On 24 April 2026, firefighting tactical exercises were held at the Tank Farm of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s Marine Terminal. The event, organized jointly by CPC and the EMERCOM of Russia Main Directorate for the Krasnodar Krai, involved 20 specialists and 7 pieces of equipment.
According to the scenario, the control room of the Kuban Fire Department received a signal indicating that the fire detection system had been triggered at one of the 100,000-cubic-meter oil storage tanks at the CPC Tank Farm. Upon receiving the alarm, the crew of the Tank Farm fire station led by the shift commander arrived at the scene and began reconnaissance. It was determined that the automatic fire suppression system had activated, but the presence of smoke led to the conclusion that the fire was still burning.
The duty officer decided to deploy high-capacity Fishkon fire suppression systems. After deployment was complete, water was supplied to the foam cannon units, and foam concentrate was supplied from the foam concentrate storage warehouse (simulated). The exercise participants also practiced their procedures in response to signals indicating various airborne threats and their cancellation.
During the exercises, representatives of the facility’s fire department and members of the volunteer fire brigade practiced techniques and methods for organizing the management of units during firefighting operations and tested new technical protective equipment for personnel, which is in service with the facility’s fire department. They checked the operational readiness and serviceability of fire protection systems and sources of external fire water supply.
CPC conducts at least 10 major oil spill response and firefighting exercises annually. Large-scale drills are held at CPC on a regular basis and enable an assessment of the readiness of CPC’s pipeline operation units, security services, and the Consortium’s operations and dispatch personnel to handle emergency situations.
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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 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%.