Happy New Year!

№ 4 (15) December 2016

Happy New Year!

Contents:

New Year greetings for the team • p. 1 / Autumn Marathon 2016 • p. 5 / 20th Anniversary of the CPC Shareholder Agreement • p. 6 / PURR Project: From Modernization to Innovations • p. 10 / From Oil-Workers’ Dynasty • p. 28 / Thanks to CPC: Day of Grace and Sport • p. 34 / A Very Personal Story: We Met During a CPC Project • p. 48 CONTENTS

IN FIRST PERSON CPC: Steady Growth and Development 1

HAPPY NEW YEAR! On the Way to New Achievements 2

Our Achievements Have Become Possible Thanks to Everyone’s Personal Contribution 3 Consortium Destined for Growth 4

KALEIDOSCOPE Autumn Marathon 2016 5 20th Anniversary of the CPC Shareholder DATE IN THE CALENDAR Agreement 6 First CPC President 8 PURR Project: Technical Aspect From Modernization to Innovations 10 Rocky King: PROFESSIONALS “My Experience is in Demand by CPC” 18 Happy to be Oil-Industry Worker 20

ALMA MATER Higher Schools with Great History 23

My Dear Grozny Oil Institute... 24

Between Past and Future 26

From Oil-Workers’ Dynasty 28

The Best Higher School 31

THANKS TO CPC For the Sake of Children’s Health 32

Day of Grace and Sport 34

Housewarming Party in Akkistau 36

Company of Good Deeds 38

TRADITIONS Names for the Some of the Most… 40

WAY OF LIFE To See Personally 43

TRAVELS India’s Golden Triangle 44

A VERY PERSONAL STORY We Met During a CPC Project 48

OUR GUEST TODAY Freedom of Choice 49

Panorama CPC December 2016 IN FIRST PERSON CPC: Steady Growth and Development

Esteemed colleagues, dear friends,

I wish you a happy upcoming New the development of the most im- out as a strong case for success- Year! We worked hard in the past portant centers of oil production in ful international cooperation. To year, successfully combining the un- the Caspian. all participants of the project, it interrupted transportation of oil by has become a unique school of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk pipeline The Consortium’s pipeline system exchange of best practices and and reliable tanker shipping at is already capable of pumping more modern technologies. Thanks to the Marine Terminal with large-scale than 52 million tons of oil a year. strict compliance with the require- construction of new facilities under Almost all Marine Terminal facilities ments of legislation in the area of CPC Expansion Project. are ready, including the tank farm construction and operation of haz- and Operations Control Centre. ardous production facilities through Oil transportation volumes through This autumn, A-PS-4 was launched, the adoption of the best interna- the Consortium’s pipeline system PS-8, A-PS-4A, A-PS-5A, PS-5 were tional practices, CPC has achieved in 2016 will be about 45 million filled with oil, the installation of impressive results in terms of tons, and, based on our sharehold- the process equipment at A-PS-3A occupational health, safety, and ers’ requests, in the next year 2017, was completed, and PS-2 is under environmental protection. we will reach the value of more construction. At the end of the third than 60 million tons. Today, our and at the beginning of the fourth May all your plans and endeavors shippers successfully operate new quarter of 2017, all the works for come true in the coming year. My fields, at Kashagan in Kazakhstan, the pipeline expansion will be com- heartfelt greetings to all wishing you and the Filanovsky Field in Russia. pleted. great health, happiness and joy. Having secured the necessary surplus pipeline capacity well in Bringing together 11 shareholders by Nikolay Gorban, advance, the CPC actively promotes from six countries, the CPC stands CPC General Director www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

On the Way to New Achievements © “Transneft – Media”

Dear colleagues,

Speaking on behalf of the staff and surplus capacity in advance, in the au- Association of Oil Transporters, it the management of Transneft PJSC, tumn of 2016, the Consortium began is a regular participant of interna- I congratulate you on the coming New receiving Caspian oil from Kazakh- tional professional competitions Year! In the past year, many of the im- stan’s offshore Kashagan Field and and experience exchange programs. portant challenges associated with Russia’s Filanovsky Field. Further systematic development of the Expansion Project were success- the Consortium will require vigor- fully addressed: the new Operations In 2017, after the completion of ous efforts and dedication from all Control Centre of the Consortium’s the Expansion Project, the Consor- those involved in its activities, and pipeline system became operational, tium’s pipeline system will reach its I’m particularly pleased to note that the construction of the Tank Farm of design capacity of 67 million tons of the shareholders, the management, the CPC Marine Terminal was fully oil per year. This will significantly and CPC staff members are up to completed, A-PS-4 was launched into expand export opportunities for oil the challenge and capitalize on operation, and the construction of producers in Russia and Kazakhstan, the accumulated cooperation poten- several additional pumping stations is and the Caspian will become one of tial and long-term experience. drawing to a close. the continent’s most important oil production regions. This said, I wish all the CPC team Commissioning of new facilities will new professional successes in serve all the Consortium shareholders’ As your peers in the oil transporta- the coming year! Good health, happi- needs for the transportation of raw tion industry, we cannot but note ness and prosperity to you and your materials, and, that is even more im- with satisfaction the increasingly loved ones! pressive, in volumes that became a re- active role of the Caspian Pipeline cord high in the history of operation Consortium on the global stage. by Nikolai Tokarev, of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk pipeline The CPC became seriously involved Chairman of the Board, system. After ensuring the necessary in the work of the International President of Transneft PJSC

2 Panorama CPC December 2016 www.cpc.ru HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Our Achievements Have Become Possible Thanks to Everyone’s Personal Contribution

Dear colleagues!

Congratulations on a very successful averaging 1,145,000 barrels of oil I’m honored to serve as the CPC-R year in which CPC realized many per day in November, a record, and Board of Directors Chairman, and major accomplishments both in CPC is transporting all the volumes appreciate the contributions of all Base Business and the Expansion nominated by its Shippers. the directors and shareholders in Project. We join you in celebrating working together to ensure that CPC the completion and incident-free I’m also extremely proud of meets its obligations and continues operational commissioning of your continued focus on safety, to develop as a successful and A-PS-4, A-PS-4A, Tanks 7, 9 and 10 which continues to be at a level thriving organization. at the Marine Terminal, and two comparable with the best oil & gas LACTs at Pump Station Atyrau. operators throughout the world. I wish you all the very best for During the August shutdown, These accomplishments would the upcoming holiday season, a tremendous amount of work was not be possible without all of your a Merry Christmas and continued completed at multiple locations, individual contributions, and success in the New Year; Be Safe! enabling the successful increase of I thank you for those. I’d also like throughput capacity to an all-time to thank Nikolay for his leadership, by Andrew McGrahan high. With start-up of the Kashagan and the CPC Management Team President of Chevron Neftegaz Inc. and Filanovski fields, pipeline for continuing to meet the many Chairman of the CPC-R deliveries to Novorossiysk are challenges you face daily. Board of Directors

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Consortium Destined for Growth

such as the level of safety, pipeline system operation coefficient, and the proportion of environmental payments depending on production volumes.

Your victory in international competitions among colleagues with pride make it safe to say that Kazakh pipe operation experts reached the level of global industry leaders.

Moreover, the CPC’s contribution to the implementation of regional social projects and charitable causes, as well as sponsorship in the EXPO- 2017 trade show, which will become a major event in our country in 2017, are particularly appreciated by the leadership of Kazakhstan.

Distinguished colleagues, In addition to the NCOC oil For the coming year, I wish all CPC company, the Consortium also employees great health and happy The outgoing year 2016 has been gets an undisputable credit for this family life. The professional level a landmark for the Caspian Pipe- achievement, because it launched you’ve reached allows us to con- line Consortium, an idea of which all the facilities under the Expan- fidently expect the completion of emerged only a few months after sion Project necessary to process the integration of new facilities Kazakhstan gained its indepen- additional volumes of hydrocarbons into the existing CPC system and dence. in good time. reaching the expected capacity in the coming year 2017. Happy New CPC acquired its current organiza- All of these impressive achieve- Year! tional structure 20 years ago, after ments are based on your profession- the Restructuring Agreement was alism, which transpires not only by Kanat Bozumbayev, signed on December 6, 1996. Coop- in quantitative data from direct Minister of Energy eration between top energy compa- operations, but also in indicators of the Republic of Kazakhstan nies and the three countries based on mutual respect and interests produced an impressive success story and provided an essential outlet for Caspian oil to the world markets.

Yet again, you are headed for the coming year 2017 with new achievements, with the long-await- ed Expansion Project nearing its completion, to allow Kazakhstan to look to the future with hope thanks to the large capacity reserve prepared for the export of Kazakh hydrocarbons.

On October 17 of this passing year, your Company reached another milestone in the history of the national oil industry by processing Working meeting of CPC management with the Minister of Energy of the Republic of the first batch of Kashagan oil. Kazakhstan

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Autumn Marathon 2016

When the Kashagan Field was preparing to come to a new commercial level of production in early November, a surplus capacity of the pipeline system was required to be ensured in advance.

three experts using new dispatcher Institute, LLC. As part of the ex- consoles. The OCC premises are change of experience, IAOT parti equipped with advanced equipment, cipants visited the Százhalombatta including a SCADA operational Refinery. control and data acquisition system. “We saw a large refining and petro- On November 8, Mr. Akhmetzhan chemicals production facility, two Yesimov, Chairman of the Board large dispatch centres for pumping of JSC “National Company “Astana oil and petroleum products. I believe EXPO-2017”, and Mr. Kairgeldy such visits are extremely useful: we Kabyldin, Deputy General Director exchanged experiences and received Workshop A-PS-4 in Kazakhstan for Kazakhstan Government Rela- information that can make use of tions, JSC “Caspian Pipeline Con- at our facilities,” commented Mr. sortium-K”, signed a memorandum Nikolay Gorban. At a meeting with Mr. Kanat Bozum- of cooperation. Mr. Yesimov, head bayev, Minister of Energy of the Re- of the National Company “Astana As of November 19, 2016, more than public of Kazakhstan, and Mr. Sauat EXPO-2017” noted the highlighted 350,000 tons of Kashagan oil was Mynbayev, Chairman of the Board importance of the Consortium’s transported through the CPC pipe- of Kazmunaigaz, on September 15, participation in the upcoming exhi- line. As part of a “Government hour” Mr. Nikolay Gorban, General Direc- bition. in the Majilis, it was reported that tor of CPC, assured his colleagues 400,000 tons of hydrocarbons was that the Consortium is fully pre- extracted from the deposit in total. pared for this task. The exhibition “Development of Oil On September 17, 2016, in and Gas Sector of Kazakhstan” was the framework of his working visit scheduled to coincide with the event, to Kazakhstan, Mr. Gorban visited with the participation of representa- stations under construction. At tives of the CPC. As Mr. Kairgeldy Kab- A-PS-4, he was informed of the com- yldin noted, currently, the Consor- pletion of all construction opera- tium completes an expansion project, tions and its readiness to start filling in connection with which A-PS-4 was process pipelines. Contractors prom- already built on the territory of Ka- ised to complete comprehensive The opening of the Operations Control zakhstan, and the A-PS-3A is expected testing of all PS’ systems by October Center after reconstruction to be commissioned in the second 15, and they kept their word. half of 2017. On November 15–16, Mr. Nikolay In mid-October, CPC received oil Gorban took part in the 6th Meeting by Pavel Kretov from the Kashagan field. “The re- of the Board of the International As- quired surplus capacity in the pipe- sociation of Oil Transporters (IAOT), line system was promptly provided, which was held in Budapest. IAOT and we are ready to honour all of participants discussed the results our shareholders’ requests,” said of the work of Permanent Expert General Director of the Consortium. Groups on Energy Efficiency, Legal Affairs and Supplies, as well as plans On October 31, 2016, after a recon- for the next two years. The Meeting struction, the Operations Control also approved an agreement for Centre of the CPC Pipeline System the development of energy effi- opened at the Marine Terminal. ciency benchmarking techniques Monitoring of all processes 24/7 is among IAOT participants between now simultaneously carried out by the IAOT and the Transneft Research Participants IAOT in PS “Százhalombatta” www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 5 DATE IN THE CALENDAR

20th Anniversary of the CPC Shareholder Agreement

ON DECEMBER 6, 1996, THE CPC SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN MOSCOW. WE ASKED MR. KAIRGELDY KABYLDIN, CPC-K JSC DEPUTY GENERAL DIRECTOR, KAZAKHSTAN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, AND A LEADING FIGURE IN THE KAZAKHSTAN OIL INDUSTRY, TO COMMENT ON THIS IMPORTANT DATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CONSORTIUM.

of quality indicators requiring sepa- Association, and Mr. Kasper, Mr. Kasy- rate transportation. mov’s Deputy. We did not have our own consultants familiar with inter- Several options for the construction national law and leveraged financing, of the pipeline were considered: there were over a dozen of Kazakh oil transportation routes proposed, including through Russia – towards the Black Sea coast, through Iran – to the Persian Gulf, via Baku – to Cey- han, through Turkey – to the Med- iterranean. As a result, the experts identified a priority route Tengiz – Atyrau – port of Novorossiysk, because it was the shortest export route for Kazakhstan. Moscow, December 6, 1996. Mr. Balgimbaev, To arrange the financing and con- Minister of Oil of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr. Kairgeldy Kabyldin struction of the pipeline, a consor- reports to Mr. Nazarbaev, the President of the tium, CPC Ltd., was set up by Kazakh- Republic of Kazakhstan, on signing the CPC stan and Oman in June 1992, which Shareholder Agreement I will dwell on the events that preced- was joined by Russia in July. ed this important date. History of nor did we have our own technical the CPC Project is closely linked with In April 1996, the Protocol on CPC experts on international standards. the development of the Tengiz Oil Reorganization was signed in Almaty. As our legal advisors, the ministry Field, which was discovered in 1979 The document provided for the entry involved legal counsels of Sherman and breathed new life into the de- of foreign oil companies into & Sterling. The experience of negoti- velopment of the Kazakhstan oil the project and their acquisition of ations on CPC agreement proved to industry. In 1991, the country passed respective participation interests. be quite useful, because we learned the law, under which all the resourc- to understand the attitude of the in- es on its territory came under the ju- Negotiations on the draft CPC Share- ternational oil companies to transac- risdiction of Kazakhstan. In May holder Agreement were underway tions of this kind. 1991, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev and Mr. from May to December 1996 in Nursultan Nazarbayev agreed that Metropol Hotel of Moscow. It was negotiations with Chevron concern- the very first time we participated ing the Tengiz Project would involve in such large-scale project, negoti- only Kazakhstan representatives. ating with international companies was a completely new experience Getting ahead, I remind you that, for Kazakhstan. We started discuss- following two years of negotiations, ing issues at 9.00 am and would sit the decision to establish Tengiz-Chev- late into the night. In the course of roil, LLC was finally taken in 1993. negotiations, the Kazakhstan party There was a question of building was represented by me and Mr. a special export pipeline from Keshubaev, Vice-Minister of Oil and the North-Western Kazakhstan on Gas, Mr. Kasymov, General Direc- The signing of the Shareholder the agenda. Tengiz oil had a number tor of Yuzhnefteprovod Production Agreement, December 9, 1996

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Unfaltering support for the project at the highest level in Kazakhstan and Russia and the personal involvement in the developments around the CPC on the part of the Presidents, Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev and Mr. Boris Yeltsin, was what made this project a reality. At the suggestion of Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, the ten principles of partnership were developed, which included the conditions for participation of oil companies in the project in exchange for guaran- tees of Initial Construction Project (ICP) financing, and the said condi- Kazakhstan President Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russian Prime Minister Mr. tions became the basis of CPC oper- Viktor Chernomyrdin discussing issues related to the international consortium ations. The importance of the CPC project for Kazakhstan was highlighted by attention paid to it by Mr. LUKOIL Oil Company, Mobil Corpora- CPC funds. On April 24, a similar Nursultan Nazarbayev. He personally tion, Rosneft Oil Company, AGIP SpA, decree was signed by Mr. Boris conducted over a dozen meetings British Gas Exploration and Produc- Yeltsin. with the leadership of the Russian tion Ltd., Munaigaz, Public Holding Federation to secure all the necessary Company, Oryx Energy Company, On May 12, 1999, an official ceremo- arrangements in the financial and and Caspian Pipeline Consortium ny was held near Yuzhnaya Ozereev- legal areas with the aim of long-term, Limited. ka village, starting the Initial Con- safe and reliable transportation of oil struction Project (ICP) of oil pipeline via Russia. Russia and Kazakhstan contribut- to the Black Sea, with the capacity ed to the project by their assets, of up to 28 million tons, including December 6, 1996, when the CPC namely their respective segments 22 million tons from Kazakhstan. In Shareholder Agreement was signed of the main oil pipeline Tengiz – October 2001, the first oil tanker was Grozny. The evaluation of the Ka- loaded at the Marine Terminal with zakhstan section of the pipeline oil from Tengiz. was carried out by E&Y professionals. The Kazakhstan segment was Today the Consortium pumps almost estimated at approximately $232 two-thirds of the entire volume of oil million, and the Russian segment – exports of Kazakhstan. As time has at about $292 million. Subsequently, shown, CPC route is the most reliable Kazakhstan received 19 % stake, and cost-effective in comparison with Russia – 24 %, Oman – 7 %. Fifty per other options for oil transportation. cent of the shares were transferred In 2002, the Consortium created to private oil companies in exchange a oil quality bank, the first of its kind for a commitment to fully finance in the former Soviet Union. As of the first stage and the commission- now, it remains the region’s only oil The ground-breaking ceremony for the ing of the pipeline. quality bank, through which ship- CPC pipeline system, May 12, 1999 pers receive full value for their oil. Tengiz and Karachaganak deposits were allotted to CPC Project. We only Taking this opportunity, I would in Moscow, became the turning had to solve the problem of trans- like to wish everyone who stood at day in the history of the project. porting the oil produced there for the forefront of the CPC, as well as To be more precise, agreements export by implementing the Initial employees of our unique multina- for the establishment of Caspian Construction Project of an oil pipe- tional Company, happy New Year! Pipeline Consortium-R, Closed line from Kazakhstan to the Black I am confident that together we will Joint-Stock Company, and Caspian Sea with the capacity of up to 28 write many more great pages into Pipeline Consortium-K, Closed Joint million tons, including 22 million the history of the Caspian Pipeline Stock Company, an agreement on tons from Kazakhstan. Consortium! the reorganization of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium Ltd. The doc- In order to support investments by Kairgeldy Kabyldin, uments were signed by representa- into the project, on April 19, 1997, Deputy General Director, tives of Oman Oil Company Limited, Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev signed Kazakhstan Government Relations, Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc., a decree on currency regulation of CPC-K, JSC www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 7 DATE IN THE CALENDAR

First CPC President 2017 MARKS THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA’S ACCESSION TO THE CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM. ON JULY 23, 1992, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN, AND THE SULTANATE OF OMAN ESTABLISHED THE CPC LIMITED COMPANY, AND MR. VIKTOR OTT, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR OIL INDUSTRY OF THE RUSSIAN FUEL AND ENERGY MINISTRY, WAS APPOINTED AS ITS PRESIDENT.

the interests of all three coun- on the international level, without tries participating in the Consor- taking into account the process tium. of privatization that just started and, consequently, the interests of “First of all, the entire venture required the major companies engaged in oil a neutral ground with a clear and pre- production in the Caspian. dictable legal status, we all can remember well enough that the establishment “In order to unravel this tangle of of the Consortium came about at a very interests and contradictions, personal challenging time: an unstable economic intervention of Presidents Boris Yeltsin and political situation in Russia, com- of Russia and Nursultan Nazarbayev of plicated developments in Kazakhstan on Kazakhstan was required,” says Mr. Ott. its way to sovereignization,” expands “A major role in the negotiation process Mr. Ott. and in the preparation of the restructuring of the Consortium fell to Mr. Viktor In 1994, the Government adopted Chernomyrdin and Mr. Nurlan Balgin- Viktor Ott a decree On the Construction of baev, Prime Ministers of our countries at the Tengiz – Astrakhan – Novoros- the time, Mr. Yuri Shafranik, Russian Fuel siysk Export Pipeline System of and Energy Minister, his First Deputy Mr. This appointment was no coinci- the Caspian Pipeline Consortium. Anatoly Shatalov, Mr. Kadir Baikenov, dence, as the choice fell on one of It seemed that the venture was Minister of Energy and Fuel Resources of the most experienced professionals just about to take off the ground, Kazakhstan, Mr. Valery Chernyaev, Pres- in the oil industry. In the 1980’s, Mr. but the main difficulties were still ident of Joint-Stock Company Trans-oil, Ott led the Nizhnevartovskneftegas ahead. After pledging the initial OJSC, Mr. Vagit Alekperov, President of Production Association, the largest funding for the project, Oman then LUKOIL, OJSC, Mr. Richard Matzke, Presi- in the Soviet Union, which ac- failed to raise the necessary invest- dent of the American company Chevron counted for one in three tons of oil ments. The crucial problem was Overseas Petroleum Inc., businessman Mr. the country produced. Additionally, that the agreement was concluded John Deuss, etc. he had an experience of working abroad – in Cuba, as well as the firsthand knowledge of the challenges related to the extraction and transportation of Kazakhstan oil.

