Askhat Khasenov, Chairman of the Board of NC KazMunaiGas jointly with a team of managers and department specialists of the Company and its subsidiaries visited the CPC Marine Terminal in the vicinity of Novorossiysk on June 03, 2026. At the facilities, the shareholder representatives were accompanied by Nikolay Gorban, CPC General Director and other managers of the Consortium.
The team was given a tour of the Marine Terminal operation facilities including the Operations Control Center, offshore and onshore facilities and the Tank Farm.
The visitors were also briefed about the basic operating scheme and the Marine Terminal equipment. Crude oil from the trunk pipeline first enters the Marine Terminal Tank Farm located in the mountains. The Tank Farm is an oil storage plant with a total capacity of 1 million 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. Oil from the TF tanks flows by gravity through the inter-site pipeline to the Shore Facilities and then through subsea pipelines to the single point moorings (SPM) located 5 km offshore, from where it is delivered to the ship tanks.
At the joint meeting, the visiting team noted the Consortium's HSE performance indicators and the achievements in the development of Safety Culture. Shareholder representatives commended the level of CPC facilities preparedness to emergencies. The parties discussed timely performance of equipment overhaul and maintenance programs at the sites as well as the interfaces of CPC and KazMunayGas and its subsidiaries while ensuring reliable operation of the Consortium’s facilities.
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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 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 (OOO) – 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%.