On October 31, 2024 on the International Day of the Black Sea, the Admiral F. Ushakov State Maritime University (Novorossiysk) hosted a Round Table dedicated to the Black Sea ecology. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium was one of the event’s organizers - as part of the environmental and educational project “Protect Nature of Our Native Land”.
Representatives of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novorossiysk Training and Research Marine Biological Center of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Kuban State University”, Tomsk State University and other organizations addressed topical issues of the Black Sea ecosystem condition, flora and fauna protection, satellite monitoring and pollution minimization, environmental education and enlightenment. Anthropogenic plastic pollution and discharges from vessels were noted as the most critical factors of pollution of the Black Sea water area and coast near Novorossiysk.
In general, it was concluded that the condition of seawater in the vicinity of Novorossiysk municipality was within normal limits. The environmental policy of industrial enterprises, environmental initiatives and activities of the city, and specialized research structures play their roles in this.
The Round Table organizers focused on environmental education of the younger generation. A number of programs and projects active in the region in this area may efficiently be combined to reinforce their effects, and this was proved in 2024 when the VII Open Krai Children's Ecological Festival and the environmental and educational project “Protect Nature of Our Native Land” were integrated.
- The Krai Children's Ecological Festival has been conducted since 2017, each year, new activities appear in its program, - pointed out in her speech Elena Kambarova, Ph in Geography, Chairman of the Novorossiysk Local Branch of the Russian Geographical Society. - This year, for example, children were taken on an excursion to the Utrish Nature Reserve, for which many thanks to CPC and the administration of the reserve.
Online broadcast and opportunity to ask questions of the speakers became an important aspect of the Round Table. As was noted in the course of summing up the results, the materials of the reports would be published in mass media and the practice of conducting that type of events would be continued with the expansion of the range of issues and their update.
A video of the event will shortly be posted on the CPC corporate channel on the Rutube platform.
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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 (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%.