“After returning from Cuba, I became Chief Engineer of Tengizneftegaz Pro- duction Association and, of course, I had a good command of the matter: even then we thought of a variety of options for the construction of an oil pipeline from the Kazakh village of Kulsary to the Black Sea coast to export oil from the Tengiz Field,” recounts Mr. Ott.

Initially, CPC Limited was incorpo- rated in Bermuda. Offshore islands jurisdiction at that stage made it possible to fully take into account Management Team of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, 2001

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CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM The signing of the Protocol on the Accession of the The signing of the Protocol on the Accession of Chevron Russian Federation to the CPC Establishment Agreement Company to the CPC between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Sultanate Left: Mr. Richard Matzke, President of Chevron of Oman – 1992 Overseas; Mr. Kadir Baikenov, Fuel and Energy From left to right: Mr. John Deuss; Oil Minister of Minister of Kazakhstan; right: Mr. Viktor Ott, First the Sultanate of Oman; Mr. Viktor Chernomyrdin Vice President of Rosneft Public Company; Mr. Viktor (Russia); Mr. Kadir Baikenov (Kazakhstan); Mr. Viktor Chernomyrdin, Chairman of the Russian Government. Ott (Russia) Hamilton (Bermuda), 1993

In December 1996, after extensive Viktor Ott, who was involved in all drives, ball valves on pipelines, and consultations and negotiations, the stages of CPC development, first the SCADA system in combination the founding states chose to transfer as First Vice-president of Rosneft with fibre optic cable. 50 percent of CPC shares to private National Company, JSC, then as oil companies in exchange for a com- the First Deputy Minister of Fuel On November 22, 2000, a ceremony mitment to fully finance the con- and Energy of the Russian Federa- of welding the “golden joint” that struction of the first stage of the pipe- tion, and, finally, as the Chairman marked the closure of the laying line system and its commissioning. of the Board of Directors of Trans- of the linear part of the Consor- Another milestone was marked by neft, JSC. “Still to lay a pipeline like this tium pipeline system was held in the change of the place of registra- in just two years, that’s quite a task.” the Tank Park of the CPC Marine tion of the Consortium. Instead of Terminal. On November 28 of that offshore CPC Limited Company, two The effort was truly monumental in same year, installation works on new legal entities were created – its scale. Construction of the CPC single point moorings were complet- CPC-R, CJSC, registered in Russia, and oil pipeline began on November 17, ed at the Marine Terminal. CPC-K, CJSC, in Kazakhstan. From 1999: On that day, the first pipes this point on, all the taxes went into were laid in the trench in Stavropol “Fifteen years of completely fault- the budgets of the founding states of and Krasnodar Regions. In total, less, reliable, environmentally the Consortium. 748 kilometres of the new pipeline safe operation of the CPC pipeline was built in a year. About 90 % of confirms that all our decisions were One of the last obstacles to the start the work was contracted by local correct. I look back to my participa- of project financing was restrictions construction companies. tion in this project with nostalgia on free circulation of foreign cur- and keep following the development rency, for which no necessary legal Twelve water crossings, includ- of the Consortium in the media. framework existed that time, neither ing across such major rivers as I am pleased that the CPC sharehold- in Russia, nor in Kazakhstan. In April the Volga and Kuban, were con- ers have agreed on the implementa- 1997, Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, structed using an environmentally tion of the expansion project, which the President of Kazakhstan, signed responsible method of horizontal is now nearing its completion. I am a decree on currency regulation of directional drilling. In the course confident that the Consortium has CPC funds. A few days later, a similar of project implementation, latest a long and successful history ahead decree was signed by Mr. Boris technical resources and technol- and new stages of development still Yeltsin, the President of Russia. ogies that were unique in the CIS await it. Do not slow down!” wished countries were used to the greatest Viktor Ott to the CPC team. “Then there was the construction. It was extent possible. These included a big work among friends,” continues gas turbine generators and pump by Pavel Kretov www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 9 Technical Aspect

PURR Project: From Modernization to Innovations

Upgrading of existing pump stations has become as crucial for the expansion project as construction of new facilities.

in terms of its nature and scale, and was successfully implemented at highly hazardous facilities operated by the Consortium without the oil pumping interruption,” notes Dennis Fahy.

Management Model A matrix project management organizational structure was successfully introduced at the Company and proven during the implementation of the PURR Project. The Project team approved by the General Director included specialists from the Opera- tions Department and the Expansion Project. The composition of this Dennis Fahy highly mobile and professional team Maxim Sonin headed by Maxim Sonin – the only CPC employee permanently assigned “This year we proudly celebrated to the PURR Project – was finalized Manager, shares his thoughts about an important anniversary – 15 years by the end of 2013. Dennis Fahy was this collective effort and its outcome since the commencement of the CPC charged with overall responsibility with Panorama CPC: operations,” says Dennis Fahy, Consul- for the team’s activities. tant, Operations Issues. “The Con- “The selected management model sortium successfully passed this way Working on the PURR Project in- enabled efficient use of the resources largely due to reliable operation of volved many days and weeks spent already available to the Company, PS “Atyrau”, PS “Komsomolskaya” on site at CPC operating pump and allowed avoiding demobiliza- and PS “Kropotkinskaya” powered by stations. Maxim Sonin, PURR Project tion of the personnel involved in turbine-driven mainline pump units the PURR Project after its comple- (MPUs). To increase the oil pumping tion. This way, we were able to retain capacity as a part of the Expansion valuable employees who have also Project, seven new MPUs with an in- acquired additional professional creased capacity of up to 5.7 MW were experience which will be useful for recently commissioned at the above implementation of the Company’s pump stations. Since the new MPUs future development and capacity are not technologically compatible expansion plans.” with the originally built units, a need arose for a technical retrofitting Technology project which became known as and Environment the PURR (Pump Upgrade and Rotor Replacement) Project, successfully “Maxim, can you tell us what kind of completed this year and allowed for results were achieved through joint improving the operational reliability efforts of the project team members?” of the CPC’s pipeline system. Dismantling of the existing turbine “The target technological effect was The PURR project was a truly pioneer- and preparation for installation of achieved by increasing the capacity ing initiative for CPC. It was unique the new one of the existing MPUs installed at

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the pump stations and putting the old equipment which was Productive in service since early 2000s and the new units deployed as a part of the Expansion Project in paral- Partnership lel synchronized operation,” says Maxim. “In addition, a number of secondary tasks related to For Flowserve Corporation, the PURR Project began improvement of certain stages in 2012 and became one of the largest facility upgrade of the gas turbine cycle were projects we have ever been engaged in. addressed during the implementation of the PURR Project, including MPI replacement with DLE, we were able to successfully prepare air filtration system replacement and implement the Project. (HEPA filters installed), lube oil coolers replacement to ensure fail- I can’t claim that there were no ure-free MPU operation in winter unforeseen issues at all, but those conditions etc.” are normal for such a large-scale project. Nevertheless, everyone’s “Can you share some details about professional experience and con- the new DLE combustion system? structive attitude enabled quick and Why was it introduced?” efficient decision-making, allowing us to proceed with the Project on “Today industrial facilities are schedule. subject to stringent requirements regarding their environmental Flowserve Corporation is sustainability. Our Company is proud to have been selected as committed not only to ensuring a contractor for this Project and occupational safety of our em- given the opportunity to work ployees and contractors, but also together with other partners to preserving the environment The challenge lied not only in under the guidance of CPC towards through continuous improvement the need for significant changes in making the PURR Project a success of its environmental performance. the mechanical design and hydrau- both for the Consortium and for Replacement of the MPI combus- lic characteristics of the existing the equipment suppliers. tion systems with DLE in our gas equipment, but also in the remote turbine units (GTUs) has become location of Pump Stations Kropot- We have gained a wealth of experi- an important component of this kinskaya, Komsomolskaya and ence while working on individual process. Atyrau where a major scope of work pump stations, especially with was to be performed on the main- regard to processes specific to pump The atmospheric emission level is line pump units. station operation as well as working one of the most important indica- at remote sites and providing per- tors of sophistication of the GTUs The pumps needed a complete sonnel and materials for quick, effi- developed by the world’s leading retrofit. The foundations for the new cient and high-quality performance design centers. Compliance with gearboxes needed to be modified to of work. We will be happy to see the strict standards governing fit the upgraded Siemens gas tur- CPC leveraging this experience for emissions of combustion prod- bines. Installation of the upgraded the benefit of day-to-day operations, ucts (first of all, carbon dioxide – units was carried out without taking as we view CPC as our key custom-

CO2) into the atmosphere can be the pump stations out of service, er for this type of equipment, and achieved only through use of which required the highest level of already have a well-trained team state-of-the-art process technol- professional skills. Several parties prepared to carry out any mainte- ogies in the turbine combustion speaking different languages were nance activities required to ensure chambers. Such technologies involved in the Project organiza- reliable and failure-free operation include the DLE (Dry Low Emis- tion and planning, which created of the oil pump stations within sions) system installed as a part an additional challenge, but did not Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s pipe- of the upgrade Project. It enables impede productive collaboration in line system. lean homogeneous mixture any way. The latter was facilitated by combustion at a constant flame competent Project management on by Cor Christianen, temperature (1,700–1,800 K), thus CPC’s part as well as positive atti- Director General Manager for Northern reducing the amount of harmful tude and commitment from all par- Europe, Russia and Kazakhstan, emissions.” ticipants of the process. As a result, Aftermarket Operations www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 11 Technical Aspect

“What are the fundamental differ- contains additional electronics and ences between the new DLE technology is more expensive to maintain, but Well- and the old MPI process?” achieves better environmental performance and fuel efficiency. Coordinated “With the previous-generation MPI (Multiple Point Injection) combus- By the way, it was not just tion systems, the fuel mixture was the hardware that was affected by Teamwork fed directly into the combustion the upgrade process – the software chamber. This resulted in a rich was upgraded, too. New software mixture which produced a relatively with enhanced functionality, includ- large amount of combustion prod- ing remote management of addition- ucts that were released into the at- al MPU parameters during operation mosphere. The next-generation using a SCADA system, was success- DLE system includes an additional fully developed and installed.” intermediary mixture tuning cycle which “leans” it to the lowest limit Management enabling combustion. Therefore, and Coordination combustion of this type of mixture produces a minimum amount of “Implementation of the integrated exhaust gases while maintain- Project in Russia and Kazakhstan ing the same efficiency factor of was managed by CPC using its own the turbine unit. resources, without involvement of a general contractor or any manage- In terms of the achieved effect, it is ment companies,” continues Maxim comparable to modern passenger Sonin. “Initially, the contract system vehicle engines of different environ- included 9 main contracts (with mental classes. In terms of techno- amendments) with Russian and logical differences, it is similar to Western companies in addition to a carburetor vs. an injector: one is the design, authorship supervision simple and easy to maintain, but is and QA/QC services. Later, in March On behalf of Siemens, I’d like to more harmful to the environment, of 2016, the project was joined by express my gratitude to everyone while the other is sophisticated, JSC CTN in Russia. Its personnel involved in the upgrade Project: CPC as the customer, Flowserve, Starstroi, Schneider Electric and Siemens Lincoln as the contractors, and all other participants of the Project who have made an important contribution to its success. This kind of result wouldn’t have been possible without well-coordinated teamwork. The experience gained with each new unit commissioned helped us address any issues in a quick and efficient manner, ultimately leading us to Overview diagram of the turbine (old and new) success. I am certain that this will serve as an excellent example for future joint projects.

CPC has been a key partner for us for many years. Today, we face the future with certainty, and are looking forward to exploring new business opportunities.

by Aleksandr Tanichev, Director, Power Generation Services Department, Siemens LLC General view of the mainline pump (old and new)

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provided support and shared their experience accumulated over many Examples of Upgrades years of coordinating construc- Let us take a closer look at some differences in the process characteristics of the tion and installation operations at equipment before and after the upgrade. the Transneft facilities with the Op- erations Department specialists. New Air Filters To prevent potential gaps in any areas, special attention was given to analysis of the work scope and work performance requirements as well as coordination of the roles and responsibilities of each Project participant at the planning stage. Due to the unique nature of the project and involvement of both the Operations Department and the Expansion Project personnel, the Company’s existing procedures turned out to be insufficient, and special provi- Before After sions had to be developed to ensure efficiency of the joint efforts by the representatives of both organi- New air filters were installed as a part of the PURR Project. Unlike the previous zational units.” single filters, the new ones are equipped with a second (additional) filtering stage that uses high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtering technology. HEPA is one “What were the key components of of the most advanced technologies existing today. It allows trapping dust and dirt the ultimate success?” particles smaller than 0.1 µm or 0.0001 mm, thus preventing contamination of the generator’s axial compressor blades and improving the overall efficiency of the gas “I believe that the key components turbine engine. By the way, this system is used both at industrial facilities and in were professionalism, coherent public buildings such as health care centers where air purity is strictly regulated. teamwork, and high level of responsibility of everyone involved,” says On the outside, the old and new lube oil coolers look very much alike. But of Maxim Sonin. “The contractors’ op- course, appearances are deceiving. The new oil cooler is designed to operate at erations on site were coordinated by low ambient temperatures which are the normal environmental conditions for the management and employees of the gas turbine units (GTUs) installed at CPC’s facilities. The “winterized” design the Consortium’s regional branch- features a dedicated enclosure with inlet, outlet and recirculation shutters. This new es: PS “Kropotkinskaya” – Sergey solution enables circulation of warm air inside the oil cooler during the start-up of Potryasov, Alexey Fomenko, Andrey the mainline pump, thus preventing the typical adverse effects typical for the GTU Molodichenko, Ivan Nesterov, and operation during the winter. others; PS “Komsomolskaya” – Ivan Sharay, Vladimir Groshev, Murad Agadzhanian, Andrey Ryadovoy, Ivan Nesterov’s Breathing Valve and others; PS “Atyrau” – Sarsembai Murinov, Victor Sutyagin, Alexander Breathing filters are installed on vessels Yeryomin, Gabiden Yerbulekov, and that are open to the atmosphere to others. protect their interior space from ingress of microbiological contaminants and solid All of our Project participants have particles from the air, and also to protect a lot to be proud of. The pump head the environment from aerosol emissions. and flow rate curves obtained as a result of comprehensive testing showed that the upgraded MPUs Before After were fully compatible with the new ones that were delivered from the supplier in a fully assembled Editorial Note state and installed as a part of the Expansion Project. A number of Panorama CPC would like to thank the PURR Project Manager, PhD (Oil and Gas load tests were conducted to prove Engineering) Maxim Sonin for the detailed explanation of the objectives, content, and that the units were capable of safe some fine technological points of this unique Project implemented at CPC’s facilities. parallel operation. www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 13 Technical Aspect

It is also interesting to note that the difference between the theoretical flow rates of the upgraded pumps and the actual values measured after the completion of the PURR Project turned out to be even smaller than initially expected. This is an excellent result for technologically sophisticated equipment that was retrofitted in difficult field conditions which were far from ideal or from the typical factory workshop environment. Before After

Teamwork PS “Kropotkinskaya”: main pump piping before and after implementation of the PURR Project Maxim Sonin is very proud of the fact that a systemic, teamwork-oriented approach to all tasks Retrofitting of PS “Atyrau” also Contracts Team, Project Controls, was successfully established in this presented a number of unique and SU&C, Regulatory Affairs, CS&C, truly international Project team: multidimensional engineering Engineering and Projects, HSE, and challenges that were successfully other departments were all actively “The initial scouting (and, there- addressed under the guidance of engaged in the Project at one stage fore, the most complicated) work Alexander Yeryomin, Lead Turbines or another. scope was carried out at PS “Kom- Operation and Repair Engineer. somolskaya”. In this regard, I’d I’d like to specially recognize like to distinguish the efforts of The start-up and commissioning the contribution of Kyle McMil- Murad Agadzhanian, Operations process on all sites was supervised lian who oversaw the first stage of and Repairs Lead Engineer, who by Vitaly Romanov, Deputy Head the Project as well as Edward Ash- proved to be an excellent on-site Mechanic, Gas Turbines Opera- bridge who took an active part in coordinator. The largest scope tion and Maintenance. As a highly the preparation of the work scope. of construction and assembly experienced turbine engineer, operations as well as the most he was personally present during Occupational safety was the key comprehensive scope of start-up almost all MPU start-ups, and proved topic covered by Dennis Fahy at and commissioning activities was to be of great help in addressing the introductory meetings held carried out at PS “Kropotkinskaya” a number of operational and prac- in all CPC Regions, since life and where Ivan Nesterov, Operations tical issues. Maintenance Systems health of every person working at and Repairs Senior Engineer, was in Manager Stewart Sharpe acted as or visiting the Consortium’s facil- charge of operational coordination. and operational advisor, and assist- ities has always been our primary ed us in finding solutions to some responsibility and our key value. of the most complex and contro- Special emphasis was placed on versial problems. Marat Ibragimov, strict compliance with the pro- Head Mechanic, Operations and cedure governing the issuance of Maintenance lent his services as permits to work. All this together a mechanical consultant, while with the daily efforts of the respon- Alexander Stepanov, Chief Process sible specialists and coordinators Engineer, Engineering Team and enabled us to achieve excellent Yessen Kokushov, Deputy Engi- performance under the Incident and neering Manager were in charge of Injury Free Project, which we are the project design development and rightfully proud of,” emphasized approval. Maxim Sonin.

