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IN THE FIRST PERSON 1 Nikolay Gorban: “CPC launched КАСПИЙСКИЙCASPIAN PIPELINE ТРУБОПРОВОДНЫЙ CONSORTIUM: Debottlenecking КОНСОРЦИУМ: Programme” CORPORATE MAGAZINE 12 OPERATIONS: DBNP No. 3 (26) August 2019 4 DBNP: STRATEGY OF THE МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙA TIME-TESTED PROGRAMME

OPERATIONS: DBNP INTERNATIONALПРОЕКТ, PROJECT 6 From Tengiz to Novorossiysk

ПРОВЕРЕННЫЙ ВРЕМЕНЕМ BUSINESS AND SOCIETY 10 Sustainable growth agenda

SAFETY AND SECURITY 12 Towards zero injury

SAFETY AND SECURITY THE WAY IT WAS IN MEMORIAM OF A COLLEGUE 16 Protecting the 24 In Astrakhan land 44 IF ONLY YOU HAD KNOWN Facilities by Preempting HIM!.. the Risks IN BRIEF THROUGH THE PRISM OF 25 Relationship continues SAFETY AND SECURITY HISTORY PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 19 Offshore and onshore 48 THROUGH the "Great 26 Corrosion Control: Land" ANNIVERSARY International TRAVELLING 20 20 years of successful Experience CPC-R, MOSCOW OFFICE CPC-R, WESTERN REGION CPC-R, REPUBLIC OF KALMYKIYA partnership with CPC 50 The Many Faces of Italy Bldg. 1, 7 Pavlovskaya Str., Moscow, 115093 Budennogo Str., 117/2, Krasnodar, 350000, Suite 608, V.I. Lenina Str., 255a, Elista, 358000, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Russian Federation Russian Federation Russian Federation tel.: +7 (495) 966 50 00 tel.: +7 (861) 216 60 00 tel.: +7 (84722) 4 13 89 ENVIRONMENT The Cornerstone in AT THE BACK OF THE ISSUEe 29 fax: +7 (495) 966 52 22 fax: +7 (861) 216 60 90 e-mail: [email protected] 23 Save and preserve Reliable Operation of 54 View from onboard e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] MLPs A TANKER CPC-R, NOVOROSSIYSK CPC-R, STAVROPOL TERRITORY CPC-K, EASTERN REGION THANKS TO CPC Vidova Str., 1a, Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Suite 208, Ryleeva Str., 7, Stavropol, Business center “Seven Stars”, Satpaeva Str., 34а, 353900, Russian Federation 355000, Russian Federation Atyrau, 060011, Kazakhstan 32 House warming in tel.: +7 (8617) 29 43 00 tel.: +7 (7122) 76 15 00, 76 15 00 Izobilny fax: +7 (8617) 29 40 09 fax: +7 (7122) 76 15 91 32 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] THANKS TO CPC CPC-R MARINE TERMINAL CPC-R, CENTRAL REGION CPC-K, NUR-SULTAN 35 “Victoria” means Marine Terminal Primorsky District Territory, Kuibyshev Str., 62, 10th floor, Kunayev Str., 2, Nur-Sultan, 010000, “Victory” Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, 353900, Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation Kazakhstan Russian Federation tel.: +7 (8512) 31 14 00, 31 14 99 tel.: +7 (7172) 79 17 00 tel.: +7 (8617) 29 40 00 fax: +7 (8512) 31 14 91 fax: +7 (7122) 76 15 91 PROFESSIONALS fax: +7 (8617) 29 40 09 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] 38 Viktor Sutyagin: e-mail: [email protected] “I am happy that CPC wants my COVER STORY contribution” CPC PANORAMA Corporate Publication. No. 3 (26) August 2019. The issue is prepared by the CPC Press Service. Editor: Ekaterina Suvorova. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]. FOR OILMAN DAY DBNP: STRATEGY Tel.: +7 (495) 966 50 00 (ext. 5327 and 5220) 42 PHILOSOPHY OF THE PROGRAMME OF THE WORK Publisher: LLC Media Service. 111116, Moscow, Energeticheskaya Str., 16. vashagazeta.com. Tel.: +7 (495) 988 18 06. BUSINESS AND SOCIETY SAFETY AND SECURITY PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS THANKS TO CPC YOU LOVE E-mail: [email protected]. General Director: Vladimir Zmeyushchenko. Editor-in-Chief: Vilorika Ivanova. Project Editor: Ksenia Piskareva. Art Editor: Maksim Khovrin. Designers: Tatiana Kalinina, Egor Сhubatyuk. Production Director: Sustainable growth Protecting the Facilities Corrosion Control: “Victoria” means Oleg Merochkin. Photographs: CPC Press Service. Printed by PROPRINT: www.proprint.moscow, тел.: +7 (499) 490-44-62. agenda by Preempting the Risks International Experience “Victory” 23 Circulation: 100. It is forbidden to use any content without the consent of the editorial office. IN THE FIRST PERSON 1

