July 24, 2024
– SPM-2 was put into operation in the CPC Marine Terminal water area near Novorossiysk.
The single point mooring was decommissioned in late April this year for
scheduled preventive maintenance. In this period, 54 (18 submarine and 36
floating) SPM hoses were changed out.
As a
reminder, replacement of SPM hoses is carried out as part of annual activities
to ensure safe operation of the Marine Terminal mooring systems. These hoses
are used to transport oil from SPM to a tanker via a system of two floating
flexible assemblies (strings). Including marine breakaway coupling (MBC), butterfly
valve and a cam-lock, the total length of the inner floating string of hoses is
265 m, that of the outer string is 276 m. The outer string consists of 26
hoses, the inner one - of 25.
The first
loading at SPM-2 after repair is scheduled on July 30, 2024.
For reference:
CPC Pipeline System is one of the major
investment projects in energy sector with participation of foreign capital in
the CIS. 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 (SPMs) that allow loading
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 – 7%, KazMunayGas – 19%,
Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures LLC – 1.75%, Chevron Caspian Pipeline Consortium
Company – 15%, Lukoil International GmbH
- 12.5%, Mobil Caspian Pipeline Company– 7.5%, Rosneft-Shell Caspian Ventures
Limited– 7.5%, BG Overseas Holdings Limited– 2%, Eni International N.A.
N.V. S.ar.l. – 2% and Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC – 1.75%.