Almost everyone in the Company Sharing Experience was involved in our activities. Matters related to supply and QA/QC According to Maxim Sonin, two were jointly overseen by the rele- expert meetings were held in Kras- vant Expansion Project and Base nodar and Atyrau following the suc- Business Operations Departments. cessful completion of the compre- Pavel Petrenko, Ivan Nesterov The Engineering, Oil Transporta- hensive tests to summarize and and Vitaly Gondarev tion and Commerce, Price Control, analyze the experience gained. Both

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events were organized jointly with Tatiana Korotkova (Coordinator, Excellent Level Interface from Kirsten Brixton’s team) and all key stakeholders of the PURR Project. of Cooperation

“The entire life cycle of the Project was reviewed, including design, As a part of the upgrade project (PURR), our company has contracts execution, construc- successfully completed the upgrade of the control tion and installations operations, system Masterblocks. start-up and commissioning etc.,” Maxim Sonin recalls the details of these important events. “Each participant was offered to complete project participants enabled flexible an anonymous survey and submit project management at all stages, their proposals on the lessons starting from the initial design, and learned. In the end, there were all the way through to the equipment over 100 such proposals, mostly delivery and production scheduling. related to the design and procure- However, the project team encoun- ment management processes. As tered a number of challenges, includ- a result, the key lessons learned ing those related to the legal aspects were summarized and submitted of cooperation, which required addi- for review to the CPC Base Busi- tional attention and detailed investi- ness Operations to be considered gation of the specifics of the national as potential changes needed to be legal framework. made to the Company’s existing procedures. This allowed achiev- I would like to specially mention ing a crucial objective – ensuring the contribution of the CPC-R continuity, accumulation and The obsolete masterblocks were employees who have proven to be sharing of valuable experience replaced with state-of-the-art Mas- true professionals, and have shown between the specialists from terblock MB 400 units manufactured great knowledge and love of their different organizational units of by Schneider Electric at PS “Komso- craft. Schneider Electric is especially the Company for use in initiation molskaya”, PS “Kropotkinskaya” and grateful to Maxim Sonin, Upgrade of future projects.” PS “Atyrau” in cooperation with our Project Manager, Denis Sidelnikov, French colleagues. Procurement Team Leader, and “And what can you say about Marina Pureskina, Lead Contracts abnormal situations that inevitably Of special note is the excellent level Specialist, for their support and occur during implementation of such of coordination between the CPC assistance in implementation of complex projects as the upgrade and Schneider Electric specialists the Project. Project we’re talking about?” during the Project preparation stage when a lot of important work related Our company has recognized com- “Abnormal situations encourage to approval of specifications and petences in the field of consulting searching for new engineering signing of contracts was carried out. services for maintenance personnel solutions, and provide an excel- This resulted in delivery, startup and as well as diagnostics and mainte- lent opportunity for the specialists commissioning detailed terms and nance of electrical equipment. We’re to demonstrate their creativity,” conditions development that accom- looking forward to future coopera- believes Maxim Sonin. “Imple- modated the interests of all parties tion between Schneider Electric and mentation of the PURR Project in equal measure, which in turn CPC, and are eager to jointly explore by the Consortium showed facilitated successful completion of and successfully implement other that leveraging the experience all subsequent stages of the upgrade interesting projects. of the world’s leading oil and Project. gas companies is an important And of course, we wish Happy New foundation for establishment and The Project was unique not only in Year and Merry Christmas to all our development of professionals terms of its scale, but also because colleagues from CPC! capable of handling even the most it was implemented across two complex tasks in a very short countries: Russia and Kazakhstan. by Vladimir Shatunin, time. To ensure efficient management, Deputy General Director Schneider Electric put together for Aftersale Services For example, in the course of an integrated international project in Russia and the CIS, comprehensive testing of the team. Coherent teamwork by all Schneider Electric www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 15 Technical Aspect

for the Western Region, promptly in the Central, Western and Eastern suggested an alternative device Regions. By the way, this was the first design which proved to be much and only case in our practice when more reliable than the original one. a design proposed by a CPC engineer Novelty and industrial applicability, sparked such an interest and caused reliability and safety, ease of man- such a response from a recognized ufacture and low cost – those are Western organization, and the posi- the primary criteria that any innovative Industrial Safety Expertize (ISE) tive engineering or process solution conclusion registered with the ter- must meet. Based on these criteria, ritorial branch of the Federal Envi- the process engineers of Flowserve ronmental, Industrial and Nuclear B.V. (Etten-Leur, the Netherlands), Supervision Service of Russia is just Installing the oil cooler enclosure the manufacturer and supplier of another testament to that. the pump equipment for the CPC facilities, highly appraised the design I’d like to once again emphasize upgraded MPUs, the factory-in- proposed by Ivan Nesterov, and the innovative role played by CPC in stalled Lufkin breathing valves were recommended it for use on all introducing and testing new, reliable found to be extremely inefficient Company sites. As of today, the new and, what is most important, techno- due to multiple leaks. To resolve breathing valves have been in- logically and economically efficient the problem, Ivan Nesterov, Opera- stalled and are successfully used on process solutions. There are very tions and Repairs Senior Engineer the gearboxes of the upgraded MPUs few oil pumping operators either in

Professionalism, Efficiency and Quality

In October of this year, Starstroi together with Siemens, Flowserve, Schneider Electric and CPC has successfully completed the mainline pump upgrade project (PURR) at PS “Komsomolskaya”, PS “Kropotkinskaya” and PS “Atyrau”.

This Project involved replacement of demonstrated their ability to and the site coordinators were rotors and auxiliary support systems provide efficient support and safely elaborated in detail. Periodic tele- of the existing mainline units as carry out their assigned tasks conferences and offsite meetings well as replacement of the gear- under the Project during non-stop attended by the Project manage- boxes between the pumps and operation of the oil pipeline, which ment, regional CPC representatives the turbines. This work was directly was a demanding challenge in and contractors’ specialists were set related to expansion of CPC’s pipe- itself. up. All this enabled proper coordina- line system, as it allowed increasing tion of efforts required to complete the capacity of the existing pump As a part of preparation for the im- the technically challenging scope of stations on the Tengiz – Novorossi- plementation phase, the CPC man- work, and ensured efficient overall ysk pipeline to the target values. agement represented by PURR communication. Project Manager Maxim Sonin Our staff includes highly qualified and subject matter experts from During the implementation of specialists in various construction the Operations Department con- the PURR Project, there was often fields as well as in start-up and com- ducted a series of kick-off meetings a need to make prompt changes missioning of hazardous facilities. with the contractors’ management. to the project documentation. For Matters such as organization of this purpose, a technical commit- The highly experienced engineer- operations and communication tee consisting of specialists from ing personnel of Starstroi LLC have between all project participants the CPC Operations Department,

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our domestic market or the foreign markets with such an impressive experience in this field. Our partners share the knowledge of such implementations at various oil and gas conferences and forums, citing CPC as an example.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to wish a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas to my dear colleagues and esteemed partners! May there always be love and happiness in your homes, may your friends and family be always near you, may your professional challenges be interesting and diverse, and may all your plans come true. Thank you for your support and cooperation!”

Removed FLENDER gearbox and the new Fitting the mainline pump cover Recorded by Yekaterina Suvorova LUFKIN gearbox

Siemens, Flowserve, Starstroi and allowed completing all Project objec- also contributed to the continuous Giprovostokneft was set up. This tives on schedule. quality assurance process. significantly accelerated the process of reviewing and making decisions Using its own resources, Starstroi Occupational health and safety was on potential changes to the working LLC carried out foundation construc- also of primary concern, as work was Project documentation, up to tion, installation of equipment and carried out at the CPC facilities while the point where it caused virtually steel structures, installation of pipe- they were in operation. HSE engi- no interruptions to the construction lines of various diameters, electrical neers were assigned to the Project by and assembly operations. Presence cabling, I&C cabling, and installa- an administrative order of Starstroi of responsible operations personnel tion and connection of distribution LLC. They continuously monitored from CPC and Giprovostokneft on boxes and devices. the performance of work and made the construction site enabled quick sure that all necessary PPE, tools, and efficient resolution of many In addition, Starstroi LLC provid- accessories etc. were always avail- issues arising during the perfor- ed personnel and equipment to able. In the end, the Project was mance of work, prioritization of Siemens and Flowserve for perfor- completed with no serious incidents, individual work items, and clear mance of work falling within their accidents or injuries. communication between all con- respective areas of responsibility. All tractors. personnel provided at the request of All of us – the management, en- the above companies was properly gineers and other specialists of Realizing the significance of trained, highly qualified, possessed Starstroi LLC – are confident that the MPU upgrade Project for CPC, the necessary professional expe- the experience and skills acquired the Starstroi LLC management made rience, and fully met the require- in the course of the MPU upgrade a special effort to ensure that it ments of the imported equipment activities at the CPC facilities will was completed in time. Mr. Rykov, suppliers. enable us to successfully implement Head of the Construction and Repair similarly significant projects in Department, was appointed as The Project management placed the future. the project manager in the Russian special emphasis on the quality of Federation, while Mr. Kustadinchev, the work performed. Quality control I’d also like to take advantage of Deputy Director of the Atyrau was carried out by the engineering this opportunity and wish everyone Branch of Starstroi LLC, assumed supervision services and the opera- a Happy New Year! the same duties in the Republic of tions personnel. Availability of Star- Kazakhstan. These specialists con- stroi LLC’s own construction quality by Boris Zabuldin, tributed greatly to the preparation control service (including electrical, General Director, and performance of work, which metrological and NDE laboratories) Starstroi LLC www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 17 PROFESSIONALS

Rocky King: My Experience is in Demand by CPC

THIS TIGHT-KNIT GROUP CONSISTING OF SPECIALISTS OF TWO DISCIPLINES WORKS AS A TEAM.

“Our Expansion Project Operations participates in review, acceptance, Forces, Dynamics (momentum and Group was formed in May 2010 and and hand-over of acceptance and energy principles). These helped comprises the Operations Group as-built documentation for all con- me understand how the world itself and Commissioning Group,” structed facilities to the Operations “physically” works. I had no short- explains Mr. Vasily Roschin, Department.” Mr. Vasily Roschin age of technical knowledge when Head of the Division, Operations summarizes. I started my engineering career, Manager. “The basic mission of our but certainly lacked experience in Operations Group is developing Mr. Rockwell Alan King, an expatri- practical application of this knowl- procedures of performance tests, ate, Start-up and Commissioning edge. I believe it would be useful operations procedures, including Consultant, is highly esteemed for all oil industry professionals to maintenance plans in the Maximo among the Operations Group per- spend a semester or two working system with due regard to the safe sonnel. With great warmth the col- as a technical intern, and I believe working practice requirements to leagues call him Rocky. We asked that the oil industry in general new PS and Tank Farm. Our spe- him to tell us about himself – about benefits from funding this.” cialists are involved in implement- his education, previous employment ing technical solutions on site, in experience. “What educational institutions, do testing PS performance; they coop- you think, are the best and the most erate with the Operations Depart- “I received my undergraduate popular among oil industry special- ment jointly planning activities on degree in Chemical Engineering ists?” oil pipeline shutdown or operation- in 1995, and my master’s degree al changes. in Business Administration (from “For most U.S. oil industry spe- the University of Texas) in 2003. cialists, and the companies that Commissioning Group specialists The university is one of the biggest employ them, it is more important are usually located at PS under in the U.S., and offers a variety of that the undergraduate of master’s construction; they are directly disciplines for study, with the Ac- degree is awarded by an “accredit- involved in testing station equip- counting, Latin American Studies, ed” university, not which particu- ment and tanks after construction and Petroleum Engineering grad- lar university. Similarly, we have completion, in facilities assurance uate programs deemed the best many very well qualified specialists review for oil filling, in testing PS in the U.S. The two most useful on the Expansion Project Opera- equipment performance with oil, business classes were Complexity tions/Start-up and Commissioning etc. They go to the Pump Stations Management and Knowledge Man- teams who have studied at Omsk to participate in commissioning agement. These courses are focused State Technical University, Ufa of the turbines and electrically on non-linear interactions between State Petroleum Technological driven pumps. The Commission- people and organizations, and in University, and Gubkin University. ing Group administers the super- managing human nature. What Tyumen Industrial University has vision contracts with the main I learned in these classes helped me a good international reputation. equipment suppliers – these are adapt more quickly to new cultures So clearly Russia has many “world mainline pumps, large bore block and management methods when class” oil industry universities.” valves, surge relief systems, and working outside of the U.S. HVAC systems. Involvement of “Where did your professional life our supervisors helps the con- The most beneficial technical begin?” struction contractors to properly knowledge I gained at University install, commission, and test highly was from the three introductory “My first professional oil industry technical equipment. The Group engineering classes regarding Static steps were prior to receiving my

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degree. I was working in the Pet- Team, and advise the team on both “Work in the oil industry requires rochemical industry as an intern, technical issues and tactical de- certain stamina. Did you do military and then as designer and drafter cisions. My Supervisor, Mr. Vasily service? If so, how useful was that regarding instrument installation Roschin, and the Operations and experience for your future life?” and wiring. In 1991–1992 I worked Commissioning Team have been very in Syria to complete the installation patient with me in figuring out how “I was a sailor in the U.S. Navy from of instrumentation and controls for to combine my international experi- 1977 to 1981. Most useful from this oil production facilities. During this ence with Russian project execution time was learning to interact with project I made my biggest steps in methods and regulations to best people from different cultures. My ability, as I was required to resolve support CPC.” ship sailed the Pacific and Indian design errors, equipment defects and oceans, making stops in Mexico, process operation problems, without “What country did you find to be Japan, the Philippines, Fiji, Samoa, the assistance of equipment sup- the best for working and living in?” Singapore, and Australia. plier specialists. This taught me to comfortably figure out how to solve “Russia is the most comfortable Still more amazing to me was a problem myself, rather than to wait place I have worked in. Previous- the experience I gained working for anybody else. ly I worked in Syria, Algeria, Iraq, as a contractor for the U.S. Army Angola and China, usually living in Corps of Engineers in Northern Iraq I had 25+ years of project experience a small housing trailer in a remote in 2005, building infrastructure for prior to joining CPC. My internation- location. However, the commission- the Iraqi Army and Police. I observed al project and commissioning expe- ing work where I lived at the job site many actions based on wisdom, rience was in demand by the Con- and usually had tools in my hands courage and compassion from young sortium. The Expansion Project has every day and was required to make U.S. soldiers and local Iraqis, both taught me better methods of inte- equipment and production processes men and women, who were working grating multinational best practices, work properly was more fun. in dangerous and difficult condi- and that modern complicated solutions.” tions are not always more effective Moscow is very clean, relative to than simple solutions. I am lucky to my other expat work locations. “Do you have any hobbies?” we ask have this Russian experience, and Additionally, Russia is unique in our companion in conclusion. enjoyed being part of the multi- my experience in its ability to fully national team. This will help me staff a project with qualified local “I am a lousy golfer,” Mr. Rocky King adapt better on future international professionals. I expected this prior smiles. “And I have completed as projects. to coming to CPC, as about 25 % of many as 100–200 km charity bicycle our commissioning team on my rides in the past 20 years.” I am a consultant to the CPC Expan- previous project (in China) were sion Start-up and Commissioning Russians.” Recorded by Ekaterina Suvorova

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Happy to be Oil-Industry Worker DIFFERENT PATHS BRING PEOPLE TO THE OIL BUSINESS; NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE DESCENDED FROM THE OIL WORKERS’ FAMILIES. THE READERS OF THIS MAGAZINE WILL SURELY SMILE HAVING KNOWN THAT IT WAS MY WIFE WHO BROUGHT ME INTO THE OIL INDUSTRY.

pre-assembling, installation, com- the Soviet Union and the formation missioning, and operation. of the independent republics. The industry was thrown into confusion; In 1986, I was transferred to the con- many specialists left the oilfield. struction project of the Tengiz There was lack of staff. Those who complex by the Ministry of Oil In- remained bore a great responsibility, dustry as the Production Operations we had to do everything. I worked Manager of Complex Technological on repairs, adjustment of processing Lines (CTL) 1 and 2 where I got expe- equipment, and operation; I imple- rience of a team work with foreign mented oil and gas transportation specialists, i.e. representatives of technology from the Karachaganak Lurgi (Federal Republic of Germany), oilfield to the Orenburg plant and Litwin (France), Lavalin (Canada). Salavat Orgsynthesis Plant in Bash- At that time the Main Contractor kiria. At the same time we handled was the Soviet InterGasStroy, Main problems of oil hydrogen sulfide Subcontractor being Vedepser, and high molecular compounds a Hungarian company. Quality was stripping, and oil and condensate controlled by the Swiss SGS-Energo- processing... diagnostics. Kenensary Kabdoldin Generally speaking, I was really In 1994, after the transfer to Ka- lucky as a professional to work at zakhgas a new chapter of my oil all phases of the oil industry process TOGETHER WITH INDUSTRY life history began. I was appointed chain from hydrocarbons produc- to a position of the Chief Specialist tion to their processing. In 1998– My wife Umit studied in Moscow for processing raw hydrocarbons 2000, as the Production Manager of at the Oil and Gas Institute named at the Karachaganak oilfield. It Stepnoi Leopard, a joint Kazakh-Ca- after I. M. Gubkin at the Chemi- was a hard time of the breakup of nadian company, I participated in cal and Engineering Department. I decided that it would be also good if I got a similar profession and I enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry (MIPC and GI) at the Department of Refinery Equipment.