Nikolay Gorban: “CPC launched Debottlenecking Programme”

FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES NOW, he Expansion Project has put the Tengiz – Novorossiysk oil pipeline among the world’s 11 SHAREHOLDERS FROM VARIOUS T largest. The implementation of this ambitious COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN OPERATING project in 2011–2017 has made it possible to set up a capacity reserve in advance of rising demand from A 1.5-THOUSAND KILOMETRE shippers. PIPELINE SYSTEM THAT STRETCHES Life, however, does not stand still: the quantities ACROSS RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN of oil being delivered into the CPC pipeline have been growing fast. You will recall that 2017 exports totalled AS AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL 55.1 MT, up 10.8 MT in 2016. In 2018 the Marine Terminal INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION loaded over 61 MT of oil. CPC received in its pipeline system in 2018 the largest quantities of oil from the fields of Tengiz, Karachaganak and Kashagan – 28.7, 10.3 and 13.2 MT respectively. Kazakhstan is implementing a major project to ramp up production at the Tengiz field, which is expected to deliver a massive boost to the utilization of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk oil pipeline. 2 IN THE FIRST PERSON CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 IN THE FIRST PERSON 3

The oil producers’ projected demand can exceed Project. The measures will add flexibility to the operation the current mechanical throughput capacity of the main modes of pump stations and the option of accepting pipeline as early as 2022. That is why the CPC’s annual additional quantities of crude oil from Kazakhstan general meeting in Baku reviewed and accepted a at the optimal quantity of DRA and higher oil pipeline Debottlenecking Programme (DBNP) 21 May 2019. on-stream factors. It will increase the throughput capacity of the Tengiz – As early as June 2019, the CPC team, working in close Novorossiysk system, allowing to transmit at least 72.5 MT coordination with the Consortium’s shareholders, of crude from Kazakhstan. sprang into action to implement the DBNP. On 10 June The Final Investment Decision (FID) document package I signed the Resolution titled “On the arrangements for has set a deadline for DBNP completion: December the implementation of the Debottlenecking Programme”. 2023. The bulk of building and installation work will be A staffing list and balanced budgets are in place; completed in 2022. Investments over the period of 2019 engineering surveys are in progress; suppliers are being to 2023 will total USD 599.9 MM of which USD 156.4 MM vetted; personnel is being hired. Early in July the CPC’s and USD 443.5 MM to be made for CPC-K and CPC-R top managers visited all DBNP target construction sites respectively. and held meetings with local technical staff. I emphasize: the project covers all of the CPC’s 15 oil In parallel with DBNP, the CPC team continues to pump stations and Marine Terminal. E.g., the DBNP will implement their annual investment programmes as give the Astrakhanskaya PS a new main-line pump station planned. The 2019 capital expenditure budget in place and new indoor switchgear. Among the activities planned is about USD 50 MM (CPC-R and CPC-K – USD 32 MM for the Atyrau PS is the construction of a new mainline and USD 18 MM respectively). The programme provides pump unit with a gas turbine unit and the upgrading of for the construction of a bridge over the river Kigach; a diesel pump station. The Tengiz PS will need two x replacement of fire detection systems at Komsomolskaya, go a long way towards improving the CPC’s financial At the press conference 3 July 2019, CPC 20,000 Vertical Floating Roof Tanks (VFRTs) installed, Astrakhanskaya and Kropotkinskaya PS, at the Tank Farm situation. The company’s consolidated earnings for General Director, Nikolay Gorban fielded a LACT upgraded, three mainline pumps replaced, four and the Marine Terminal’s Shore Facilities; construction 2018 totalled USD 2.19 Billion as per IFRS, after-tax questions from reporters of Russian and booster pump packages installed and a substation built. of a rotation camp at the Astrakhanskaya PS; construction income USD 322 MM. In 2018 CPC-R repaid some of its foreign media about CPC’s performance But work will not be on such a scale everywhere; a number of an administration and amenity block at the Marine debt to its shareholders USD 1.45 Billion. In the 1st and in 2018 and outlook for the current year. of stations will only need pump impellers replaced. Terminal and other items. 2nd quarters of 2019, CPC allocated USD 364 million The journalists’ interest was piqued by the Essentially, the DBNP is an optimization project for The fast growth of the Consortium and higher and USD 261 million respectively for debt repayment; news that the Consortium had launched the oil pipeline system capacity built by the Expansion quantities of crude oil pumped through the pipeline USD 1.423 Billion is to be paid in all in 2019. Such its Debottlenecking Programme (DBNP) pace of debt repayment will enable the CPC to clear in an attempt to further increase the the debt by the end of 2020 and start assessing and throughput of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk paying dividends. oil pipeline CPC project has thus provided an example of successful international cooperation in crude transmission. And The throughput the wealth of resources of the Caspian region ensures a capacity of the Tengiz – stable outlook for the Consortium and its role for the member Novorossiysk system 72,5 states, the largest of which are Russia and Kazakhstan, for will allow to transport at mt of crude from many years to come. least Kazakhstan

