BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 8. The
Tengiz-Novorossiysk oil pipeline operated by the Caspian Pipeline
Consortium (CPC) resumed operations on October 6 following a
scheduled 12-hour shutdown, CPC said today.
During the shutdown, scheduled maintenance was carried out on
various systems of the main pipeline, oil pumping stations and the
Marine Terminal. Repair work and activities under CPC's current and
capital projects were also completed.
In Kazakhstan, scheduled maintenance was carried out at oil
pumping stations and along the pipeline's linear section. Three
defects were repaired using repair structures, while the condition
of the insulation coating was inspected at six sections.
At the Atyrau oil pumping station, one ball valve and a branch
pipe on the supply gas pipeline were replaced.
At the Komsomolskaya oil pumping station in Russia's Kalmykia
Republic, instrumentation and control equipment was replaced at the
launch and receiving unit for cleaning and diagnostic tools. A
leaking ball valve was also replaced, while the replacement of ball
valves with plug valves at the metering unit is ongoing, with leak
monitoring.
At pipeline facilities in Russia's Stavropol and Krasnodar
regions, a repair structure was installed on the linear section of
the pipeline. At the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station, the
effectiveness of the pressure surge damping system was tested.
At CPC's Marine Terminal, work was carried out as part of a
program to replace the automated control system with a dispatch
control and management system.
CPC said scheduled 12-hour shutdowns, along with shutdowns of
other durations, are planned by the consortium in coordination with
shippers.
This information is also taken into account by Kazakhstan's
Ministry of Energy when preparing the oil transportation schedule
for the Tengiz-Novorossiysk pipeline, ensuring coordinated planning
among all participants in oil production and transportation.