Having obtained diplomas, in 1973 my wife and I set forth to Kazakh- stan under the appointment, to the Mangyshlak Peninsula, to the Kazakh gas processing plant under construction. I started as the category 5 Machine Operator in the compressor shop; I was Shift Supervisor of the young workers’ team, head of the compressor shop, head of 95%-ethane plant; I worked on the modernization of the booster compressor station carried out Acceptance of the processing equipment in France at Solyvent-Ventec. From right with the participation of Krezo-Lu- to left – Mr. Gorek, Lurgi Manager (FRG), Mr. K. Kabdoldin, Petr, Translator, and ar, a French company; I dealt with Solyvent-Ventec Managers. 1988

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Being a regional mechanic my duties included ensuring continuous operation of PS mechanical and process equipment and line section of oil shipment, i.e. mainline and booster pumps, block valves, secondary pumps, tanks, lease automatic custody transfer units, ventilation systems...

At first we had lots of problems with mainline and booster pumps operation. The matter is that we performed equipment maintenance according to the procedures issued In Tengizchevroil (TCO) control Near well No 8 that produced the first oil as far back as in the Soviet period – at Tengiz on April 6, 1991. From right to room – Mr. Makushenko, Chief Project left – Mr. K. Kabdoldin, Mr. V. Nadein, after running for a certain time we Engineer from All-Russian Research USSR Deputy Minister of Oil Industry, performed routine maintenance, and Development and Design Institute Mr. L. Churilov, USSR Minister of Oil current, medium repairs, and over- Gaspererabotka, Mr. Yu. Makhoshvili, Industry, etc. Picture taken in 2003 haul, following which we were not Plant Director, and Mr. K. Kabdoldin. able to reach normal operating con- 2003, 12 years after TCO start-up ditions for quite a while. We were the preparation of a modular unit not satisfied with such approach; for raw hydrocarbon purification we consulted with vendors and the Chief Designer of which had from sour compounds at the oilfield, designers of this process equipment. once taken part in designing our dealt with issues of oil and gas pro- Having examined the experience of mainline pumps. Together with Mr. duction and transportation from To- the foreign companies we came to Oleg Kozhevnikov, CPC Lead Process karevskoye, Teplovo-Tokarevskoye, a conclusion that equipment needed Engineer, they made calculations Gremyachinskoye, and Kamenskoye to be repaired based on its actual and reported on the possibility to oilfields. condition, i.e. to undergo diagnos- considerably increase their capacity. tics on a regular basis and a certain As per these calculations rotors with CPC: OPERATION type of repair based on its results. a higher capacity impellers had been It allowed optimizing significantly manufactured at the plant that were I came to work for CPC-K in 2000. the equipment operation. then installed within the mainline 27-year oil experience and expertise pumps increasing the capacity of in working with expatriates were In 2009, we also succeeded in re- each pump by 650 m3/h. That way very useful while modernizing solving a problem with PS “Tengiz” instead of 2,500 m3/h pumps A, B, PS “Tengiz” and PS “Atyrau”. I had to booster pumps. There were NPV and C began to transfer 3,150 m3/h establish relations with field engi- (Vertical Booster Pump) 2,500/80 each! neers, Main Contractor with which pumps running there. But one NPV we always arrived at compromises in 1,250/60 pump did not function MORE PRECISE THAN LASER solving technical issues of construc- at all due to its low capacity. After tion and installation. consultation with Mr. Sarsembai I will tell you one amusing story. In Murinov, Regional Manager, we December 2012, I came to Flowserve Mr. Marat Ibragimov, CPC Chief referred to the manufacturing plant Etten-Leur for testing PS “Tengiz” Mechanic, has been giving me an in- and the Chief Designer for a piece mainline pumps. In the course of valuable help from the beginning of advice on how to increase NPV the alignment check they showed to the present day. A team of me- 1,250/60 capacity. They met our me a laser device used to perform chanics he is in charge of is notable needs and gave recommendations to this critical work with two decimals for its high professionalism. In replace the booster pump rotor with of millimeter accuracy. I informed particular, these are Mr. Oleg Kole- a more powerful one that we suc- my colleagues that we also aligned snikov (Central Region), Mr. Alexei cessfully put into action. As a result the pumps at the station using Fomenko, Mr. Vitaly Romanov and the pump capacity was increased similar devices and that we also pre- Mr. Vladimir Guschin (Western by 1,250 m3/h and the station had sented the alignment parameters Region), Mr. Alexei Astashkin and a proper pump overcapacity. Mr. Vasily Gorkin (Marine Terminal). up to two decimals of millimeter. The solve all the problems together And in 2010, Mr. Sarsembai Murinov However to check pumps on-load helping each other which fact con- instructed us to increase the capac- operation and alignment accuracy tributes to even more cohesion of ity of PS “Tengiz” mainline pumps. we use one more “device” which the CPC mechanical group. I contacted the plant of Sumy, they have not heard of before. www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 21 PROFESSIONALS

of the operating PS “Tengiz” and at a new A-PS-3A station. By the way, the workers’ accommodation conditions and leisure time at Tengiz are arranged really at an international level: Comfortable rooms, excellent food, and several gyms at the rotation workers’ disposal. The team camp at A-PS-3A is made of 40-foot well-furnished containers divided in two rooms. The conditions are not the same as at Tengiz, but quite comfortable for life.

What is so attractive in the Expan- sion Project for me personally? First of all, high technology and state-of- Flowserve specialists took an inter- had been aligning the pump, were the-art equipment. A new SCADA est in the innovation, and I suggest- very surprised. They started to take system for oil transportation process ed that we should use my device to pictures of the pump with the coin from Tengiz to Novorossiysk is check the alignment during bench edgewise on it... amazing. tests of the mainline pumps. AT THE EXPANSION PROJECT I would also like to say about Next day the mainline pump was an importance of the home switched on with the electric motor Switching over to the Expansion front – family – for an oil worker. on the bench. When the pump Project, I really appreciated a profes- We are a very close family, there is reached 100 % load, I took a 10- sional approach to business by Mr. the support and complete mutual kopeck coin out of my pocket and Vasily Roschin, Operations Manager, understanding at home! I can say set it edgewise on the motor frame. Mr. Alexander Doroshenko, Start- that an oil dynasty has been es- The coin did not fall down and Up and Commissioning Manager, tablished, as my two sons are oil remained standing on the running Mr. Vladimir Guschin, Operations workers, and my daughters-in-law pump. After that I set the coin on Procedures Lead Specialist, Mr. Chris also work in the oil industry. So, as the pump bearing assembly, it Webster, Deputy Commissioning Co- I said before, my wife Umit Urazov- remained on the edge, spinning, but ordinator. Their support and pieces na is the very person that has laid did not fall. Then I said: “The pump of advice at a new stage of my oil life an oil path of our common track. is indeed properly aligned, my history were extremely important! And then the choice is with our “device” has shown it, it is more grandchildren. precise than the laser!” The partic- Work in the Commissioning Group ipants of the testing, from manag- means work on a rotation basis. It by Kenensary Kabdoldin, ers to mechanics and fitters that held true during the modernization PS “Tengiz” Lead Operations Specialist

Team Camp at Tengiz

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Humanwise, each of us comes from the childhood. professionally we owe our origin to a particular Alma Mater. From Latin “Alma Mater” is translated as “nourishing, kind-hearted mother”. It is an old- time student name for a university – an institution that provides spiritual food. Further professional pathway and generally speaking a man’s destiny depends greatly on the knowledge and skills obtained during the studentship. The CPC Panorama editors asked themselves: Which Alma Mater do CPC specialists owe their expertise to? How useful was a particular higher school? Did students just out of the university acquire needless knowledge useless for life? What, in practical oil pipeline operators’ opinion, is to be reasonably changed in the education system in order to improve professional training within the industry? What is the study time remembered for? Specialists of which higher schools are particularly valued at production sites? Alexandra Simonova, Document Administrator, has collected and sent replies to these questions from CPC colleagues to the Press Service; many thanks for it!

Higher Schools with Great History “I OBTAINED MY FIRST HIGHER EDUCATION IN 2004 AT ASTRAKHAN STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY AT ELECTRIC POWER PLANT OPERATION DEPARTMENT”

I owe my industry-specific “oil” totally unnecessary for a produc- education to Ufa State Petro- tion engineer, but they broaden leum Technological University the mind and are important for (USPTU) – in 2014 I graduated overall development. During from the department of Engineer- practice and moving up the career ing, Construction, and Operation ladder you understand that it is not of Gas and Oil Lines and Gas and only knowledge of mechanisms Oil Storage Facilities with a degree and terminology that matters, but in mechanical engineering. an ability to talk meaningfully to your companion that is unfamiliar USPTU is a university with a great with technical terminology but history. Founded in 1948, it whom you need to send a message became one of the leading uni- using a plain language. versities in Russia in the area of oil specialists training. Many To improve training of the oil-in- famous oil-industry managers dustry specialists I consider it nec- and politicians studied there. essary that updating of the libraries For instance, Murtaza Rakhimov, and study guides in the higher the first President of the Repub- schools should keep up with equip- lic of Bashkortostan, Alexander ment and processes being intro- Ananenkov, Deputy Chief Execu- to the educational process, avail- duced at production sites. It could tive of Gazprom, OJSC, Ralif Safin, ability of laboratories for practical greatly reduce the time for a young Vice-President of Lukoil, OJSC, training, etc. professional adaptation within Dmitry Kobylkin, Governor of the industry. the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Education in this university helped District are USPTU ex-students. me to succeed as a professional. In my opinion, the Russian most Knowledge obtained in USPTU popular, leading and top-ranked The University faculty members was helpful in practical work, higher schools among oil-industry are highly professional. Lots of as fundamental principles and specialists are I. M. Gubkin Russian them have worked for many years approaches are unchangeable, only State University of Oil and Gas and at production sites, and they tools and processes change. There USPTU. know oil-industry work firsthand. is a training method being used in Besides, the key factor of the high the university partially inherited by Alexander Antonov, quality students training is a good from the Soviet era – there were Acting PS and Pipeline Coordinator, material and technical support subjects that, at first sight, seem the Republic of Kazakhstan www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 23 ALMA MATER

My Dear Grozny Oil Institute... IN 1992, HAVING GRADUATED FROM GROZNY OIL INSTITUTE (GOI) NAMED AFTER ACADEMICIAN M. D. MILLIONSCHIKOV, I GOT A DEGREE IN AUTOMATION AND OVERALL MECHANIZATION OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY PROCESSES.

the other academics, as well as For instance, laboratory classes a pleiad of scientists. of G.D. Tatevosov on the control system construction and adjust- ...AND LIFE ment were interesting because complex material was understood Our institute proved to be very in an easy way, we did not get interesting in terms of the public tired during these classes. life. Student Spring Talent Shows carried out on an annual basis One cannot but remember the lec- were very significant events. turers of Professor K.M. Dontsov The students of different de- who was delivering introduc- partments were competing in tion into the course. Despite his their skills to sing, dance, and in considerable age, he was conduct- their sense of humor. One could ing the classes vigorously with not get tickets to the concerts. a lyrical digression from the prac- Final performances that were tical training. A sense of humour usually carried out in May after and understanding of the youth’s the try-outs meant as much as way of thinking of this man were Evgeny Shinkar an arrival of Alla Pugacheva. comparable to the skills of profes- The GOI concert hall that could sional comics and psychologists. place more than 1,000 people was SСIENCE... always full. There were lots of NOTHING “EXTRA” clubs and sections in our insti- GOI was notable for its close tute. At that time, in the southern Knowledge in the area of automat- connection to production and Russia there was a well-known ic control, control instruments, design institutes based in the city GOI Jazz Studio; the students of and Boolean algebra were very of Grozny – All-Russian Research the oil mechanical department useful within the selected field. and Development and Design were leading in the humour festi- However, an automation engineer Institute PromAutomatica and vals in Odessa. should know not only his/her par- North Caucasian Research, De- ticular specialty, but also the pro- velopment and Design Institute, For me, my studies in GOI were cesses he/she is controlling. That material and technical resources, a wonderful time when you is why such subjects as hydraulics, well equipped laboratories and, of could try out your skills and find thermodynamics, treatment tech- course, academic personnel. Lots an area of activity that you liked nology of crude hydrocarbons, of our faculty became interna- and that was the most successful. applied and theoretical mechanics tionally known owing to publica- This institute gave me a lot. In that were included in the training tions, scholarly books on drilling, professional respect, it is primar- course for the automation engi- geology, treatment technology of ily the ability to think, compare neer were such area of expertise crude hydrocarbons. The names of information, make open-minded that provided insight into almost such professors as G. M. Sukharev, conclusions, and, of course, have any process in the oil, gas, and A. Z. Dorogochinsky, Yu. A. Ster- a global vision of production partly chemical industries. lenko, K. M. Dontsov, S. S. Itenberg processes. can be still found in information There were, of course, subjects academic publications, although MY TEACHERS that were non-essential at pro- more than twenty years have duction sites. Such as Commu- passed since the time of their Many of the professors conduct- nist Party of the Soviet Union professional activity. Several ed their classes with ease, with History or Philosophy. However, generations of engineers, produc- a sense of humour that did not by the middle of one’s life almost tion managers have been brought stress the students and limit per- every thoughtful person becomes up on the works of these and ception of the material. a little philosopher. Hegel’s

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dialectics or Feuerbach’s essen- and, of course, understanding of tasks was always welcomed there. tialism could not improve anyhow the process as it is and technolo- Out of lots of worthy specialists understanding of cascade control gy he/she is controlling. Within that I personally was acquainted system setting. But there are some a couple of decades, the content to at different times, the grad- moments in life when a person of such knowledge has increased uates from Tyumen and Ufa Oil needs a different grasp of reality. greatly and it would be more Institutes, and, of course, many In this respect these “extra” sub- correctly to train such specialists of the northerners come from jects gave the basis for perception separately, but within a common Grozny Oil Institute. of some social processes that are trend of understanding produc- happening these days. tion process as a whole. If we talk about the specialists from abroad with whom I had to GOI ADVANTAGES PROFESSIONALS work with not only in CPC but before, these were engineers from Speaking about a knowledge defi- Which of the higher schools that Germany and USA. I can mention, ciency that a specialist ultimately prepare the future oil workers personally of course, good profes- faces in some time after a gradu- would I call the best? It is diffi- sional skills of the Germans, their ation, I would say the following. cult to reply fairly. For me, it is of honesty, and working efficiency. Since hardware and software course GOI. Out of those people With engineers and managers applicable to DCS develop very that I worked with at different from the USA we also developed quickly, the applied knowledge times, specialists from Tatarstan, good relations due to their in- obtained in the institute is getting Ufa, and Saratov proved to be terpersonal skills, knowledge of out of date. But the most import- reasonably good in the area of project implementation phases, ant for the automation engineer is automatics. As far as I know, and a good certain-specialty dedi- an ability to acquire new informa- they graduated from some local cated training. tion, in other words, to learn new higher schools. I can highlight incident free operation principles, their familiarity and practical by Evgeny Shinkar, programming techniques, and skills in the area of DCS. When Lead Engineer of Control Systems, many other things. There will I worked for Gazprom before, we CPC Astrakhan Office be always a knowledge gap, but valued specialists who an advantage of engineers’ train- worked in the North – ing in GOI is just that the breadth in Tyumen, Surgut and depth of lessons learnt allow or other cities with for a quick adaptation to require- severe operation ments of a present-day production conditions. As far both at designing stage and at as I know, due to commissioning and operation variety of natural stage. force majeure circumstances, CALL OF THE TIMES a creative non-con- ventional approach How could the quality of special- to solving technical ist training in higher schools be improved? Given that for the last twenty to thirty years, both science and applied aspects of production have made great strides, I believe that there is a sense, for instance, to split my specialty in two – a DCS design engineer and a DCS operation engineer. These Studentship in GOI are a bit different scopes that have the common root. If a design engineer should be familiar with Russian and international standards not only for DCS designing but for engineering as a whole, a DCS operation engineer should be well familiar with applied work connected to programming, From Caucasian Student Spring telecommunications, hardware, Talent Show www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 25 ALMA MATER

Between Past and Future I BEGAN MY WORK FOR CPC IN MARCH 2001 AS PS “KOMSOMOLSKAYA” SHIFT SUPERVISOR. IN RESPECT TO EDUCATION, IN 1979 I GRADUATED THE PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF GROZNY OIL INSTITUTE (GSOI) NAMED AFTER ACADEMICIAN M. D. MILLIONSCHIKOV WITH A DEGREE IN TECHNOLOGY OF BASIC ORGANIC AND PETROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS.

this respect, of course, I am happy established as per the directive of that it is over. It happened that the Council of People’s Commissars. sometimes there were hockey During first years this institution or boxing world championship had the following departments: matches transmitted on TV espe- Higher – mining and petroleum, cially enjoyed by the students at petrochemical, electrical engineer- that time but you could not take ing, and economic-accounting, and the liberty to sit in front of the TV. primary (for workforce) – mining At those moments we dreamt and petroleum in the oilfields, about the time to start gaining field chemical in the factories, mechan- experience, when you did not have ical and construction in towns. In to prepare for tomorrow lesson or 1929 Grozny Petroleum Techni- exam... But we are not going to talk cal School was reorganized into about it today. I would like you to Grozny Oil Institute. This institution get to know better our beloved and became a real Alma Mater for the oil glorious GSOI. industry.

A few words about the history of One can talk about GSOI days and the establishment of this higher nights. So many wonderful profes- Gapur Kuzhuev school. After nationalization of sors and honored graduates! Among

Frankly speaking, my memories about the university years are Night after night you had to deepen into a designing ambivalent. It is nice to recall harvester, term papers, prepare for daily colloquiums the university fellows, collective recreation, sports activities, students’ concerts... Sports were highly popular in our GOI. There were na- the oil industry in the country the GSOI graduates there are four tional champions, medal winners a topical issue was to prepare Heroes of the Soviet Union, five of the international competitions, own resources, for which reason Heroes of Socialist Labor, award USSR and international masters of on August 1, 1920 Grozny Higher winners of Stalin, Lenin, State prize, sports among the university stu- Petroleum Technical School was prizes of Council of Ministers of dents. Suffice to say that 8 sportsmen from our university were members of the Burevestnik central council boxing team. An excellent Palace of Sports, sports grounds, sports and health camp of Bu- revestnik in the settlement of Agoi by the Black Sea and recreation facilities in Checheno-Ingushetia and North Ossetiya were at the students’ disposal.

