An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 occurred in the Black Sea waters on Sunday, 18 April 2021, at 01.58 p.m. Moscow time. According to the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the epicenter of the underwater shock was in the sea at a depth of 10 km and 6 km away from the shore in Abrau-Dyurso area, 18 km from Myskhako and 21 km from Novorossiysk. According to Krasnodar Krai MChS Department, there were neither victims, nor destructions. Residents could feel the vibrations of the soil in several city districts. It is noted that the earthquake magnitude was less than that recorded on the same territory in December 2020.
The underwater earthquake did not affect the Marine Terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium located in the settlement of Yuzhnaya Ozereevka 40 km away from Novorossiysk center. All facilities including the Terminal Shore Facilities, Tank Farm and three Single point moorings located 5 km from the shore keep functioning routinely. They have all been designed with allowance for seismic activity and have a multiple safety factor. The product is being lifted as planned.
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The CPC Pipeline System is one of CIS largest energy investment projects that involves foreign capital. The length of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk pipeline is 1,511 km. This route moves over two thirds of all Kazakhstan export oil along with crude from Russian fields including those in the Caspian region. CPC Marine Terminal is equipped with three Single Point Moorings (SPM), allowing tankers to be loaded safely at significant distance offshore, including in poor weather conditions
CPC Shareholders: Federal Agency for State Property Management represented by Transneft (trustee) – 24%, CPC Company – 7%, KazMunayGas – 19%; Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures LLC – 1.75%, Chevron Caspian Pipeline Consortium Company – 15%, LUKARCO B.V. - 12.5%, Mobil Caspian Pipeline Company - 7.5%, Rosneft-Shell Caspian Ventures Limited - 7.5%, BG Overseas Holding Limited - 2%, Eni International N.A. N.V. - 2%, and Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC – 1.75%.