves (BV) and gaskets on drain BV in
three pipeline manholes of mainline ball valves were replaced at Tengiz PS,
Astrakhan PS and in the pig L/R at KP390 as scheduled.
A
considerable amount of work was also performed on the line pipe. Defects were
fixed by installation of repair sleeves on several segments of the trunk crude
pipeline. As part of the relevant program, nine obsolete mainline ball valve
electric actuators were replaced.
To implement
CPC Base Business capital projects in the Russian Federation, a large scope of
work related to upgrade the configuration of pressure control stations in the
Marine Terminal Tank Farm was completed during the scheduled shutdown. In
accordance with the first stage of upgrading the hydraulic mixing system line
with installation of emergency oil discharge station, the surge relief line was
isolated.
Work to
improve power supply reliability was successfully completed at CPC Pump
Stations in Stavropol Krai and Kuban region and at the Marine Terminal. High
voltage cells of the Tank Farm main power substation were renovated as part of
the upgrade of the existing power grid of the Marine Terminal - Tank Farm and
Shore Facilities.
As part of
the Debottlenecking Program (DBNP) implementation, a new control logic was
applied at the MT Shore Facilities for three Lease Automatic Custody Transfer
(LACT) systems.
The power
supply panel of the Surge relief system (SRS) was dismantled and installed and
the third drainage tank of the SRS unit was connected at PS-4 as per the DBNP
schedule.
Note that
scheduled shutdowns take place several times a year. Crude lifting from the
Marine Terminal has currently been resumed in the standard mode.
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%.