On 29 July 2024, oil loading started via SPM-2 at CPC Marine Terminal. As a reminder: On 24 July 2024, the unit was put back into operation after the scheduled preventive maintenance. Before being loaded, the tanker was engaged in taking water used for hydro testing from SPM-2 loading lines.
On 28 July 2024, CPC proceeded to preparation of scheduled preventive maintenance on SPM-3: the subsea pipeline end manifold (PLEM) was closed and the SPM was taken out of service. On 29 July, the SPM was flushed with the help of a tanker later moored for loading at SPM-1.
It should be noted that 27 hoses (12 subsea and 15 floating ones) are to be replaced on SPM-3. This operation will take approximately 60 days, weather permitting.
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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 oil, and 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 – 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%.