Dividend Payment to CPC ShareholdersIn accordance with the Resolutions adopted by the Shareholders in November and December 2023, Caspian Pipeline Consortium paid next tranches of interim dividends.
CPC Handed Specialized Vehicles to Kalmykia’s Government AgenciesOn 26th of December, in Elista, Mikhail Grishankov, Deputy General Director, Russian Federation Government Relations, CPC-R, and Batu Khasikov, Head of the Republic of Kalmykia, handed motor and specialized vehicles for the total value of over 29.8 mln rubles to municipal and regional budgetary institutions. The vehicles were purchased by CPC as part of its 2023 charity program.
CPC for Hero CityOn December 20, 2023, CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban and Novorossiysk Mayor Andrey Kravchenko ceremonially handed over vehicles, appliances and equipment to representatives of municipal organizations of the hero city.
New Issue of CPC Panorama Is OutCPC Panorama, the fourth December issue of the corporate magazine for 2023, is out of print. Nikolay Gorban, General Director of Caspian Pipeline Consortium, wishes readers Happy New Year 2024.
CPC held an environmental meeting in NovorossiyskOn December 13, 2023, a meeting on environmental protection was held in Novorossiysk, focusing on areas adjacent to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s (CPC) marine terminal, the city, and the Black Sea Area.
Collective Agreement Signing with CPC-K PersonnelOn December 2023, Nikolay Gorban, General Director of Caspian Pipeline Consortium, had a town hall meeting in the CPC Eastern Region office in Astana. As part of this event, a decision was made jointly to sign a Collective Agreement between the company's management and CPC-K employees without establishing a trade union.
CPC-K Receives Paryz-2023 Gold AwardOn December 12, 2023, an award ceremony for the Paryz competition was staged in Astana. It was attended by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Resumption of Oil Lifting From CPC Marine TerminalOn 30 November 2023, oil lifting on tankers was resumed at the Marine Terminal of Caspian Pipeline Consortium. Lifting was suspended in accordance with the storm warnings issued by the Novorossiysk Harbor Master and actual adverse weather conditions.
Two New Tanks Put Into Service at Tengiz PSTwo new SVFRT-20000 tanks were put into service at the head pump station of CPC Pipeline System - Tengiz PS. They were installed as part of the Debottlenecking Program (DBNP) in 2022-2023.
Forum of Four International Oil Majors Held in AtyrauOn November 8, 2023, a regular session of the Forum of Tengizchevroil (TCO), North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC), Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO) and Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) to share best practices in occupational health, safety and environmental protection (HSE) was held in the city of Atyrau.
Interregional Scientific Conference Is Taking Place with CPC InvolvementOn October 26-27, 2023, the first interregional scientific conference “Conservation of natural reserve heritage and environmental strategy of industrial enterprises” is held in Stavropol. It is one of the events conducted as part of the regular CPC environmental awareness project “Protect Nature of Our Native Land”.
CPC Donated Vehicles to Kalmykia’s Social and Transport InfrastructureOn October 25, 2023, the ceremony of hand-over of vehicles and special vehicles for budget-funded organizations of the Republic of Kalmykia was held in Elista. CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban and First Deputy Chairman of the Republic of Kalmykia Government Erdni Tserenov presented keys to drivers.
Scope of Work During Scheduled ShutdownOn 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.
CPC – Most Reliable and Cost Effective RouteCaspian Pipeline Consortium is one of the sponsors of the Kazakhstan Energy Week – 2023 / XVth KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum, held on October 3-6, 2023 at the EXPO Congress Center, Astana.
CPC-K Held Public HearingsPublic hearings were held in Kulsary on 26 September 2023 about revision of standards of maximum allowable emissions (MAE) of air pollutants for Tengiz PS facilities.
Gala Concert of CPC to Talented Children 2023 Contest In StavropolA regional gala concert was held on 26 September 2023 in Stavropol, the guests of honor being Andrey Khlopyanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Stavropol Krai Government, First Deputy Chairman of the Stavropol Krai Duma and Galina Pavlova, First Deputy Minister of Culture. Mikhail Grishankov, CPC-R Deputy General Director, RF Government Relations, represented the International Consortium at the event.
Meetings of CPC Corporate Governance BodiesA meeting of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium-R JSC Board of Directors and an Extraordinary General Meeting of Caspian Pipeline Consortium-K JSC Shareholders took place in Istanbul on September 19-20, 2023.
CPC Safety Day Is Taking Place in AstrakhanThe 11th CPC Safety Day is taking place in Astrakhan State Theater of Opera and Ballet on 13 September 2023. Representatives of Oblast Administration, Shareholders, Managers and Specialists of the Company’s Moscow Office and its Regional Divisions in Russia and Kazakhstan, Managers and Specialists of Contractors and entities-partners of Caspian Pipeline Consortium participate in the function. In total, about 600 persons have arrived for the function.