But there were times when night after night you had to deepen into a designing harvester, term papers, prepare for daily colloquiums – in

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the USSR and other international Mr. Bashilov, Mr. Saidov, Mr. Blag- Sometimes in the course of studying ones. Grozny Oil Institute signifi- onravov, Mr. Abramov, Mr. Alex- it seemed that this or that subject cantly contributed to development androv, Mr. Grishin, Mr. Leibman, was given in vain, and it was simply of geology study, search, explora- Mr. Dontsov, Mr. Belikov, Mr. Dakh- an extra load. But now, after many tion, drilling, and development kilgov, Mr. Bozhedomov, Mr. Yu- years you understand how important of oil and gas fields, oil refining supov, Mr. Mamaev, Mr. Sterlenko, it is for a specialist of any discipline and oil chemistry. It had educated Mr. Keramidi, Mr. Manovyan, Mr. Me- to have a general outlook together students that became afterwards zhidov, Mr. Katryshev, Mr. Magoma- with specialty knowledge. A higher industry and enterprise leaders and dov, Mr. Airapetov, Mr. Makhukov, school graduate should be familiar qualified scientists. Among them Mr. Zombe, Mr. Tvertsyn, Mr. Bashi- with many spheres, and be able to there are USSR Oil Industry Minis- rov, Mr. Vtyurin, Mr. Kolesnikov, keep up the conversation on any ters Mr. Maltsev and Mr. Churilov, Mr. Tepsaev, et al. topic. USSR Ministers of Petrochemical and Refinery Industry Mr. Fedorov During my university times at GSOI The sad comes in conclusion. Two and Mr. Khadzhiev, RF Minister of there were 8 faculties, 35 depart- military campaigns in the Chechen Geology Mr. Fedorov, Head of USSR ments, 4 applied research laborato- Republic in the end of XX – early Gas Industry Chief Department Mr. ries, a computing center, postgradu- XXI centuries inflicted irrevocable Shmarev, Head of the largest USSR ate training program, and the largest damage to GOI (currently Grozny Central Administration of Glav-Tyu- State Oil Technical University – menneftegaz Mr. Muravlenko, GSOTU). First of all it concerns its members of the Academy of Science teaching personnel. Highly profes- of USSR Mr. Millionschikov and Mr. sional team that GOI was famous for Dorodnitsyn. had been forming over the decades. Buildings can be constructed, great Famous educators and researchers resource base can be established. But gave lessons in GOI: Mr. Butorin, will we be able to recreate that inter- Mr. Tilicheyev, Mr. Sakhanov, national environment that GOI once Mr. Obryadchikov, Mr. Lindtrop, had? How many years do we need to Mr. Golomshtok, Mr. Schelkachev, bring up a new academic teaching Mr. Amerik, Mr. Zhischenko, staff within this institution, team of Mr. Brod, Mr. Fedorov, Mr. Ba- library which kept one and a half like-minded colleagues? Time will gaev, Mr. Zenkov, Mr. Itenberg, million books in its scientific, techni- reply to these questions. And we shall Mr. Zabarinsky, Mr. Guzhov, cal, and art archives. There were over hope for the best. Mr. Kagermanov, Mr. Mirsky, 6,000 students studying that time at Mr. Lotiev, Mr. Pykhachev, GOI. This institute gave me a lot in by Gapur Kuzhuev, Ms. Smirnova, Mr. Simonyants, terms of professionalism! PS “Komsomolskaya” Manager

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From Oil-Workers’ Dynasty MY ALMA MATER IS MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL AND GAS INDUSTRY NAMED AFTER I. M. GUBKIN (MIPC AND GI), CURRENTLY GUBKIN RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF OIL AND GAS. THREE GENERATIONS OF OUR FAMILY GRADUATED FROM THIS HIGHER SCHOOL.

However, MIPC and GI trained envi- Murinov, CPC-K Regional Manager, ronmental specialists though they Mr. Karabalin, CPC-K Executive were qualified as thermal power Director. engineers. In course of studying we were actually trained as environ- The Institute gave me a lot. After mental specialists; concentration graduation, having returned to my program No 0308 was called Use of co-workers in Embaneft, Production Gas and Black Oil, and Environmen- Association, I took part in establish- tal Protection. ing environmental sector of focus within oil production – it included Our Institute historically educates at laboratory examination of environ- such level that enables a graduate to ment components, management of become a professional in the select- environmental issues during crude ed field. Many of those graduated oil production, processing, transpor- MIPC and GI are holding high-rank- tation, and many others. ing positions at KazMunaiGaz, in Aizharyk and Aitbai Kenzhalyev the Ministry of Oil Industry, and While working for the CPC-K Ex- large oil enterprises of Kazakhstan. pansion Project I am regularly using For instance, Mr. Cherdabaev, first the knowledge obtained in MIPC THE HIGHER EDUCATION Minister of Oil Industry of the Re- and GI, supported and enriched by INSTITUTION QUALIFIED public of Kazakhstan, Mr. Sarsen- many years of practice. ENVIRONMENTAL baev, first PS and Pipeline Coordi- SPECIALISTS nator in the Republic of Kazakhstan Completed facilities commissioning under the Expansion Project, Mr. is performed without claims and I entered MIPC and GI in the days of the Soviet Union when enterprises were sending young workers to higher schools. Boys and girls were given a possibility to obtain a higher education so that when they were back to the enterprise they could contribute to its development being skilled specialists.

MIPC and GI was considered one of the most reputable higher schools in the USSR; besides, Gubkin Russian State University is currently highly ranked and well-known throughout the world. There was a case I am aware of when a student, who got education far-abroad, was required additional knowledge while employ- ing to an oil company in Kazakh- stan, and as a result he had to obtain a second degree in our country.

In the Soviet Union, environmental issues at production sites were not Group of Embaneft Engineers and Technicians that participated in installation of given such consideration as today. the first refinery and well tests plant at Tengiz oilfield. July, 1981

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comments from the state environ- The departments have been brought mental protection authorities, and up-to-date, new subjects introduced, there is usually a Without Violations teaching process modified: Groups status in the Acts of Contractors and are split into subgroups which fact Subcontractors Scheduled Envi- improves the quality of teaching. ronmental Inspections by the state We had been dreaming about it authorities. during our studies because it took a lot of time to present laboratory KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! works, tests, and term papers, to pass credits as one professor could I am looking back to my Institute have a great number of students. with appreciation. Mainly all MIPC and GI course lecturers had a great work experience and Galiya In the center – Ruslan Suleimanov, Chief academic titles, as Suleimanova – Mechanic of Dossorneft, Oil-and-Gas well as pedagogical third-year Production Department, early 1960-ies student of the gift. Each time be- Moscow ginning the lecture Petroleum Gurievsk Region in the family of Mr. Mark Ravich, Institute named a field-hand. Until he turned 20, he Gas and Black Oil after I. M. Gubkin. had been working as a shepherd for Department Chair, 1952 a rich landowner. In 1918 he went to Doctor of Engi- school, learnt reading and writing; neering, Professor, in 1927 he graduated from addressed to us, stu- the Orenburg remedial dents, saying: “Dear school for workers, and colleagues”. At that in 1936 – from the Baku moment we felt as if Academy of Industry. being quasi specialists, He had been working engineers that gave us for many years as a drill- a great motivation to man for Makat drilling obtain a worthy edu- office. In 1932–1934 he was cation. Mr. Ravich was the Chairman of Gurievsky a teacher, mentor for Regional Committee of almost all faculty lectur- the Oil Workers Trade Union, ers, and I consider that he in 1936 –1944 – Baichunas gave us a lot! and Sagiz Oilfields Director. During the Great Patriotic War Sometimes in the course of study- he was Zholdybai Exploration ing the students think that there Manager of Makat Region, and is no need in this or that subject. after the war – Oil Production Materials Science was considered Shop Manager at Makat oilfield, one of such subjects by many of us. HSE Engineer, Kaznefterazvedka But in reality this knowledge was Drilling Trust Deputy Manager. He very useful for me personally! In was Teren-Uzek Oil Exploration particular, during installation of Manager when in the summer of 88-kilometer oil pipeline section 1953 an oil spouter gushed out Ruslan Suleimenov with his mother under the Expansion Project, more Nursulu, 1951 to a height of more than 20 meters precisely – in course of discussion of above the rig. the issues on the installed pipeline preservation. As a matter of fact, DYNASTY FOUNDER My grandfather took a well-de- there are no needless subjects in served rest in 1957. He was awarded the higher school. I am a third-generation oil worker. the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, My children have chosen this way medals for Valiant Labour in the Great After graduation I have been twice as well, being the fourth generation Patriotic War 1941–1945, for Labour to my Alma-Mater – after 17 years of our “oil” dynasty, the founder of Valour, for Valorous Labour in Com- when my elder daughter entered which was my grandfather Mr. Abish memoration of the 100th Anniver- the Gubkin Russian State Univer- Suleimenov. sary of the Birth of Vladimir Lenin, sity, and just recently when my and twice – Certificate of Merit by younger son has become a student. Mr. Abish Suleimenov was born the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh The Institute has greatly changed! in 1897 in the area of Taisoigan of Soviet Socialist Republic. www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 29 ALMA MATER

obtained at that time are invaluable. Department of Kaznefterazvedka For instance, Mr. Nikolai Shaikhu- Trust. In 1969, she was elected dinov could define the location of a chairperson of Makat District Com- a tractor defect by the sound made mittee of People’s Control where by its components... My father had she had worked till 1974; then she been working among people self- was appointed to a post of the First lessly committed to work. “We have Deputy Chairperson of Makat District never considered the time; we were Council of People’s Deputies. In 1980 back at work by the first call at two, she became a chairperson of Makat three a.m. When we began a well District Executive Committee, and in production, we had been working 1983 – Party Committee Secretary of day and night and did not go home Dossorneft, Oil-and-Gas Production until the process was over. That was Department. My mother’s achieve- the swing of production; there was ments in the oil industry were noted a battle for oil going on that our by the government awards, i.e. Aslan, an elder son of the Kenzhalievs, motherland required”, my father Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of followed in the steps of his father recounted. Honour, medals.

WE ARE GUBKIN’S STUDENTS ON FEMALE LINE My grandmother, Ms. Nursulu Suleimenova, dedicated all her My father, Mr. Ruslan Suleimenov, The family of my mother, Ms. Giliya warmth and wisdom to bringing up a native of Atyrau Region, became Suleimenova, suffered persecution her grandchildren (my parents have the first Gubkin Institute student in in the 30-ies, and unwillingly left three children). She was a guard- our family. In 1956, having returned the homeland. They were fleeing ian of the hearth of our family, to the native shore with a degree in from persecution in the Mordovian supported my grandfather in his Engineering Mechanics, he began Autonomous Soviet Socialist Repub- work throughout her life, and then his work life as a fitter in the as- lic where they had lived till the end doted on her son’s family. During sembly shop, then – a foreman in of the Great Patriotic War, and came the Great Patriotic War she joined the machine shop at the Gurievsky back to the native land only in 1946. the All-Union Communist Party (bol- Machine Building Plant named sheviks) and remained in the party after Petrovsky (currently Atyraun- My mother was sent to Dossor board- for more than half a century, for eftemash Plant). In 1957 his oil ing school named after V. G. Belinsky, which reason she was awarded life history began. For a long time after which she entered the Moscow a special badge. my father was the Chief Mechanic Petroleum Institute named after in Dossor Oil Production Depart- Academician I. M. Gubkin. In 1956, THE KENZHALIEVS ment that included five oilfields, having a degree in Organization and i.e. Dossor, Makat, Sagiz, Koshkar, Planning in Oil Industry, my mother After school it took some time for and Komsomolsk; he was the Chief came to work at Dossor oilfield my husband, Mr. Aitbai Kenzhaliev, Mechanic of a newly developed where she was a planning engineer, to enter the institute – he could not oilfield Prorva. For his labor he was head of Planning and Economic Di- leave alone his father who was well awarded the Order of the Red Banner vision of Building and Construction into old age. of Labour, many medals, Certificate of Honors of the USSR Oil Industry. My father received the Certificate of Honors of the President of the Re- public of Kazakhstan Mr. Nursultan Nazarbaev for his contribution to the oil industry.

My father was often recalling his mentors. When he, being a young specialist, came to the settlement of Dossor, he was lucky to work with such excellent managers as Mr. Aron Kaplan and Mr. Bulekbai Sagin- galiev, with Oil-and-Gas Production Department foremen Mr. Kairgali Dzhilkishiev, Mr. Zhetpys Bota- baev, Ms. Avgusta Kvashenkina, Mr. Aigerim, Head of Technical Engineering Asylkhan, second-year student at the Gennady Soloviev, etc. Practical skills Department of Anticor-S, LLP Gubkin Russian State University

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Aitbai waited for his brother to have Our daughters, Aigul and Aigerim, graduated from the institute and carried on our family tradition and entered MIPC and GI with concentra- became oil workers after graduating tion in Metal-Cutting Machines and the Gubkin Russian State University Tools. Having finished the studies, in 2002 and 2003. Aigul is a manager he entered employment in 1985 in KazMunaiGaz, National Company; as a fitter at the plant named after Aigerim is an engineer of the tech- Petrovsky in the town of Guriev, and nical engineering department in then he was transferred to the me- a construction company. Our son chanical department of the plant. In Asylkhan is a second-year student of 1990, he was invited to Embaneft, Pipeline Transport Systems Engineer- Production Association, where he had ing, Construction, and Operation worked until 2003 as the Deputy of Faculty in the Gubkin Russian State Technical Engineering Department of University. Our elder son Aslan fol- the Central Maintenance Workshop, lowed in the steps of his father, he is the Chief Mechanic at Dossor-Mu- a fitter at AtyrauNefteMash Plant.” naigaz, oil production enterprise. Currently my husband is a structural by Aizharyk Kenzhalyeva, Aigul, Manager of Technical Development and steel specialist in the maintenance Environmental Specialist, Innovative Technology Department at KazMu- workshop of the Atyrau Oil Refinery. CPC-K Expansion Project Group naiGaz, National Joint-Stock Company The Best Higher School I GRADUATED FROM THE MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL AND GAS INDUSTRY NAMED AFTER I. M. GUBKIN WHERE I HAD BEEN STUDYING FROM 1980 TO 1985 MAJORING IN CONSTRUCTION OF MAIN GAS AND OIL PIPELINES, GAS STORAGE TANKS, AND OIL TANK FARMS.

This Institute was notable for me back from the present time, one because in 1955 my father Mr. may probably say, even with an as- Saktapbergen Bekmurziev gradu- sumption, that “needless” knowl- ated it with honors. My wife Vera edge was received on history of had been also studying here from the Communist Party of the USSR, 1976 to 1981. In 1981, we celebrat- on scientific communism – works of ed a merry komsomol wedding Lenin, Marx, and Engels. However, with Vera in the students’ hostel of for general development, broad- Russian State University at 3 But- ening of outlook of any thinking lerova. person the philosophical basics is not a useless knowledge at all. Thanks to deep and systematic knowledge obtained in the Institute, According to my own production I have been successfully working experience I believe that the most for many years in pipeline trans- popular and in-demand higher port system both in construction, schools in the oil industry within operation, and at the project. Up to the former Soviet Union are now I have been gratefully thinking the Russian State University named of our remarkable Institute. I have after I. M. Gubkin, Ufa State Petro- excellent impressions remained of Pipelines by Ms. L. Skugorova, As- leum Technological University, and such disciplines as Physics given by sistant Professor, (she was tenderly Ivano-Frankovsk National Technical Ms. I. Volodina, Assistant Professor, called “NS mother” by the students), University of Oil and Gas. Chemistry by Mr. S. Shalyt, Assistant Hydraulics by Professor Rotenberg... Professor, Thermodynamics by Pro- by Samat Bekmurziev, fessor Porshakov, Prorector, Soil Me- Was the Institute giving any knowl- Senior Turnover chanics by Professor P. Borodavkin, edge that did not prove useful for Documentation Specialist Dean, Construction of Gas and Oil life to its former students? Looking of the CPC-K Expansion Project www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 31 THANKS TO CPC

For the Sake of Children’s Health CHILDREN’S REGIONAL CLINICAL HOSPITAL NAMED AFTER N. N. SILISCHEVA RECEIVED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AS A GIFT FROM CPC.

Astrakhan Region but neighbouring regions as well.

UNIQUE SOCIAL PROJECT Mr. Artashes Simonyan gave a detailed description of the new equipment sets and arranged a small tour around the offices to the honoured guests. The institution received ultrasonic imaging systems, enzyme immunoassay analyzer designed for in vitro laboratory diagnostics, resuscitation and anesthetic monitor, cardiology electrical equipment complex for 24-hour monitoring and twelve-channel electrocardiograph with ECG record in manual and automatic modes, The hospital physicians shared their thoughts about the new equipment with the ultraviolet storage chambers for honoured guests aseptic tools and bactericidal ultraviolet cleaners/air re-circulators. Moreover, the otolaryngologist’s On November 1, 2016, a handover Director, RF Government Rela- and ophthalmologist’s automated ceremony of the medical equip- tions, Mr. Radik Kharisov, Astra- work stations were equipped owing ment as a gift from the Caspian khan Region Government Deputy to the Consortium, and a specific Pipeline Consortium took place Chairman – Minister of Industry, dental unit was purchased that, ac- in the Children’s Regional Transport, and Natural Resources, cording to the chief physician, was Clinical Hospital named after Mr. Pavel Dzhuvalyakov, Region an “unique social project” in itself. N. N. Silischeva (CRCH named Minister of Health, participated in It is designed to cure children with after N. N. Silischeva). 112 pieces this event. psycho-emotional disorders that of equipment (18 items) for prevent them from getting help a total amount of 20 million “CPC is a socially responsible in ordinary dental care centers. rubles completed the institution company, and we keep working in During treatment, such children offices within the framework of this direction”, Mr. Nikolay Gorban require general twilight anesthe- implementation of the Compa- said. “You know that we build sia that takes away psychological ny’s charity and cooperation with nursery schools, supply medical blocks and fear of people in white the Ministry of Health of the As- equipment to healthcare centers. coats. trakhan Region. There are lots of social projects ahead that we are going to be “For me, today it is not just simply Mr. Nikolay Gorban, CPC General involved in”. equipment. It is not even a special Director, attended ceremony of day for the hospital”, Mr. Artashes medical equipment documents Mr. Artashes Simonyan, Chief Simonyan noted. “Today is a big hand-over to the Hospital man- Physician of the CRCH named after day for children! As each of these agement and wished to the staff N. N. Silischeva, returned warm pieces of equipment has a certain members that it would serve for thanks to the Consortium manage- function that will help relieve a long time, do good for children ment for such generous gift that suffering of a certain child and and give joy to their parents. Mr. would make medical service for save not a single life. For instance, Alexander Zhilkin, Governor of children readily available. Over 110 all resuscitation departments of the Astrakhan Region, Mr. Mikhail thousand children visit the hospi- the hospital received blood defrost- Grishankov, CPC Deputy General tal per year coming not only from ers that will allowshortening time

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(from hours to a few minutes) for blood preparation for transfusion to children injured in car crashes and accidents. Each minute means someone’s life.

