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Resumption of Crude Pipeline Operation and Oil Lifting

Normalization of weather conditions allowed Caspian Pipeline Consortium to resume standard operaiton of the Company’s Marine Terminal on 17 January 2024. A tanker was moored to SPM-2.
The lifting was suspended earlier due to the actual stormy weather conditions and respective warnings issued by the harbor master of Novorossiysk seaport.
Receipt of oil from Shippers was also resumed in a routine mode.
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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.
CPC Shareholders: Federal Agency for State Property Management represented by Transneft (trust management) – 24%,  IC CPC Company LLC– 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%.