Atyrau Oblast First Graders Received Gifts From CPCOn 29 August, on the eve of the Day of Knowledge, Caspian Pipeline Consortium donated school backpacks with educational kits to children in Atyrau Oblast as part of its annual charity program - CPC to First-Graders.
To the First Class - With Outfit From CPCOn the eve of the Day of Knowledge, Caspian Pipeline Consortium held a traditional campaign in its host regions – “CPC to First Graders”. By the 1st of September, future schoolchildren received modern and valuable gifts: lightweight ergonomic backpacks with educational kits.
II Festival "Novorossiysk Chimes” Held With CPC SupportOn August 19, 2023, Novorossiysk Forum Square hosted the II classical music festival - "Novorossiysk Chimes". A large-scale five-hour gala concert on the Black Sea coast was held with the support of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium and in cooperation with the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization "Black Sea Symphony Orchestra".
CPC Press Service Official CommunicationIn connection with the information in a number of mass media with reference to a source in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium about the operation of CPC Marine Terminal near the village of Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka and the Sheskharis oil transshipment terminal (Novorossiysk, Transneft) during the fire at the private cargo area beyond NMTP, we would like to inform you of the following:
The Consortium did not provide any official comments to any of the interested parties either on the operation of the Company's Marine Terminal or the operation of the third-party owned oil transshipment terminal.
Atyrau Oblast Maslikhat Deputies’ Visit to Atyrau PSOn 20 June 2023, CPC-K received a request from Arman Khairullin, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Ecology, Nature Management and Agrarian Issues of Atyrau Oblast Maslikhat, "to issue a permit to take air samples on the territory of the facility located in the northern part of the city, specifically, near the pump station and tank farm".
Scheduled Work on SPM-1 CompletedScheduled work on the Single Point Mooring (SPM-1) in the water area of CPC Marine Terminal near Novorossiysk was completed on 14 August 2023.
CPC Marine Terminal OperationOn August 4, 2023, near the operational area of the CPC Marine Terminal (water area 670), Russian Federation Navy ships repelled an attack by unscrewed surface watercraft (SWC).
CPC Management Visit to the Marine TerminalJuly 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).
New LACT meter installed at CPC Marine TerminalA ceremony was held at CPC Marine Terminal near Novorossiysk on 15 July 2023 dedicated to construction completion of a new lease automatic custody transfer (LACT) under the Debottlenecking Program (DBNP).
CPC Management visited Western Region facilitiesOn 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.
Second Round of ‘CPC for Talented Children 2023’ Contest Is CompleteOn July 10, 2023, the jury of the International Contest of children’s and youth’s art – ‘CPC for Talented Children’ summarized the results of the second round of the contest. On June 30, the experts completed evaluation of creative work selected to participate in the second round.
Changes in loading operations at CPC Marine TerminalCaspian Pipeline Consortium makes crude oil loadings at the Marine Terminal in full compliance with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation resolution #811 of 28/11/2019 “Requirements for measures reducing emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air during periods of unfavorable meteorological conditions”, and item 3, article 19, Federal Law #96-FZ of 04/05/1999 “Protection of the atmospheric air”.
CPC Conducted Drill at Kropotkin PSOn 29 June 2023, a fire tactical drill (FTD) was conducted at CPC Kropotkin PS in Krasnodar Krai with involvement of specialists from EMERCOM of Russia, Consortium and Contractors.
Dividend Payment to CPC ShareholdersCPC Shareholders approved schedule and amounts for dividends payment in 2023 in the course of the CPC Corporate Governance Bodies meetings conducted in May 2023.
CPC Finance Policy provides for payment of interim and annual dividends. Their amount is generated by the Company’s profit less CAPEX and OPEX, as well as any existing new major projects.
SPIEF-2023: Business Meeting of CPC and Mari El Republic HeadsOn 15 June 2023, at the XXVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2023), a business meeting between Nikolay Gorban, General Director of Caspian Pipeline Consortium, and Yury Zaitsev, Head and Chairman of the Government of Mari El Republic, was held.
CPC Participated in River MarathonOn 31 May 2023, an environmental campaign was held in Glebovka Rural Okrug as part of the national project "River Marathon,"
ATTENTION: ENGINEERS, ECOLOGISTS, AND SPECIALISTS!Caspian Pipeline Consortium invites specialists to develop a system for controlling the emission and recovery of VOCs integrated into the loading of oil tankers through remote berthing facilities
Green BankOn 24-30 April, CPC-R employees together with their families participated in the annual environmental project called Clean Bank and planted 1,500 trees.
Integrated Drill At CPC Marine TerminalOn 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.
