The Federal Service for Supervision of Nature Management (RosPrirodNadzor) has completed an environmental damage assessment after the emergency at the CPC Marine Terminal on 29 August 2025.
The agency examined the sea area, analyzed samples, and reviewed information from oil spill response participants, making the necessary calculations. The watchdog established the oil spill clean-up had tallied 8.43 cubic meters or 6.7 tons of crude oil resulting as irrecoverable losses.
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium management on 8 September 2025 received a request for voluntary compensation of damage caused to the water body based on a methodology for calculating damage caused to a water body through breach of water management laws approved by Russian Ministry of Natural Resources Resolution No. 87 dd. 13.04.2009.
Having reviewed information provided, and in compliance with article 78, Federal Environmental Protection Law No. 7-FZ dd. 10/01/2002, CPC-R made the payment in full on 10 September 2025. The payment amount is 179,298,490 (one hundred seventy nine million two hundred ninety eight thousand four hundred ninety) rubles.
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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 (SPMs) that allow to load tankers safely at a significant distance offshore.
CPC Shareholders: Russian Federation – 24 %, IC CPC Company (LCC) – 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%.