In the package there is also a por- table high-tech ultrasonic scanner that will help resolve the problem with children transportation to the hospital allowing performing diagnostics directly at the places where they live, including orphan asylums.

“Believe me, all 112 items are meaningful. They are filled with meaning of children’s life and Charity Policy health”, the chief physician added. On October 27, a working session was held at CPC Moscow Office dedicated to implementation of a new charity policy within CPC-R and CPC-K. The MAKE A BREAKTHROUGH document was prepared by the Department of RF Government Relations with contribution from the colleagues from Kazakhstan and Internal Control Group, Having inspected the offices and came into force on November 1, 2016. equipped with the new equipment, Mr. Alexander Zhilkin, Astrakhan “Hardly all big companies have such an exceptional document”, Mr. Mikhail Region Governor, thanked CPC Grishankov, CPC Deputy General Director, RF Government Relations, for its long-term social focus comments on the new policy. “It is generating a justified interest among stating that it had already become business community representatives. Closely controlling the negotiation and the Company’s ideological bent. implementation process for the Company’s charity projects in Russia and Kazakhstan, the Policy will allow avoiding many issues in terms of price control, “I am expressing appreciation to feasibility of a certain project, it will improve transparency of each of them, the Consortium and you person- and, finally, it will act to enhance the CPC image being a socially responsible ally, Mr. Nikolay Gorban, for such company”. attitude. I hope that our collaboration and social projects in Astra- khan Region will be even expand- ing”, he said. until the end of the year with performing emergency high-tech financial support from the Con- medical care in the neurosurgery The chief physician of the CRCH sortium. The tomography scanner sphere up to the world standards!” named after N. N. Silischeva costs 40 million rubles. proudly told about an up-to-date Aid to the healthcare services of 64-slice multidetector computed “This device will be breakthrough the region, in particular, assistance tomography scanner that would be for the hospital because it has to the regional treatment centers delivered to the children’s hospital such functions that will allow in purchasing equipment is one of the Consortium’s charity priorities. For instance, over several years CPC has been cooperating with social rehabilitation center Rus in Astrakhan region. Thanks to the Company’s financial support, the center received vehicles and up-to-date rehabilitation, phys- iotherapeutic, and diagnostic equipment that is used to recover the patients with locomotor and nervous system disorders, as well as children from deprived back- grounds.

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Day of Grace and Sport IN KRYMSKY DISTRICT OF KRASNODAR REGION, A HORSE-RIDING HALL WAS CEREMONIALLY OPENED WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF KRYMSKY SPORTS TRAINING CENTER.

a heart-warming tradition with Training Center trainees amongst a bread and salt and accompanied winners and medalists of competi- to the riding-hall. The feast began. tions is especially pleasant for me”, he underlined. “It is even more To the entrancing strains of pleasant to understand that CPC waltz from the film “Moi Laskovy has to do with it. Our collabora- i Nezhny Zver” (My Gentle Tender tion produces good results. I wish Beast) the sportsmen and women to the sportsmen and women to of the Haute École Department gain the highest prizes defend- performed gracefully pas de deux. The enchanted spectators had hardly come hoto by V ladimir A nosov© P hoto by to senses when the solemn Riding-Hall is Open! march sounded the beginning of the official ceremony. Mr. Sergei Les con- CPC presented the center with gratulated the trainees of the complex that totally costs over the center and expressed 17 million rubles together with his appreciation to the CPC auxiliary equipment and special management for its contri- machinery for horse transporta- bution to the development tion. The riding-hall area allows for of the youth sports in Kras- training of 130 riders all year round nodar Region noting a long- regardless the weather. Moreover, term cooperation between the sportsmen and women can now the Company and municipal accompany their horses to the com- entity. petitions in the most comfortable conditions saving strength for Mr. Mikhail Grishankov, future wins. in his turn, replied that support to children and “LUCKY” HORSESHOES young people was an important ing the honor of their region and charity focus of the Consortium, country with dignity. As to us, we The honored guests of the cer- and he wished new wins and per- shall support Krymsky District. emony – Mr. Sergei Les, Acting sonal bests to the young sportsmen I think that we shall have lots of Head of Krymsky District, and Mr. and women. common projects in the future”. Mikhail Grishankov, CPC-R Deputy General Director, RF Government “I shall be honest with you, hearing Ms. Nadezhda Sinelnikova, eques- Relations – were welcomed by the names of the Krymsky Sports trian sport trainer, winner of

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the Russian Cup 2016, Champion of sport is its brother, a male horse three years old, and when we only the Southern Federal District and named Plot. They often compete started horseback riding we did not Krasnodar Region of 2016, was en- against each other for the 1st and have suitable conditions for train- titled to cut the ceremonial ribbon 2nd places, that is why they have ing. The riding-hall was our dream. together with the honored guests. similar titles – multiple winners And now when we are able to train and medalists of the Champion- all year round at any time of day and “Now we are able to contest at ships of Krasnodar Region, South- in any weather, go to the competi- the top-class competitions”, noted ern Federal District and Russian tions to other regions, the center the sportswoman. “We promise Cup 2016 for young horses. has been ranked among the regional to represent Krymsky District and Krasnodar Region not only at There is a real celebrity in the nationwide but at the interna- the center – Capella, a granddaugh- tional level as well”. ter of Cornet Obolensky itself. The prize fund won by the offspring The music began again. The young of this stallion at the international riders joined in the vigorous beat competitions equals to millions of the song “Edut, Edut po Berlinu of Euro. Although initially they Nashy Kazaki” (Our Cossacks are did not laid high hopes on Capella Riding Through Berlin) by perform- because of its small height, this ing a foot-tapping cotillion. season it won a silver medal in tough competition of Nadezhdy All the honored guests were pre- Rossii (Russia’s Hopes). And it is just sented with the horseshoes for 4 years old; all wins and titles are luck. ahead! hoto by V ladimir A nosov© P hoto by VALDAI, BESPODOBNAYA, TO NEW WINS! CPC fulfilled the dream of the center PLOT, AND KAPELLA sportsmen and women about own “Before coming to our center all riding-hall The spectators could not only appre- these horses had neither experience ciate the skills of the young riders nor achievements in sport”, Ms. An- but see the pride of the school – astasiya Kuzmina noted. “However schools and has even moved them the best horses of the stable, multi- due to systematic training, espe- from the podium. We shall try to ple champions that were introduced cially in such outstanding condi- defeat everyone!” to the audience by Ms. Anastasiya tions as the center has now, we got Kuzmina, Head of the center. ourselves talked about not only in The complex has begun to operate Krasnodar Region, but throughout several months before the official Valdai, a Budyonny breed stallion, Russia as well”. opening ceremony. In the season competes in horse trials. This of 2016 the center sportsmen and Olympic sport demands courage In conclusion she expressed sincere women, together with their four- and stamina both of the horse and appreciation to the Consortium for legged companions, have already sportsman or woman – within this feast given to all those present. won over 80 prizes at the regional three days a pair should pass and nationwide competitions. combined trials: Show ring compe- “Equestrian sport is our life”, An- tition, jumping competition, and astasiya said. “Our Center is only by Ekaterina Krapivko cross-country run. Valdai is a multiple champion and prize winner of Krasnodar Region and Southern Federal District, the region’s only qualification holder for the Russian Championship that it has gained at the competitions in Moscow.

A horse named Bespodobnaya jumps over hurdles competing at show jumping. It is capricious in a feminine way. But they forgive its tough temper as it is the champion – this season it has left no competitions without medals. The sole fitting rival of Bespodobnaya in this The spectators appreciated the skills of the young riders and saw the best horses in the stable www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 35 THANKS TO CPC

Housewarming Party in Akkistau

THE POPULATION OF AKKISTAU VILLAGE IN ISATAIDISTRICT OF ATYRAU REGION HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENT. A JOYFUL ANTICIPATION RESULTED IN A TRUE FEAST WHEN CPC-K PRESENTED THE VILLAGE WITH A WONDERFUL NURSERY SCHOOL “NURSHUAK” FOR 160 CHILDREN.

The celebration was performed In accordance with the Decree of projects in the region where it op- before a vast assembly because this the President of the Republic of Ka- erates. Over 400 million tenge were event concerned almost each family. zakhstan, Mr. Nursultan Nazarbaev, invested by the Company in the con- The building of the new nursery all kids from three to six should have struction of nursery school “Nur- school is festively decorated, live shuak” translated into Russian as national music is heard, and curious a “Sun Ray”. The nursery school did kids are peeping out of the nursery turn out to be sunny and bright. school windows... “The nursery schools for 200 Addressing to the audi- children in Zhylyoi District ence, Mr. Gumar Dy- and for 160 children in usembaev, First Deputy Atyrau and Akkistau have Akim of Atyrau Region, been already construct- expressed sincere grat- ed and commissioned itude to the Company’s under this project”, noted management for the im- Mr. Kairgeldy Kabyldin, plemented charity policy Deputy Director General of focused on solving social the Caspian Pipeline Consor- issues of concern in the region. tium. “CPC-K priorities in implementing social projects in the region “Today is a big day for the village. Main persons on the celebration are the construction and overhaul of Putting in service of such a neces- healthcare and education facilities. sary institution for the region is In particular, almost 4 billion tenge an outcome of the implementation been provided with places in nursery were allocated for constructing pre- of the Agreement between Atyrau schools by 2020. CPC-K contributes schools, schools, hospitals, purchas- Region Akimat and CPC-K”, he under- to solving this issue of state concern ing medical equipment, constructing lined. implementing a variety of social sports grounds and recreation parks under the Expansion Project.”

Until recently, 739 children in Isatai District have been waiting their turn for a place in preschools. After commissioning of nursery school “Nurshuak”, this waiting list has considerably decreased!

A lovely two-storey building of the nursery school complies with the latest requirements and material- izes a cherished dream of the parents that have concern not only about children’s educational level, but general development as well. Every- Singing the national anthem together with the children did sound exceptionally thing necessary for a comfortable

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stay and creative development of On behalf of the parents, the grati- about 30 social infrastructure the rising generation is provided tude to CPC-K and the region ad- facilities were planned to be imple- here –cozy premises for eight groups ministration was expressed by Ms. mented by the Company this year, of kids, play rooms, music and sports Gulbanu Kabuova, a grandmother of 70 % of them have been already halls, rooms for hobby groups and eight grandchildren, three of whom commissioned. Among them, there preschool teachers, there is even became pupils of nursery school is the construction of three sports children’s own puppet theatre. “Nurshuak”. grounds for the Atyrau Oil and Gas A room for demonstration lessons University, repair works in nursery is equipped with an interactive “I express my profound respect and schools Nos 6 and 16. Thanks to whiteboard. Special chambers to dry appreciation for your care about the CPC sponsor support, gymnasi- clothes and shoes are available in um school No 30 was given a new order for children not to be exposed look; its repair cost 31 million tenge. to common colds in rainy and snowy weather. At the moment, using the funds of CPC-K, gymnasium school No 17 There is a medical aid station overhaul works are in progress, and two isolation rooms running repairs of the sports in the building. A speech hall of the secondary school in therapy station where the rural locality of Sartogai a speech therapist and of Makhambet District are speech pathologist work ongoing, territory improvement is the first to have been of nursery school “Meldir” is opened in the district. in progress in the settlement Availability of a day of Balykshi, and in the rural nursery makes it possi- locality of Makhambet of ble for kids from 1.5 to the District there is a bath- 3 to visit the nursery house and laundry being school. constructed for the boarding school where children with The preschool employ- special needs live and study. ees have already appreciated the convenience In the course of the years, CPC-K and potential of the new has implemented many social proj- building. Meals for children are rising generation, for your contribu- ects and organized charity events prepared on the state-of-the-art ad- tion to upbringing our children, i.e. in Atyrau Region of the Republic vanced equipment; there is a service our future. It is a joy for the whole of Kazakhstan. Being an enterprise elevator to aid the personnel. Own village. It is very important for us in bearing a high social responsibility, boiler unit and transformer substa- which conditions our children are the Company is heading for due per- tion supply the childcare center with brought up and educated”, she said. formance of undertaken obligations heat and light. Improved adjacent aimed at improving the quality of life area pleases the eye: Shelters, sand- As Ms. Lyubov Evstifeyeva, CPC-K of the locals. pits, slides, swing sets, playgrounds... Public Relations Department Lead Specialist, told to the journalists by Aina Zhetpisbaeva It is significant that the opening of the nursery school created more jobs. Twenty five teachers out of 65 preschool employees are highly skilled.

Ms. Zhumagul Bektabanova, Nursery School Director, speaking on behalf of all preschool staff members, underlined:

“We have been collaborating with CPC-K for 6 years, during which the Company has been providing a great sponsor support to our nursery school. I appreciate very much the Company’s assistance”. All the best to children!.. Exhibition of children’s creative works www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 37 THANKS TO CPC

Company of Good Deeds IN MY OCCUPATION I OFTEN HAVE TO TRANSLATE VARIOUS CONTRACTS, INCLUDING CHARITY AGREEMENTS.

districts to which CPC-K has given coming up to the expectations of a helping hand. It is not just one of their parents and contributing the expenditure items of a stably to the success of their homeland. developing Company, not just one It becomes possible only due to of the demonstrations of the Cor- giving sufficient attention to edu- porate Social Responsibilities – it is cation and upbringing of the young a good deed of an immense sig- people. nificance. It is aimed at handling the loftiest mission, i.e. upbring- The President of the Republic ing of the rising generation of of Kazakhstan Mr. Nursultan sovereign Kazakhstan. The end of Nazarbaev always stresses the im- the year 2016 will be marked by portance of the education; it is one several historical dates, the main of the priorities of the national of which, undoubtedly, is the 25th policy. In one of the traditional anniversary of Kazakhstan’s inde- President’s messages to the people pendence. of Kazakhstan there was a catch phrase: “A country that is not able Over the years of independence, to develop knowledge in the XXI big changes have happened and century will be doomed to failure.” impressive success was achieved in Acquiring a high-quality educa- Zharkyn with her niece Erkenaz wish many spheres in Kazakhstan. One tion by the students, free access to a Happy New Year to all CPC employees! of the realities of the modern life is the global education environment the non-surprising fact that can be depend greatly on material and considered almost a norm now- technical resources at schools and Today Ms. Lyubov Evstifeeva, Lead adays that Kazakh young people their compliance with the modern Public Relations Specialist, has are as mobile as young people of requirements. It is a long-term again sent a request for transla- the developed countries; they are methodical work, the fruits of tion of a similar document. I open freely traveling around the world which can be seen even now, and an attachment: It concerns provid- under student exchange projects, year by year they will be becoming ing support to another preschool, entering and studying in the rep- even more notable. However, a vast this time to nursery school No 54. utable foreign higher education territory of the country, many There is quite a number of such institutions. Goal-oriented gradu- other urgent social issues result preschools, schools, healthcare ates have a chance to get a good job in shortage of time and funds for centers in Atyrau and regional in large international companies everything.

Sports grounds are the CPC-K gift to students

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It is when our Company comes to help my fellow citizens. It allo- cates necessary funds for con- One of the main aspects of the CPC-K activity is its involvement in the development struction, refurbishment, mod- of social infrastructure of the regions where the pipeline is passing. During the period ernization of various education from 2010 to 2015, 1,787 million tenge were allocated to implement the CPC-K and healthcare facilities. There is charity program under the core activity, including such spheres as supporting rural a Cooperation Agreement conclud- localities, education, healthcare, and the disadvantaged. ed between the Company’s man- The social program of the year 2016 includes construction of a vast number of agement and the Region Akimat, new facilities, such as recreation parks in Isatai, Kurmangazy, and Zhylyoi Districts, under which a large CPC-K social sports grounds for the Atyrau Oil and Gas University, the 5th stage of the summer program is being implemented. water line in Makhambet District, school building in Inder District, buildings for Moreover, the Company does not laundry and bath-house of a specially needs school, moreover, roof overall repairs stop at, let us say, schools overall of school No 17 and nursery school No 8, as well as equipment supply, in particular, repairs, but also equip them computer equipment for secondary school No 16, medical equipment for the center with state-of-the-art equipment; for cardiology, video endoscope system for general surgery in the infectious diseases it is concerned not only about hospital, video endoscope system for pediatric surgery in the regional hospital, the classrooms and lecture-rooms furniture supply and dining room repairs in the regional arts college, territory being lit and warm, but also about improvement for nursery school “Meldir” and nursery school No 6 in Atyrau, schoolchildren and students’ har- elaboration of design and estimate documentation for construction of nursery monious development and sports school No 31 annex and musical school in Balykshi settlement of the town of Atyrau, activities, veterans having places various charity programs for the disabled people. Totally, 736.82 million tenge have to go for a walk, and the settle- been spent for this purpose. ments having no problems with water supply. In 2011–2015, the amount invested into the social services under the Expansion Project equaled to 2,692.8 million tenge. Overall repairs of 8 schools in the regional After another grand ceremony, districts and Atyrau was done, nursery school for 160 children in Birlik settlement be it an opening of a completed of the town of Atyrau and nursery school for 200 children in the town of Kulsary of nursery school, repaired school, District were constructed and commissioned, sports ground in Akzhaiyk settlement university sports ground, hand- of District was constructed, four Toyotas Hiace were purchased as a donation to over of ambulance cars or equip- the ambulance station, regional maternity hospital was transformed into a perinatal ment to the regional hospital, center. presents to boarding school pupils or certificates to disabled In 2016, the construction of a nursery school for 200 children is ongoing under people, all of us ask questions the Expansion Project charity program in the rural locality of Ganyushkino in to the Company representatives District. Another preschool much needed to the local people has been just recently present thereat with a joyful commissioned: on November 8, 2016, there was a presentation of a new nursery excitation, review photographs, school in District where A-PS-3A is located. and feel glad that to some extent we happened to be involved in it, we are proud to work for such company that practically, without many words, demonstrates its like this, experience their own after year the things are chang- commitment to high humanist happiness skipping around spacious ing to the better, also, to a great ideals. rooms, stroking new blackboards extent, thanks to CPC-K. I hope that and desks hundreds of times, exult- someday my niece Erkenaz will be What touches me most is that ing and laughing with joy. Happi- able to get a worthy education and children – nursery school kids or ness given by our Company! choose her own way in life because schoolchildren – make prepara- she will be lucky to go to school tions to welcome the guests with After that we read publications on under the CPC-K sponsorship. a great sense of responsibility: it in the local press, watch TV news Even if it is not her, than it will be They discuss the concert program, items, and at home there is an ex- hundreds of other girls and boys choose presenters, and learn citing story that I will hear from my thanks to whom the glory of our simple songs and poems by heart. cousin’s small daughter whom he motherland will be augmented in Of course, the adult generation, brings sometimes from the district the future. Therefore, long live our i.e. the administration of the es- to the town, having come back multinational Consortium! Success tablishment and parents, express home from his rotation shift, so that and prosperity to CPC! their appreciation through words, she could jump on the trampoline, aksakals respected by the people play on a specially equipped play- by Zharkyn Kenzhebayeva, give their traditional bata (a bless- ground as they do not have them yet Translator, ing wish), and the children, just in their rural locality. However, year Atyrau office www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 39 TRADITIONS

Names for the Some of the Most… THE KAZAKH PEOPLE’S NAMING SYSTEM HAS ITS OWN TRADITIONS. PERSONAL NAMES ARE ATTRACTIVE BY THE REASON THAT A BLESSING WISH IS ALLUDED IN THEM ROOTED IN THE YEAR DOT WHEN OUR REMOTE ANCESTORS CONSIDERED A NAME BEING SOMETHING WITH MAGIC POWER.

