ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 13. The oil pipeline
system of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium resumed operations on
April 10, 2026, following a scheduled 72-hour shutdown, Trend reports via CPC.
During the downtime, planned maintenance works were carried out
on various components of the pipeline system, including pumping
stations and the marine terminal.
Such scheduled shutdowns are conducted no more than twice a year
and are planned in advance in coordination with all shippers. The
schedule is also taken into account by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of
Energy when forming the annual oil transportation plan for the
Tengiz-Novorossiysk pipeline, ensuring coordinated operations
across production and transportation chains.
The CPC is a major international oil transportation project
involving Russia, Kazakhstan, and leading global energy companies.
The system includes a 1,500-kilometer main pipeline that transports
crude oil primarily from western Kazakhstan’s Tengiz, Karachaganak,
and Kashagan fields, as well as from Russian producers.
More than two-thirds of Kazakhstan’s export oil is shipped via
this route. The crude is delivered to the marine terminal in
Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka near Novorossiysk, where it is loaded onto
tankers for export to global markets.
