On April 06, 2026, public utility services and educational institutions of three municipal districts of the Astrakhan Oblast received special purpose equipment and motor vehicles procured as part of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium Charity program. The transfer ceremony took place in the city of Astrakhan. Nikolay Gorban, CPC General Director, Denis Afanasiev, Vice Governor - Chairman of the Astrakhan Oblast Government and other officials were in attendance.
Public utility and maintenance services of the Yenotaev, Nariman and Kharabalin municipal districts received sets of street sweeper vehicles complete with a ‘Belarus’ wheeled tractor, detachable equipment and two trailers. Multi-purpose equipment can be used throughout the year and is capable of replacing a number of single purpose vehicles by interchanging detachable equipment and trailers.
Yenotaev, Nariman and Kharabalin municipal district institutions received high-capacity passenger vehicles. Lada Largus 7-passenger motor vehicles will be used to bring schoolchildren to regional and All-Russia academic competitions, contests and festivals. Also, the vehicles are supposed to assist with visits of professors and psychologists to remote locations to deliver sessions to children with disabilities. Wagon vehicles with an easily transformable cargo bay will help improve the quality of transportation for educational, sports and youth policy organizations of the Astrakhan Oblast municipal districts.
Cooperation of CPC and the Astrakhan Oblast government is implemented under a five-year agreement signed in June, 2024. The document covers all socially significant spheres of the region’s life: health care, education, culture, children’s sports, ecology and also provides for a targeted aid to the most vulnerable population. Tax proceeds from the Consortium to the consolidated budget of the Astrakhan Oblast totaled over 4.5 billion rubles in 2024.
Almost a 300 km long section of the CPC trunk pipeline crosses the Astrakhan Oblast territory; system pressure is maintained by three pump stations, the Astrakhan PS being the largest one.
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CPC Crude Oil Pipeline System is one of the major projects in CIS energy sector. 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 %, CPC Company (LLC) – 7%, 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.a.r.l. – 2% and Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC – 1.75%.