We have already acquainted our readers with the female names focused on elegance, tenderness, and beauty (CPC Panorama, the April edition of 2014). The male names reflect an image of a male ideal, i.e. strong, robust, brave, fair, honest, handsome, and rich. What is more, these perceptions in the people’s memory are connected with the traces of heathenism and to- temism.

FEARLESSNESS AND VIGOUR Aslan Berikov, PS “Atyrau” Operator Bakytzhan Zhokebaev, Translator Hardly anybody knows, for instance, the relation of the name of Ruslan employees, Mr. Aslan Azhigaliev, frequent name was defined as being that has already become interna- Mr. Aslan Berikov, Mr. Aslan Bertleu, Bakyt (“bakht” means “happiness” tional and the old Turkic name of Mr. Ruslan Nurmukhanov, and in Persian). It can be either male or Arslan that symbolizes vigour and Mr. Ruslan Sultanov, wished them female. Besides, it is frequently used fearlessness. These names are actu- health, strength, courage, stamina, as a stem to form composite names ally derived from a common noun and dignity typical of the king of with constant components (Bakyt- “arslan” (lion). beasts. In addition please be in- bek, Baktybai, Bakytzhan); the third formed that there are other lions peculiarity of this name is existence in the Kazakh naming book, like of sounding and spelling variations Khaidar (“khaidar” means “lion” in (Bakyt/Bagyt, Bakytzhan/Bagytzhan, Arabic), Alisher (“ali” means “great” Baktygali/Bagytkali). in Arabic, “sher” means “lion” in Persian). In each case by using the word “bakyt” as the stem for the name CODE OF HAPPINESS the parents wished happiness to Mr. Bagitzhan Karakuzov, Mr. Baktybek There are lots of Kazakh names; Ergaliev, Mr. Baktybai Aitzhanov, Mr. they vary greatly in origin, meaning, Bagytkali Aisagaliev, Mr. Bagytzhan and structure. The male names, as opposed to the female ones, are also used in patronymics and family Ruslan Sultanov, Economist names; as a result their variety is even wider. That is why it was quite difficult for the author to define The name of Arslan is quite frequent- a criterion for choosing the names to ly used by all Turkic-speaking peoples be described in this article. in diverse variations. In the Kazakh naming book these are Arystan and In order to determine the most fre- Aslan; there are such derivatives as quent male names among our staff Arystanbek, Aslanbek, Arys, Bekarys, members, I carried out a statistic Zhanarys. analysis, in which I included patronymics and family names (female as Naming their sons with names of well) apart from the proper names Alibek Esenaliev, PS “Tengiz” Manager Aslan and Ruslan, the parents of our of our men. As a result, the most

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Zholdybaev, Mr. Bakytzhan Zhoke- baev, Ms. Bakytgul Khamitova, as well as to the fathers of our staff members Mr. Boizhanov, Nurkairat Bagitovich, Ms. Saparova, Saltanat Bagitzhanovna, Mr. Umirov, Erbol Bagytkalievich, Mr. Mukashev, Samat Bagitovich. Traditional components -bai, -bek, -gali/kali, -zhan are used in the composite names.

ETERNAL VALUES Sarsembai Murinov, Two more male names frequently Esen Kulshetov, HSE Engineer Eastern Region Manager found in our lists are Kuanysh (joy) and Aman (healthy and sound) together with its “twin name” of Esen Mukhambetzhan, Dosmukhambet, added to, are used for counting: iek/ (aman-esen means alive and healthy, Izmagambet, Narmaganbet, Nur- yak, one, do, two, se, three, char, and is frequently used in the forms mukhambet, as well as a shortcut of four, pandzh, five. There are many of greeting, as well as in wishing Mukhan, Mukan, and its derivatives names in the Kazakh naming book well-being); they also function more of Nurmukhan and Kalmukhan. that are derived from the names of frequently as the composite names. the week days. As per the naming EVERY DAY IS LUCKY! tradition a child born on Monday Below are our employees – owners of could be named Duisenbai, Duisen- the names wishing joy and well-be- A range of names which have bek, Duisengali, etc. The most hon- ing: Mr. Kuanysh Shakonov and Mr. the names of the week days in oured days of the week are sarsenbi Kuanyshkali Iskaliev; Mr. Amangali their stem, are of a special interest. (Wednesday) and zhuma (Friday). It Saginbaev, Mr. Amanzhol Salikhov, Duisenbi, seisenbi, sarsenbi, beisen- is believed that all important things and Mr. Esen Kulshetov. These and bi, zhuma, senbi, and zheksenbi, should be started on Wednesday, other names that have the same root that is how the names of the days therefore, owners of the names can be found in the patronymics and of the week sound in Kazakh. They of Sarsen, Sarsenbai, Sarsenbek, Sarsengali, Sarsenkul should be lucky. Zhuma (Friday) is a day to visit the mosque. This day in commem- oration of the departed relatives it is traditional to bake shelpek (flat- bread) and bauyrsak. The names in which the word “zhuma” appears are also frequent: Zhumabai, Zhumabek, Zhumagali, Zhumagul, Zhumazhan, Zhumatai, Baizhuma. Many names of such types have undergone changes in the Russian transcription: Dyusen- gali, Sisenbai, Bisengali, Dzhumagul.

Kuanysh Shakonov, Andir Mukhambetzhanov, PS “Tengiz” Deputy Manager Head of Transport Service family names of our colleagues, for are formed, in their turn, from instance, Mr. Alibek Esenaliev, Ms. the similar names in Farsi: doshenbe, Kenzhebaeva Zharkyn Esenovna. the second day (Monday), seshenbe, the third day (Tuesday), chakharshen- The name of the Prophet Moham- be, the fourth day (Wednesday), med has the greatest number of pyandzhshenbe, the fifth day (Thurs- variations. The name of Mukham- day), dzhuma, Friday, shenbe, Satur- bet is phonetically adapted in day, iekshenbe, the first day (Sunday). Kazakh. However, among the family names and patronymics of our In the Tajik language which is staff members one can frequently the closest to Farsi the words which Zhumabai Taganiyazov, find Makhambet, Mukhamediya, the Saturday’s name, shenbe, is Logistics Warehouse General Laborer www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 41 TRADITIONS

of the forefathers’ names till name served as patronymic; in other the seventh generation (zheti ata) families the father’s name served to the Russian system including as the basis both for patronymic a family name, a personal name, and and family name. The family name a patronymic. was inherited as per the Russian model for a short while and not in How does it happen in reality? Two every family. However, after recov- to three generations back the Kazakh ering independence by Kazakhstan naming system was completely the Kazakhs’ self-identification different from what it is today: It was resulted in modification of the offi- binominal, and while introducing cial naming. Modern Kazakh family themselves the Kazakh mentioned names and patronymics vary greatly their personal name and the name in form; family names and patronym- Eset Zhumagaliev, PS “Tengiz” Operator of their father, for instance, Mustafa ics with the Russian endings -ov/- Shormanuly. ev(a), -ovich/-evich/-ovna/-evna that have become familiar are quite com- In the CPC-K staff lists there are Mr. monly used; the Russian suffixes are Sisenbai Kenzhiev, Mr. Sarsembai frequently replaced with the Kazakh Murinov, Mr. Sarsenkul Sherniya- -uly/-kyzy, and the family names are zov, Mr. Zhumabai Ismadiyarov, Mr. formed simply from the father’s or Zhumabai Taganiyazov. The names grandfather’s name without using of the week days can be found in any suffix. the patronymics and family names of several employees: Ms. Dzhubaeva, As opposed to the Russian tradition, Bagdagul Bisengazievna, Mr. Dzhal- the Kazakhs do not name their gasbaev, Nurzhan Baizhumaevich, children in honor of the parents; Mr. Zhandos Dzhumabaev, Mr. Eset that is why a father and a grand- Zhumagaliev, Mr. Sultan Zhumin, Mr. father (great-grandfather) of Ischanov, Murat Bisengalievich, Mr. a person named Akhmetov, Mukash Galymzhan Sarsenbaev, Mr. Sarsen- Sarsenkul Sherniyazov, Akhmetovich are not namesakes, galiev, Salamat Sarsengalievich, Ms. Leading Instrumental Engineer his family name and patronym- Asel Sarsenova, Ms. Mukan, Lyazzat ic are formed from the father’s Zhumabaikyzy, and Ms. Nelli Sarsen- After the revolution in the course name. Transforming his records galieva. of the passport system introduction as per the modern model he may the family name was formed from have a family name of Akhmet FROM FATHER TO SON the father’s name on the model of or Akhmetuly. By the way, as per the Russian family name (Shorman- the statistic data the family name Generally, the Kazakh official ov), and the following generation had of Akhmetov is considered to be naming system is distinctive in that already have all three components: the most frequent within Kazakh- the family names, as well as patro- family name, personal name, and stan, and within Atyrau Region nymics, are formed from the names patronymic. The process had been the first place belongs to the family being lively used, and not inherited developing further on in two direc- name of Zhumagaliev. or passed to the next generation. tions: in some families the family Therefore, the Kazakhs adapt name was formed from the grand- by Marzhan Diarova, commonly required knowledge father’s name, so that the father’s Senior Translator, Atyrau Office WAY OF LIFE

To See Personally BEFORE COMING TO WORK IN CPC TAGIR ALTUNBAEV, SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER OF THE WESTERN REGION, WAS A CHIEF POWER ENGINEER AT THE KROPOTKINSKY CHEMICAL PLANT – A LARGE FACILITY HAVING ITS OWN COGENERATION STATION, 110/6 KV SUBSTATION, GAS AND WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION UNIT, COMPERSSOR EQUIPMENT, AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.

“Here at the Consortium we have Region facilities. His work involves significant equipment as well. For frequent business trips, the number instance, PS-4 and PS-7 pumps with of which has increased greatly installed power over 32 MW. This during equipment commissioning power is sufficient to provide elec- at the new plants. However, Tagir tricity to the population of such got accustomed to travels and town as Kropotkin”, he says. “Due the road long ago. What is more, to implementation of the Expansion traveling is one of his hobbies. Project, the CPC facilities equipment has become even more advanced It is even surprising that before and reliable: soft starters have been coming to CPC, Tagir Altunbaev has integrated, cable power line has been never been abroad. And it is during pulled between the stations”. his work for the Consortium that he had a chance for the first time Tagir Altunbaev is responsible for to travel abroad due to business power supply to the CPC Western needs – to the United Kingdom. Since then, Tagir has visited different European countries, now as a tourist, got to know their culture and history. He spread his passion onto his wife.

“We visited Germany. We liked Italy very much. We went to Rome, from the CPC Krasnodar office. Assisi, Pompeii, and other cities The present was to their liking. and towns. It is very convenient to travel all round Italy on the subur- And soon Tagir was carried away by ban electric trains. And we traveled collecting figurines bearing national throughout Spain by a rented car. flavors. We crossed over from the south of Spain to Morocco, and Gibraltar was “Sometimes my colleagues, friends, not neglected, too”, Tagir recalls. having been abroad, bring dolls for my collection, I really appreciate it. Another Tagir’s hobby is associated I think that I simply must visit those with travelling – collecting dolls. places these presents came from! Several years ago he represented Each doll is attractive by its unique the Consortium at an oil and gas story”, Tagir Altunbaev finishes his Tagir Altunbaev and his wife Natalia at exhibition in Almaty. Therefrom he narration. the Naiad Fountain on the Square of the brought several dolls in traditional Republic in Rome Kazakh dresses for the colleagues by Pavel Kretov

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India’s Golden Triangle SOMEBODY PREFERS PRE-ARRANGED GROUP TOURS, BOOKS TICKETS AND HOTELS THROUGH TRAVEL AGENTS AND RESERVES EXCURSIONS IN ADVANCE, BUT OUR FAMILY ALWAYS TRAVELS ON ITS OWN.

and the more so for travelers concierge desk, but you can save with children. For that reason, we money by doing it yourself. decided not to risk travelling with our 8 year-old son, but our 12 year- For this, it is necessary to get out of old daughter agreed to join us for the hotel and look around atten- new experience. tively. Most probably there will

When planning our week-long trip, we at once decided not to go to seaside resorts and chose an educational route. We decided to visit three cities that form the so-called Golden Triangle: New Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. Anna and her daughter Sasha So, we booked air tickets and hotels We hold a family council to choose via www.anywayanyday.com, and a country to visit, and afterwards, applied for visas in advance. during long evenings, we plot our routes by consulting travel guides, THE FIRST OF THE THREE Wikipedia and talking to our CITIES friends. Last March we chose India, so vividly described by the Austra- The flight to New Delhi was not very lian writer Gregory Roberts in his long; it took only 5 hours. Just as best seller Shantaram. much as from Moscow to Madrid. Upon arrival it was not difficult to I would like to share with find a taxi to get to the hotel. the readers of CPC Panorama my be a group of taxi drivers a few experience of visiting this country A taxi to get around the city can meters away, with whom you can deemed controversial for travelers, be arranged through the hotel directly negotiate hiring a car for one journey, one day or a few days to get around the city or even to go to other cities. You certainly will be impressed by riding in an Indian made Ambassador car. By the way, Indians speak English very well, since it is an official language of the country, you just have to get accustomed to their accent.

We chose several major shrines and monuments to explore the city.

VISITING VISHNU Our first excursion was to the Qutub Minar, located near the airport. This ensemble of religious buildings is one of the most spectacular sight- The embodiment of ancient wisdom seeing attractions in New Delhi,

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unclear how iron could persist to the present day and not get rusted. Earlier, visitors were allowed to touch and wrap their arms around the column, but now there is a small metal fence and no one can touch it.

RED FORT Our next stop was at the Red Fort. We had to pass through merchant stalls to get there. It is interesting to pop into shops and talk with merchants. Antique lovers can find some very interesting items there. The owner of one jewelry store is a numerology expert – on request, he can tell you your past and Indian Gate Guard future and caution against possible mistakes. He does it absolutely free which is visited not only by tourists, of charge, but you should still buy I advise you to visit the Red Fort in but also by Indians. a little trinket in his shop to thank the morning or in the evening to him. avoid the tourist crowds. Also, there The Qutub Minar Tower is located is a light show there in the evening. on the site where, for many The Red Fort, the famous sandstone a century, Hindu houses of worship, fortress made, was built in 1648 The entrance to Old Delhi is located including the Vishnu temple, were by the legendary Mughal emperor not far from the Fort. We did not situated. The Muslims did not raze Shah Jahan. However, he didn’t dare to go there with the child. This everything to the ground, but de- manage to move there, as he was area is flooded with merchants, veloped the architectural ensemble deposed by his son Aurangzeb and paupers, beggars, street food of the mosque by using the existing imprisoned in the Agra Fort. Au- vendors, with a sharp and pungent buildings. rangzeb was the first and the last smell of spices, incenses, and inde- emperor to live in the fortress. cent «aromas» drifting over all this In addition to the Qutub Minar Then, the Fort started to fall into pandemonium. itself, there is an iron column just disrepair, and after the First War of above 7 meters high and 6 tons in Independence, in 1857, the British The next day, after a walk near weight. According to some sources, turned the largest buildings into the India Gate and Presidential it was cast in 895 BC (!), but it is still ugly barracks and army units. Palace we went to the Akshardham

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Temple, built in 2005 and listed There was nowhere to walk in Agra poverty, begging children, a hor- in the Guinness Book of World in the evening, so we spent time rendous number of vehicles, carts, Records as the largest Hindu at the hotel preparing for the next carriages drawn by camels and temple in the world. days of travel. elephants. People with bales, cows freely walking in the downtown – CONTRASTS OF AGRA PINK CITY at first, it is a real shock. But then you get used to it, join the stream After our two-day excursion to Another 6 or 7 hours in a car, and and become part of it. Walking New Delhi was completed, we we were in Jaipur, called the Pink through Jaipur and Agra is not took a ride to Agra in an air-con- City because of the reddish-pink for the faint-hearted, that is why ditioned minivan, having made color of its buildings. I highly recommend taking a taxi or arrangements with a street taxi a local rickshaw. driver in advance. The trip took about 6 hours of driving on bumpy Two days in Jaipur were enough to roads, which were blocked in set- visit four places of interest. tlements by cows, people, loaded wooden carts, kids washing their The Hawa Mahal, or the Palace of hands in the puddles... Through the Winds, is a five-tier harem wing the car window, we saw the real of the palace built in 1799 by Maha- life of Indians: their houses raja Sawai Pratap Singh from pink made of cow dung, tumble-down sandstone. The façade of the building dwellings, and rich villas resem- is riddled with 953 small windows bling palaces, modern plants and that allow air flow into the interior factories, and high-rise business spaces on broiling days. complexes. The Amber Fort, built in 1592, is We spent two days in Agra, visited located high on a hill 11 kilome- the Taj Mahal, a white marble ters away from Jaipur. Formerly, it mausoleum built by Shah Jahan served as the capital of the Kachwa- in memory of his beloved wife ha ruling dynasty from 1037 to Mumtaz Mahal; the Agra Fort, 1727, when the capital was moved where he was imprisoned by his to Jaipur. The Amber Fort impress- son Shah Jahan; and the Tomb of An incompatible combination of es with its elegant artistic style Akbar the Great – the third Mughal historical monuments, modern combining the Hindu and Mughal Emperor (the grandfather of Shah buildings, jewelry stores and architectural forms. The fort can Jahan). five-star hotels with appalling be reached on foot or by car, but

On the roads of India Wearing festive clothes everyday

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If you decide to visit India, do not forget about certain precautions not to spoil your journey to this wonderful country:

• Drink only bottled water, preferably carbonated.

• Do not eat fresh fruits and vegetables. Vegetables should be cooked (stewed or fried, i.e. heat-treated), and you should peel fruits yourself.

• Be sure to brush your teeth with bottled water and try not to swallow water while taking a shower.