N.N. GORBAN GENERAL DIRECTOR CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM 4 OPERATIONS: DBNP CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 OPERATIONS: DBNP 5

managed. For DBNP we will use our many years of operating history. Our especially in the past few years. resources rather than shareholder design solutions have history behind This is for a combination of reasons, AUTHOR provided Project Management them as well, as we are not inventing including our HSE Management PAVEL KRETOV Companies, and we plan to hire in anything new for DBNP, but rather system, regulations, and procedures. excess of 300 temporary staff during using time tested proven solutions The current regulations are a product program execution. We will provide already in place wherever we can. of lessons learned during many project management services from years of operating, plus our lessons many locations, Moscow, the Region What latest technologies are from the Expansion Project. Our DBNP: STRATEGY Offices, and at sites. planned to be used during DBNP strategy for DBNP is to use our core construction or to be introduced foundation of existing regulations What challenges the following DBNP for the CPC and procedures as the basis for our OF THE PROGRAMME DBNP managers are facing? pipeline system operation? safety system. Due to the increased What measures are being Since we are relying heavily on activity level at our facilities, we plan IN JUNE 2019 CPC LAUNCHED DEBOTTLENECKING PROGRAMME implemented? proven and tested applications, not to add staff temporarily to ensure (DBNP). EDITORS ASKED CHRISTOPHER SCOTT BOWEN, CPC Engineering surveys are nearing many new technologies are being adequate site supervision, and we completion, and the design stage considered. One possible exception plan to require our contractors to PROJECTS AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, TO DESCRIBE THE is about to begin; mobilization is is the Variable Frequency Drives supply sufficient supervisory and PROGRAM in progress. (VFD’s) we plan to install. These will HSE resources at our construction The staff of Procurement, E&P, give a greater ability to regulate the sites. Uncompromised and Operations Department have to pumps, and will be an advantage safety compliance and analyze and optimize major equipment especially during shut downs stringent observance purchase proposals received. They and re-starts. This is not of our job safety Mr. Bowen, what is the What is the programme’s time house and new pumps installation are to be ready to place orders before new technology, simply procedures is a Debottlenecking Programme frame? Will the DBNP be phased, at PS Astrakhanskaya. In Kazakhstan the milestone date of October, 2019. new to CPC. We plan requirement that (DBNP) all about? What as was the CPC Expansion the most critical work scope is the E&P, Legal and Operations have to extensive testing, training must be met as we throughput increase will the CPC Project? installation of three new pumps with work jointly to develop finalized and simulations prior to take on the goal gain on its Tengiz – Novorossiysk The project is to be executed all ancillary systems at PS Tengiz. the contracting scheme and bid putting the VFD’s into of program timely oil pipeline downstream of on the soonest possible timeline, We are also developing a more packages in time to go to tender operation. completion. Kazakhstan and in Novorossiysk? in one stage, with completion of reliable system by installing variable by December 2019. DBNP is designed to optimize main construction works during frequency drives at several pump The Expansion Project current capacity by making it the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2022, stations, installing recirculating During the CPC Expansion paid a lot of attention available where the demand is. and with final dismantling works of lines at other, and significantly, Project implementation the to safety culture and The incremental demand is at replaced facilities, etc. completed by installing a new three-meter LACT Consortium’s management occupational safety and the eastern end of the pipeline, the end of 