Single point mooring repairs completed for SPM CPC-3 at the CPC Marine Terminal. The scheduled maintenance and preventive repairs involved partial replacement of SPM subsea hose strings. January 21, hydro-test of the SPM cargo system took place, followed by divers opening the subsea pipeline end manifold. January 25, a tanker moored for crude oil transshipment.
Repair dates and scopes were optimized following a purposeful drone boat terror attack on SPM CPC-2 rendering it damaged and inoperable. In this regard, we shall highlight that the compliance with requests of crude oil shippers in line with annual plans can be guaranteed with at least two SPMs in operation.
Work to change out SPM-3 hoses proceeded under challenging weather conditions. Safe diving launches disrupted a number of times due to changing velocity of subsea currents, normal for the season.
We shall remind that change-out of SPM hoses is a routine work to ensure safe operations of all Marine Terminal cargo loading offshore units. Such work shall be carried out at each single-point mooring consecutively at least once per year.
Now, SPM CPC-1 and SPM CPC-3 are lifting the crude oil normally at the Consortium’s Marine Terminal.
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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 features three Single Point Moorings (SPMs) that enable safe tanker loading 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%.