Round Table in Novorossiysk:"Ecology in the Port City"On 26 April 2023, a Round Table “Ecology in the Port City” was held in Novorossiysk. The environmental situation in the city became the main topic of the meeting, specifically, the issues related to the air condition.
CPC to Talented Children: New Participation RecordAcceptance of applications for the international contest of children's and youth's creativity "CPC to Talented Children 2023" is now closed. The total number of participants from Astrakhan Oblast, Republic of Kalmykia, Stavropol Krai and Krasnodar Krai exceeded 19,000 persons, the number of contest pieces amounted to 4,992.
Scope of scheduled shutdownOn April 14, 2023, at 07 am Moscow time, mainline pumps of the Tengiz-Novorossiysk trunk oil pipeline resumed pumping of crude oil after a 72-hour scheduled shutdown.
CPC PRESS SERVICE STATEMENTWe would like to advise as follows in connection with false statements appearing in a number of media sources in the Republic of Kazakhstan and a number of Kazakh telegram channels with regard to causes of a temporary partial shutdown of the CPC Marine Terminal.
CPC communication regarding public complaintsIn connection with the publication on April 10-12, 2023 by a number of Novorossiysk mass media of reports on the unfavorable environmental situation associated with the appearance of unpleasant odors (oil, petroleum products, gas, mercaptans, etc.) in the Novorossiysk municipal district, as well as numerous complaints from residents on social networks and in the EDDS of the MBU "Safe City", we inform the following.
CPC Summarized Interim Results of Debottlenecking Program in Atyrau OblastAs part of the Jubilee XX North Caspian Regional Exhibition of Technologies and Equipment for Oil and Gas Industry “Atyrau. Oil and Gas”, there was a press conference of Caspian Pipeline Consortium. The topic of the press conference was the progress of Debottlenecking Program (DBNP) implementation at the Consortium’s facilities and charitable activity in the Region.
Business Trip of CPC General Director N. Gorban to Marine TerminalOn April 5-6, 2023, CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban visited the Consortium’s Marine Terminal near Novorossiysk. The Head of the Company inspected the Marine Terminal Tank Farm and the Shore Facilities, had a meeting with MT managers on different issues of MT Operation and CPC Crude Oil Pipeline Debottlenecking Program (DBNP) implementation.
Unscheduled audits of CPC and Contractor personnel readiness for emergency response were delivered.
CPC Corporate Governance Bodies Had Meetings in AstanaOn 28 February - 1 March 2023, meetings of CPC corporate governance bodies - Board of Directors of Caspian Pipeline Consortium-R and an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of Caspian Pipeline Consortium-K - were held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Suspension of Oil Lifting from Marine TerminalOil lifting from CPC Marine Terminal was suspended on 18 February 2023 due to weather conditions (strong gale force winds, high waves).
To date, storm restrictions from the Harbor Master of the port of Novorossiysk have not been lifted, the forecast is unfavorable.
CPC and KTO Heads Had a Business Meeting in AstanaOn 16 February 2023, Nikolay Gorban, General Director of the International Consortium, and Talgat Kurmanbayev, General Director of KazTransOil, conducted a business meeting in CPC office in Astana.
On Business Meeting in KazMunayGas OfficeOn 16 February 2023, a business meeting was held between Daniyar Berlibayev, Director of Oil Transportation Department, Head of Oil Transportation Division, KazMunayGas, and CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban in Astana.
CPC Tests Permanent Station of Atmospheric Air Quality Control SystemAs part of implementation of the planned activities of the corporate HSE Policy, in January 2023, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium put a Permanent Station of Atmospheric Air Quality Control System into pilot operation in the crude lifting area at the Marine Terminal.
Business Meeting Between RoK Minister of Energy and CPC HeadBolat Akchulakov, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban had a business meeting on 13 January 2023 in Astana. The Company’s Head informed the Minister about the operation performance results of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium in 2022.
Meeting of CPC and KTO CEOsCPC General Director Nikolay Gorban and KazTransOil General Director Talgat Kurmanbayev conducted a business meeting on 13 January 2023 in Astana.
Meeting with KazMunayGas ManagementA meeting between Bulat Zakirov, Deputy Chairman of the KazMunayGas Board, and Nikolay Gorban, CPC General Director, was held in Astana on January 13, 2023.
Meeting at the RoK Ministry of FinanceOn 13 January 2023, Dauren Kenbeil, Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban held a meeting in Astana.
Meeting between CPC Management and Astrakhan Oblast LeadershipA meeting between CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban and Oblast Governor Igor Babushkin was held in Astrakhan on 12 January 2023.
The Parties discussed the matters of implementation of the Agreement on social and economic cooperation between the Region and the Company signed in August 2019 and aimed at the interaction in both operation business and social partnership.