2023. Objective is to be unit at the MT shore facility to and employees acquired wide health policies. Do you originating in Kazakhstan. There able to have capacity on line ahead better accommodate the demands practical experience. How plan to continue their are many variables that determine of increased nominations, currently of measuring crude loaded at the was it taken into account for promotion as part of ultimate capacity of the system, scheduled for July 1, 2022. higher flow rate. DBNP works planning, the DBNP? such as increased reliability, adding We will have some form of work arrangement, We have an pumping capability, and optimized What is the scope of work to taking place at every CPC pump management? excellent operation use of DRA, which are all elements be completed under DBNP? station, plus the Marine terminal Our DBNP history in CPC, of the Debottlenecking Program, The projects critical to shifting and in our offices in Moscow and the execution plan has and this is part of the reason why we available pipeline capacity to the Regions. This is yet another reason taken into account call it a program instead of referring eastern end of the pipeline mostly why we call DBNP a program, not the lessons learned from to it simply as one project. The consist of adding pumps and their project. Projects are implemented the Expansion Project, answer to the capacity question is supply of power (new turbines by individually assigned functions as well as from our highly technical, but simply put, and pumps at Atyrau, A-PS-4A, while a program requires cooperation with the DBNP improvements, we Komsomolskaya), adding electrical across all functions and locations. will be able to accept nominations motor driven pumps at Astrakhan, for Kazakhstan of 72.5 MMTA with installing new pumps and related Hence a question: how will optimized use of DRA, and up to boosters at Tengiz, and increasing the DBNP be run? Will you use 83 MTA from Kazakhstan with rotor diameter on pumps at A-PS- the same management structure maximum DRA dosage. This year our 3A, A-PS-4A, PS-5, A-PS-5A, PS-7, as for the recent Expansion accepted nominations are around and PS-8. Project? 57 MMTA from Kazakhstan, and Thus, I want to re-iterate the This will be a CPC managed we have the physical capability to most important task in Russia will be program, which is a bit different than accept approximately 65 MMTA. construction of new mainline pump the way the Expansion Project was 6 OPERATIONS: DBNP CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 OPERATIONS: DBNP 7

Nikolay Gorban, AUTHOR CPC General Director: PAVEL KRETOV The recent expansion of the CPC pipeline system’s capacity took all Project participants through their paces. The large-scale construction project From Tengiz showed that the Consortium has a strong team, capable of fully meeting all objectives set by the shareholders. So we are in no doubt that the to Novorossiysk Debottlenecking Programme will be implemented professionally, safely and to the high global quality standard IN JULY 2019 CPC MANAGEMENT HAD A WORKING TOUR OF CPC’S FACILITIES IN RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN

ikolay Gorban, CPC General brought on stream in 2016 and 2017 pumps replaced, several booster Director, Kenneth Yoss, First respectively. pump packages installed, two N Deputy General Director, The DBNP provides for PS Vertical Floating Roof Steel Tanks Operations and Vladimir Atyrau to be upgraded, including (VFRTs) built, each for 20,000 m³, Shmakov, General Manager, Operation the construction of a new mainline a substation and Overhead Power visited Eastern, Central and Western pump unit. Consideration is being Lines (OHPL) built, Indoor Switch Regions of the Consortium, as well as given to PS Tengiz having its LACT Gear (ISG) upgraded etc. A-PS-3A the Marine Terminal near Novorossiysk. meter upgraded, three mainline and A-PS-4 are expected to have the MLP impellers replaced. As was reported earlier, in furtherance of the contract signed CPC top managers studied the between CPC and KazTransOil (KTO) in May 2018, KTO’s units started, DBNP’s target sites effective as of 1 July 2018, to