• Never drink beverages with ice. Be sure to say that to the waiter. “No ice” should be your mantra when ordering Jaipur. Palace of the Winds a cocktail, juice or whiskey.

• Do not go to the local restaurants or the most popular «ascend» is on Mahal (the Water Palace) located cafes, unless you are invited by a local elephants. in the middle of the lake. Unfortu- who knows the tastes of Europeans. It is nately, we did not have a chance to better to eat in hotels. Located nearby is the Jaigarh Fort visit the palace. The water level in or the Victory Fort, built in 1726 the lake rises during the monsoons • Take disposable socks. The point is that to provide extra protection to and four floors of the palace are visitors must take off their shoes before the Amber Fort and the palace inside flooded. entering any local temple, and as there it. Both forts were part of a single are many people around and they are defensive system and are connected After having enjoyed Jaipur, we very different, it is desirable to protect by underground passages. moved to New Delhi. Again 7 hours the feet. in a car, and we found ourselves From the promenade along Lake in the capital, which differs from • One more preventative measure: take Mansarovar we admired the Jal regional cities by being relatively a sip of whiskey before each meal. clean, having much fewer paupers and beggars, moderate smells in the streets, and decent street shop- ping. However, one year passed and she started to hint: India is a controversial country, but it attracts, fascinates and captures... “Suppose we fly again to India? To My daughter said that she really Kashmir, for example?” enjoyed the journey, but she would never go to that country again. by Anna Volina

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We Met During a CPC Project HELLO! MY NAME IS KSENIYA, AND I WANT TO SHARE MY STORY – AND NOT ONLY MINE – OF LOVE AND ROMANCE THAT BEGAN DURING A CPC PROJECT.

man called Yuriy. We seemed to technician at PS-8. I’m happy for have many common interests: him, probably even more than Yura music, cinema, art, travel... and himself because from the very be- also – working on the construction ginning the СРС employee policy ap- of the tank farm at the CPC Marine pealed to me, and I’m really happy Terminal, where our offices were for my husband! right beside each other! Over time, it turned out that Yura was the guy Although we have no family or who had approached me on the wa- relatives close by, we live better in terfront! Novorossiysk than back home. Saint Petersburg and other big cities offer It’s amazing how fate brings people amazing creative opportunities and together! Yuriy Tribulkin graduated other advantages, but they clearly with a degree in automated techno- lose out when it comes to clean logical processes from the Techni- air, tranquility, the seascape, and cal University in Bryansk, and has the sight of dolphins leaping over travelled throughout most of Russia. the waves. We’ve brought many In 2014, he was sent to work on friends here; half of them are from I’m from Siberia. After obtaining the CPC tank farm as part of Spets out of town. They’ve started a family a degree in construction engineer- ElektroMekhanika CJSC team from here; many of them already have ing, I found a job corresponding Bryansk. children. to my qualifications in Saint Pe- tersburg and was sent to work on Our relationship grew into a strong Yura and I got married in Septem- major construction projects in friendship. Yura courted me in ber. It was very romantic! Our fam- central Russia. I participated in a very special way: he scattered ilies came, as did many colleagues the construction of a gas complex at rose petals on the staircase leading and friends. The wedding was held the Marine Trading Port in Ust-Lu- to my apartment, set off fireworks in the village of Natukhaevsk, in ga, the Moscow – Saint Petersburg on the waterfront... In our spare the midst of lush southern nature. highway, and power unit No. 4 of time, we took walks in the forest, Patriarchal rural landscape, live the Cherepovets GRES power plant. among the dolmens, listened to music... We created all the decora- In January 2013, fate brought me music, and talked a lot. I told him tions with our own hands. After ar- to work on the extension project of about blues and blues-rock music, riving from Krasnoyarsk, my family the CPC pipeline system. about movies and art. Yura told me had its hands full with different about the places he’d visited, about wedding chores. I worked as an engineer at the tank the books he’d read, about history. farm in the Marine Terminal with The weather was gloomy on our the production and Technical De- We enjoyed being together, and wedding day, but it didn’t rain so partment of Kontinent LLC. I fell in decided to stay and live in the Kras- we could continue the festivities love with this site right away and, nodar Region. Yura was offered a re- outside. Only at the very end, during of course, with this beautiful city on sponsible position in the Bryansk the symbolic lighting of the hearth, the Black Sea. When our organiza- office, but neither of us wanted to did it start to rain. But, some friends tion completed its mission, I took leave! At that time, while Yura was put a plaid blanket over us and on another job in order to remain working on transferring existing themselves for protection against at the site. Now – some personal equipment under the supervision of the rain. It turned out to be a very details. In the summer of 2014, my the СРС operational staff, he acci- nice end to a family gathering. friend and I were strolling along dentally learned of a job vacancy. Friends and family wished us many the Novorossiysk Quay. A nice boy good things, saying that the flame of came up to me and asked me for It was the last day that resumes our family hearth would never die a date. I was confused and refused, were being accepted, but fate smiled out and that happiness would live of course. I regretted it later... upon us, and Yura was hired by forever in our home. May this be so! After some time, I got a message the СРС in December 2015. on the Internet from an interesting Now, he works as an instrument by Kseniya Potylitsyna

48 Panorama CPC December 2016 www.cpc.ru OUR GUEST TODAY

Freedom of Choice IN THESE MAGICAL DAYS PRECEDING NEW YEAR’S EVE, WE ALL WANT TO GET AWAY FROM ROUTINE… DO SOMETHING UNUSUAL AND FANTASTIC, SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL AND ETERNAL! ALL THE MORE SO AS TODAY WE WELCOME THE REMARKABLE IRINA EYR.

Our guest has many names and titles: famous astropsychologist, major international companies pay great attention to internal corporate radical life coach, managing partner of the “School for the Develop- culture in terms of understanding and incorporating the traditions of ment of Child Consciousness”, novelist, poet, essayist; she holds the different peoples.” Knight of the Adam Mickiewicz Medal awarded by UNESCO, and the “All of us depend on the development of the situation on our planet. 200th Anniversary of M.Yu. Lermontov Medal awarded by the Min- What will 2017 be like?” istry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Apropos, Irina Eyr is also “I don’t make predictions. That’s my principle and my position. Any kind a former colleague. of prediction creates patterns and programs in your head even if you “With regard to my work in the oil business, I’m an expert in oil and think that you don’t attach any importance to it. Furthermore, predic- gas business management,” she says. “I worked in a major interna- tions are effective only at the moment when they’re made. It’s import- tional company for ten years, and at the same time, I wrote several ant to know that people make choices every day, selecting one of many books, and practiced astropsychology. Over time, I realized that bifurcating paths – these are potential possibilities. The course of history what I considered my hobby brought me true happiness and pro- may depend on a single important decision. I can only say that the world fessional satisfaction. So, I chose a new path in life. Now, I counsel is on the threshold of change. This is obvious in children who were born people on their destiny and mission in life, teach them how to get from the year 2000. Most of them are different, more advanced and rid of negative emotions, and help shape a new generation of happy, capable, much wiser and more perceptive than us. fulfilled, gifted, free, and successful people.” They look at the world through the layers of knowledge from a different “Irina, is it true that astrological horoscopes can foretell not only a angle. At school, they can solve a problem in a single stroke; but, they person’s destiny, but also that of a company?” don’t know how to solve things in the standard way, and that’s why “First, let’s take a look at the terminology. I’m absolutely against they get low grades. Modern education and the consciousness of most horoscopes because predictions about the future block free choice adults are simply not able to “attain” their level. That’s why two things in the present. But, astropsychology tells us what you’re born with: can happen: either we’re ready to take a dramatic step in developing our your talents and skills, your complexities, your purpose and mission consciousness, or we suffer complete collapse. The second may happen in life – the external factor of yourself. Coaching is a dialogue with if our children cannot fit into existing society. The truth is that they intuition and the subconscious – that’s the internal factor. Connect- possess enormous creative strength, a high potential for scientific dis- ing them will enable you to understand who you really are, your covery and change. But, they also have a vibrant rebellious and destruc- path in life, and where your career and personal life are heading. In tive force. It’s namely for these children that we opened our school.” fact, we’re talking about your own “instructions for use”, keeping in “What should each person do to maximize suc- mind that you can make a conscious choice every day, thus taking cess in the coming year?” responsibility for your own life. Do you see the difference with pre- “To achieve success, and most impor- dictions? tantly, to be happy, you need to know As for companies, I can say yes… according to the position of the and accept yourself, honestly, without planets at the moment the company was founded, you can see the excuses or reservations. Feel free to most harmonious ways for its development and give your client es- follow your destiny, and so, every year sentially the same “instructions”. Once again, I’m not talking about will be successful. However, success destiny, but namely about the best approach to promote the devel- doesn’t necessarily lead to joy and con- opment of the Company. But, you must know the precise date of its tentment at reaching what you expect- “birth” – precisely to the minute. A company is composed of people ed. Success is the path that you who perform specific functions in order to reach a common goal. So, take, the knowledge and experi- when I speak of a Company’s success in terms of astrology, I’d put ence that you acquire, and the more emphasis on the people. By the way, the oil and gas industry people you meet. deals with quite a precarious type of energy – Earth. It’s the energy How often do we deceive of regeneration, the energy of life and death. People have a hard ourselves about what we want, time dealing with such elements in this environment.” without knowing what is really “KTK has a cosmopolitan team. I’ve heard that every nation on Earth good for us! Therefore, when has a special mission ...” you send a letter to Santa Claus, “Every nation has its own history, experience, and karma that its let him choose the best option representatives subconsciously carry inside themselves. Everyone for a particular event. No one can (or soul, since we’re talking about the spiritual!) chooses his date, eliminate or stop active deeds, but time and place of birth, and hence, the influence of the planets. The confidence in the world is also of great soul chooses his family, country and people that will help him make importance. Placing your trust in some- the best decisions. When several nationalities are united in one thing is sometimes harder than making company – it’s not only cooperation in terms of technology, finance things happen!” and professional expertise, but also a much deeper subconscious relationship. It’s both mutual enrichment and complexity. That’s why Hosted by Ekaterina Suvorova www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 49 Caspian Pipeline Consortium: a time-tested international project

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Tanker loading at the CPC Marine Terminal near Novorossiysk in winter. As a result of using single point mooring installations (SPM), heaving of the sea does not disrupt oil loading operations

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“D Island” on the Caspian shelf The CPC participates in the ofﬁcial launch of the Kashagan Oil and Gas Condensate Field

ON DECEMBER 7, 2016, THE KASHAGAN FIELD WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED INTO COMMERCIAL OPERATION IN KAZAKHSTAN. A TV-LINKUP DEDICATED TO THE OCCASION WAS HELD IN ATYRAU, THE NATION’S OIL CAPITAL.

invested their money, mind, heart and technology in our country. In turn, we will support them and continue to work as a team. Kazakhstan is a country located at the very heart of the continent. We do not have access to the seas, but we have opened an access way to the seas and oceans thanks to the pipeline. Here it is, the result of our work,” said Mr. Nazarbayev with evident pride.

KASHAGAN FIELD IN NUMBERS During the TV-linkup, Mr. Kanat Bozumbayev, Kazakh- To participate in the TV-linkup, Mr. Nursultan Nazar- stan’s Energy Minister, reported about the launch of bayev, President of Kazakhstan, arrived in Atyrau along oil production at Kashagan. In his words, the recover- with top managers of major oil and gas companies in able reserves reach two million tons of oil and about the industry. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium was represented by Mr. Nikolai Gorban, General Director, and Mr. Kairgeldy Kabyldin, Deputy CPC General Director.

THE PRESIDENT’S PRIDE “On behalf of Kazakhstan, the Consortium and all oil industry professionals, I am here today to announce the launch of oil production at Kashagan, one of the world’s largest oil and gas ﬁelds, with which I congratulate all the Kazakhstanis. It will serve the nation and bring great satisfaction to companies that have one and a half trillion cubic meters of gas. The Min- ister reminded that, with over 75,000 barrels of oil extracted daily, the production at Kashagan reached the commercial level on November 1, 2016. Efforts are underway to develop the production capacity and stabilize it at 180,000 barrels daily.

“By the end of this year, we expect to produce up to one million tons of oil and 680 million cubic meters of gas. Plans for the year 2017 include production of up to 8.5 million tons of oil and 5.5 billion cubic meters of gas. In the following years, it is planned to increase production to 13 million tons of oil and 9 billion cubic The teleconference bridge in Atyrau has taken place! meters of gas per year,” said Mr. Bozumbayev. A photo for memory

ISLAND D of PS “Atyrau” followed. At this pumping station for Following the report by receiving oil from the Kashagan Field, metering unit Kazakhstan’s Minister No. 9 was just launched. The capacity of this oil me- of Energy, facilities tering unit is 3,000 m³ per hour with the possibility designed to extract and to double the ﬁgure. transport Kashagan hydrocarbons connect- Currently, oil is received through the metering units ed to the TV-linkup. of PS “Atyrau” from the Kashagan and Karachaganak, Participants of the including oil stock from suppliers such as Embamu- ceremony were shown naygas, Ozenmunaygas, Kazakh Oil Aktobe, Island D – a large-scale South’s Oil, and Maten Petroleum. hi-tech structure on the Caspian Sea shelf, where The staff of PS “Atyrau” totals Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, oil is gathered and an 48, and, as a result of the President of the Republic of initial gas separation implementation of the Kazakhstan process is performed. expansion project, further 9 jobs were A speaker for the Bolashak Processing Plant remind- created. ed the TV-linkup participants that the ﬁrst batch of Kashagan oil was exported on October 14, 2016, and, Sarsembay Murinov, as of today, oil is transported through the CPC and Regional Manager KazTransOil pipelines on an industrial scale. of Caspian Pipeline Consortium-K, JSC, AT CPC FACILITIES who was present on the site, reported to A broadcast from the production facilities of the participants of the event Caspian Pipeline Consortium with the presentation that, as at the time of the Bolashak Processing Plant

Participants in the teleconference bridge at PS “Atyrau”... TV-linkup, over 500,000 tons of Kashagan oil had been the route of Kazakh oil to transported through the CPC pipeline. Then he ad- world markets. dressed Mr. Nazarbayev: The entire oil transporta- “Distinguished President, the Consortium set up under tion route from the Bo- your direction and with your personal involvement lashak Plant in the Caspian has now been recognized as one of the world’s best oil to the CPC Tengiz – Novo- pipeline projects!” rossiysk oil pipeline, and then – to the Consortium’s “To build the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, I worked Black Sea Marine Terminal with the Russian leadership for six years”, commented was visualised in a special the President of Kazakhstan. “Back then, the Kashagan feature prepared for the oc- Field virtually did not exist…” casion. Kazakhstani experts pointed out that the CPC is Addressing the Consortium staff via the TV-linkup, the largest international oil Mr. Nazarbayev further dwelt on the importance of in- project involving Kazakh- creasing the capacity of the CPC pipeline to 67 million stan and Russia, as well tons for the transportation of Kashagan oil: as the world’s leading oil companies, set up for the December events in Atyrau “You have now entered a critical stage, and I wish you construction and operation with CPC’s participation every success on that path!” of the pipeline with the have received wide coverage length of over 1.500 km. in the media REFERENCE POINT A GIFT FOR THE ANNIVERSARY Subsequently, the CPC Marine Terminal near Novoros- siysk was connected to the TV-linkup, and It is noteworthy that the TV-linkup dedicated to the the participants could see the Main launch of commercial oil production at Kashagan was Control Centre of the Consor- held on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Kazakh- tium Oil Pipeline System, stan’s independence, a date widely celebrated across recently relaunched after the nation. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Ka- a revamp. The TV-linkup zakhstan, used the TV-linkup broadcast as an occasion participants were also to address some words of encouragement to all the able to observe the professionals involved in the development of the oil loading of a Kaz- and gas industry that stands as a ﬁrm foundation of mortransﬂot tanker the national economy. with a deadweight of 115,000 tons. The Commenting on the participation of the Caspian single-point mooring Pipeline Consortium in the TV-linkup dedicated to located 5.5 km off the the launch of operations at Kashagan, Nikolai Gorban, coast used to load oil is CPC General Director said: actually the “reference point” for the measure- “I have a great impression about the entire event with ment of nautical miles on the participation of the President of Kazakhstan! It had

…and in Kazakhstan’s oil capital, Atyrau a festive aura to it to match the significance of the occa- Consortium-K, JSC and the Akimat of Atyrau Region sion marked these days: a quarter of a century ago, the signed a five-year cooperation agreement. The doc- Republic of Kazakhstan gained its sovereignty.” ument was signed by Nikolai Gorban, CPC General Director, and Nurlan Nogayev, Akim of Atyrau Region. The country’s leadership is highly responsive to the needs of the oil industry, which has a positive impact The agreement will enable a successful development on the development of the economic component. It of cooperation between the parties, improve financial was for a reason that all top oil producing com- and economic potential and investment situa- panies, including our company involved tion in Atyrau Region, and contribute to as a transporter, were invited to partic- maintaining social stability and well- ipate in the TV-linkup. I’m pleased being of the region’s population. to note that, among the three The Consortium will continue to routes currently used to trans- implement large-scale social pro- port Kazakhstani oil to world grammes and provide sponsor- markets, our Tengiz – Novo- ship and charitable assistance. rossiysk pipeline is regarded as the main export route. This Under the agreement, said, the CPC plays an import- a number of initiatives will ant part in the development be implemented to support of Kazakhstan’s oil industry, education, healthcare, physical and the increase in our pipe- culture and sports, culture, the line system capacity allows the environment, and to provide country to successfully expand targeted assistance to socially in foreign markets. By creating vulnerable social groups. a surplus capacity of the pipeline system, we contribute to the active “Since 2011, the amount of development of the North Caspian sponsorship and charitable assis- fields. An agreement between CPC and the tance provided in Atyrau Region Akimat of Atyrau Region is signed! under the CPC expansion project It should be noted that, during the amounted to USD 23 mln. As for TV-linkup, the CPC was adequately represented by our the main operations of the Consortium, the financing employees, in particular, Sarsembay Murinov, who support for social projects in the region totals about prepared a report for the President from PS “Atyrau”. two million dollars a year, and we will do our best to Our new metering unit for Kashagan oil came across maintain this level in the future. I would also like to as highly commendable!” noted Mr. Gorban with note that, all of the facilities, except for one school, satisfaction. have already been put into service in line with approved plans,” said Nikolai Gorban. A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PROJECT To sum up, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium has been The development of the CPC pipeline system has a and will remain a reliable partner of actively develop- positive impact on the socio-economic situation in the ing sovereign Kazakhstan. regions, through which the pipeline Tengiz – Novo- rossiysk runs. On December 6, 2016, Caspian Pipeline CPC Press Service

Filling the tanker of Kazakh oil at the CPC Marine Terminal