CPC guarantees efficient and environmentally safe movement of crude oil

The Project is designed to increase the trunk pipeline capacity

Visit of public and mass media representatives to the CPC Tank Farm

1.jpgOn 2 July, 2025, a group of environmental activists, as well as mass media correspondents and some residents of Novorossiysk and coastal settlements within the municipality who contacted the hotline “Safe City Call Center”, visited CPC Marine Terminal Tank Farm. The visit represented another proactive step of Caspian Pipeline Consortium to provide environmental protection and develop dialog with the public on the issues related to emissions of volatile organic compounds when tankers are loaded with crude oil.
Consortium’s Managers and specialists showed the guests Marine Terminal facilities and informed them about modern and safe processes employed for hydrocarbons storage, movement and loading.  In particular, the meeting participants were shown automatic air control system Atmosphere in operation since the start of 2023.
Automatic air control system Atmosphere developed by NPO PRIBOR GANK at the request of CPC includes a stationary post and two mobile ones. Each of the posts has 2 three-channel gas analyzers GANK-4V (included in the State Register of Measuring Instruments of the Russian Federation), a metocean station, a sampling probe, a wireless communication modem, a backup power system, device status sensors.
Certified optical sensors of the gas analyzers continuously measure the content of various chemicals in the air per methodologies certified at the federal level establishing the respective limitations. Chemicals such as saturated hydrocarbons C1-C5, C6-C10, C12-C19, toluene, benzene, xylene, methyl- and ethyl mercaptans are measured for compliance with Maximum Allowable Concentration (MAC) standards in atmospheric air.
The stationary post of the automatic air control system is a thermally protected, vandal protected box installed on the limits of CPC Marine Terminal sanitary protected zone and residential building area. Stationary post data are publicly available at the website of CPC Panorama:

https://cpc-online.ru/specprojects/ecoinformer/

The visitors were also briefed about the basic operating scheme of the Marine Terminal. Crude oil from the trunk pipeline first enters the Marine Terminal Tank Farm located in the mountains. The Tank Farm represents one of the largest in Russia oil storages with the total capacity of 1 mln tons. Ten RVS-100000 tanks equipped with an automated fire suppression system are located within reliable reinforced concrete dykes capable of holding 120% of each tank's contents. To prevent oil vapor emissions into the atmosphere, the tanks are equipped with floating roofs with rigid second seals.

Due to the difference in height of Tank Farm (TF) and the Shore Facilities (SF), Marine Terminal oil from the TF tanks flows by gravity through the inter-site pipeline to the SF and then through subsea pipelines to the single point moorings (SPM), from where it is delivered to the ship tanks of tankers via two floating loading hoses.3.jpg

SPM’s are located at a considerable distance from the shore (approx. 5 km), which provides maximum dissipation of pollutant emissions from the tankers to reach concentrations that are safe for humans. Findings show that concentrations of pollutants at the shoreline are considerably lower than the allowable limits.

The guests were shown a high-tech complex for the treatment of domestic and industrial rainwater and a wastewater disposal system. Wastewater is treated up to the regulatory indicators and is used to replenish the fire water stock at the Marine Terminal, which makes it possible to exclude wastewater discharge into the sea area.

As a reminder: since 2018, CPC has been arranging on a regular basis Doors Open days and roundtables for environmental activists, local residents and media correspondents, introducing them to the operation processes of oil transportation. In 2023 two such roundtables and a visit of Krasnodar Krai Legislative Assembly deputies took place. On 16 April 2024, a group of environmental activists, local residents of Novorossiysk, Rayevskaya village, Yuzhnaya Ozereevka and Glebovka settlements and media representatives visited CPC Tank Farm.

In addition to such initiatives that make oil movement operations more understandable and transparent, Consortium engages specialized organizations to conduct scientific and monitoring research into the state of the Black Sea ecosystems and the quality of air within the area where CPC Marine Terminal operates.

6.jpgFor information:

CPC Pipeline System is one of the major projects 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.

CPC Shareholders: Russian Federation – 24 %, IC CPC Company (LLC) – 7%, NC KazMunayGas JSC – 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%.

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