The top managers held meetings with key personnel and surprise readiness checks and inspected the equipment and the sites where the Debottlenecking Programme (DBNP) will be implemented. In the Eastern Region, the CPC senior executives visited Tengiz PS, Atyrau PS, A-PS-3A and A-PS-4. The first two stations were upgraded as part of the CPC Expansion Project in 2015. A-PS-4 and A-PS-3A were

The locations visited by the CPC management were inspected for emergency response readiness 8 OPERATIONS: DBNP CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 OPERATIONS: DBNP 9

Vladimir Shmakov, CPC General Manager, Operations:

The trip saw a constructive dialogue with our regional personnel; we sorted out a lot of issues. On each business trip to the CPC’s locations I satisfy myself that a single team of professionals is in place along the entire length of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk oil pipeline In the Eastern Region, the CPC’s senior executives visited PS Tengiz, PS Atyrau, A-PS-3A and A-PS-4 the facilities of the Tank Farm and For the Marine Terminal, the Marine Terminal Shore Facilities, DBNP program is expected to build conferred with technical staff on three new LACTs and a new pressure various aspects of MT operation and control unit, upgrade the existing the Debottlenecking Programme for units, build an additional surge relief provide maintenance, repair and the Central Region and PS-4 in expected to receive a new mainline are expected to have the MLP CPC oil pipeline system. system (SRS) etc. emergency response for CPC-K the Western region. Following the pump unit with a gas turbine unit, impellers replaced. facilities in Kazakhstan. inspection of the facilities, drills and as well as an upgrade to the diesel The Western Region locations Then the CPC’s senior executives meetings with experts, management pump station. In store for the inspected by the CPC management inspected the crude oil transportation team highlighted the reliable Astrakhanskaya PS is construction will see their pressure surge relief facilities of the Consortium’s Central performance of equipment and of a new mainline pump station, systems upgraded as part of the and Western Regions located in CPC personnel expertise. installation of new mainline DBNP. Astrakhan Region, Republic of As part of CPC Pipeline pumps with variable-frequency The tour of CPC’s top managers The tour of the CPC’s top managers Kalmykia and Stavropol Krai. Debottlenecking Programme in drives (VFDs), installation of mud ended at the oil pipeline end point, the They visited A-PS-4A, PS the Central Region, the inspected strainers, and the construction of Marine Terminal near Novorossiysk. ended at the Marine Terminal Astrakhanskaya, A-PS-5A, PS-3 in facilities, including A-PS-4A, are a 10kV ISG. A-PS-4A and A-PS-5A The senior executives inspected near Novorossiysk

Kenneth Yoss, The Debottlenecking CPC First Deputy General Programme (DBNP) Director: will affect all oil pumping stations of the Tours of the CPC’s regions always Tengiz — Novorossiysk make a strong impression on pipeline system, as well as me. I see that the locations have the CPC Marine Terminal world-class experts, whose energy, competence, responsibility and expertise make a strong contribution. Our staff at all levels fully comply with the safe work rules and regulations, show initiative and attention to each other 10 BUSINESS AND SOCIETY CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 BUSINESS AND SOCIETY 11

