April 13, 2026 in Astrakhan, a set of high technology medical equipment was handed over to the Aleksandro-Mariinsky Regional Clinical Hospital. The equipment was procured under the Caspian Pipeline Consortium Charity program. The handover ceremony timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the medical institution was attended by Igor Babushkin, Governor of the Astrakhan Oblast, Mikhail Grishankov, CPC Deputy General Director for the RF Government Relations and other officials.
A set of medical equipment complete with an ultrasound machine with stress echocardiography and an ergometric bicycle, two endoscopes and two bronchoscopes was procured for the Aleksandro-Mariinsky Regional Clinical Hospital. The high-tech medical equipment helps achieve better diagnostics and promotes early detection and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
The oldest institution of the Astrakhan Oblast, the Aleksandro-Mariinsky Regional Clinical Hospital was opened in 1876 and named after Emperor Alexander II and his daughter, Princess Maria Alexandrovna. Evacuation hospital #2114 was deployed in the hospital premises during the Great Patriotic war. In January, 1945 the status of the hospital was changed to ‘regional clinical’. Currently, the Aleksandro-Mariinsky Regional Clinical Hospital is a modern multidisciplinary medical organization, part of the ‘1000-bed hospital’ Association.
CPC has been supporting the Aleksandro-Mariinsky Regional Clinical Hospital since 2018. The high technology equipment procured for the hospital by the Consortium includes an angiography X-ray unit, a CT scanner, plasma sterilizers, resuscitation ambulance vehicles, artificial lung ventilation units and other equipment.
CPC is cooperating with the Astrakhan Oblast Government under a five-year Cooperation 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 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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The CPC Pipeline System is one of the major projects in the 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 enable safe tanker loading 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%.