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New segment of CPC oil pipeline successfully hydrotested in Kalmykia

On 21 July 2024, a hydrotest of a new CPC pipeline segment was successfully completed in the Republic of Kalmykia. The work has been in progress near the Komsomolsk pump station as part of a major project to replace some main pipeline segments constructed back in the 80’s in the 20th century. The project is intended to increase the reliability of the Tengiz-Novorossiysk oil pipeline.

The test was performed on a 17.5 km segment, with pipe pressure raised to a factory test level. That strength test lasted 24 hours. Then the pressure was dropped to its operating value to perform a 12-hour integrity test.

As a result of a complete set of necessary tests, the hydrotest was declared successful at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time on 21 July 2024. The pressure parameters remained stable within allowed limits throughout hydrotest duration.

The test included all necessary health, industrial safety, and environmental protection activities.  A contractor had sent out notifications to land users, with the hazard zone closed for outsiders, and mobile patrols sent out.

By the end of this month, project participants will start on a new phase - an in-line inspection of the newly-built segment.  

As a reminder, CPC contractors started replacing the first segment of the mainline oil pipeline upstream of the Komsomolsk pump station back in December 2023. Simultaneously, work has been in progress on an 8 km segment near the Astrakhan pump station.

The important milestone of replacing the linepipe near the Komsomolsk pump station is scheduled for October 2024. The new segment will then be tied in to the existing oil pipeline, allowing the old one to start being removed. The segment near the Astrakhan pump station is planned to be tied in to the operating oil pipeline in April 2025.

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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%.

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