construction and operation of the oil pipeline infrastructure. And we are author constantly seeking to improve our pavel kretov industrial and business processes. Our relationship with Sberbank-AST is definitely part of this important work. The agreement will enable CTC to use the tendering process for prompt, competent and secure procurement,” said Nikolay Gorban before signing the document. The business meeting between Sustainable the Consortium’s management and CPC’s major shareholder, Chev- ron Corporation, discussed coor- growth dination in hydrocarbon transpor- tation. Chevron’s representatives were highly appreciative of CPC’s agenda performance and achievements in occupational safety and health. Chevron Vice President Jay Pryor IN JUNE 2019, THE NORTHERN CAPITAL emphasized that the successes had of Directors, President of Chevron CPC works in close coordination OF RUSSIA HOSTED THE 23RD ST. been enabled by strong teamwork Neftegaz Inc. Andrew McGrahan. with the local authorities iwithin its Held since 1997, the SPIEF of CPC’s international management The parties discussed the outlook entire footprint. The Consortium’s is an international venue PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC and high professionalism of the en- for the programmes to further up- management regularly meets with for business networking FORUM. IT WAS ATTENDED BY THE CPC tire team. grade the CPC oil pipeline system the heads of the RF. The SPIEF ven- and discussion of key The SPIEF hosted a trilater- and international cooperation in the ue was no exception either, hosting economic issues facing Russia, DELEGATION FOR THE FOURTH TIME. al meeting of CPC, Transneft and transportation of energy resources. as it did a business meeting between developing economies and Chevron top executives. A business meeting took place be- CPC General Director Nikolay Gor- the world at large The meeting was attended by tween CPC’s top managers and Vagit ban and Batu Khasikov, acting Head Transneft President Nikolay To- Alekperov, Chief Executive Officer of the Republic of Kalmykia. The di- karev, CPC General Director Ni- of the Consortium’s another major alogue focused on progress under his year the SPIEF’s central for tendering, ensuring its trans- kolay Gorban and Transneft Vice shareholder, PJSC LUKOIL. the 2017 Cooperation Agreement, theme was “Setting a sus- parency, security and safety. President Mikhail Margelov. Chev- The forum also saw a meeting the implementation of CPC’s char- T tainable growth agenda” “CPC prioritizes state-of-the- ron was represented by Vice Pres- take place between CPC General ity projects and programmes for and brought in more than art technologies and international idents Jay Pryor and Bob Dastmal- Director and Germany’s Siemens 2019, and the outlook for joint ef- 19 thou. people from 145 countries. standards for management, design, chi and Chairman of CPC-R Board AG Group’s delegation, headed by forts to improve the republic’s so- The world has but 193 countries in all, which means this forum is not including the construction of Chil- only international, but global. Its dren’s Supplementary Education venues were used by 1,300 foreign CPC top managers’ personal agenda Centre in the township of Iki-Burul and 2,500 Russian companies and for the SPIEF was chock-full and and a primary school building in the saw 650 agreements signed, total- township of Artezian. ling over 3 trln rbl. productive CPC has earmarked about 72 mil- Also chock-full was CPC’s top lion rbl for 2019 social projects managers’ personal agenda for the in Kalmykia as part of its charity SPIEF. CPC General Director Nikolay CEO Joe Kae­ser. Nikolay Gorban and cial infrastructure in such areas of programme. Gorban and Sberbank-AST General Joe Kaeser exchanged opinions on focus as public health service, ed- Nikolay Gorban also informed Director Nikolay Andreyev inked a cooperation between their compa- ucation, culture, promotion of chil- Batu Khasikov that a major corpo- cooperation agreement. Designed nies and the areas of focus in their dren’s sports and the environment. rate event is planned for 2019 in the for federal, state and municipal pro- relationship. The parties discussed Incidentally, the Consortium allo- Republic – CPC Safety Day, which curement, the Online Trading Plat- the use of cutting-edge technol- cated over 800 million rbl. for the will be attended by representatives form (OTP) of CJSC Sberbank – AST ogies and innovative solutions in region’s social needs between 1998 from all participants in the inter- is used by 600+ thou. suppliers. It electrification, automation and en- and 2018. In 2018 alone, the social national project for networking on supports all digitization, automa- ergy-saving for pipeline transport programmes in the region were fund- health, safety and environmental tion and administration solutions infrastructure. ed to the tune of 256.6 million rbl., issues. 12 SAFETY AND SECURITY CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 SAFETY AND SECURITY 13

Consortium’s occupational health and also the contractors’ staff and site vis- the process, which fuels employees’ in- safety management system. These in- itors in watching out for unsafe prac- terest in safety matters. author clude life-saving rules, a workplace tices or unsafe work conditions. Ev- The key aspects of the issue are cov- pavel kretov observation-card-based monitoring eryone is entitled to voice their either ered in regular bulletins, which discuss programme, checklist-based facility au- positive or negative opinion of work- safe practices and working conditions diting, and interactive staff training in ers’ behaviour, working conditions and and offer recommendations based on occupational safety and health. Efforts technical condition of equipment and safety requirements and first-hand ex- were also made to bring the workwear structures. periences alike. and PPE used at CPC’s facilities in line As part of its incentive scheme, CPC “In CPC, just as in all transnationals, with the best market trends. holds Safety Days on an annual basis. human life and health are prioritized Towards zero injury Their mission is to promote occupa- over performance indicators; no modern COMMITMENT tional safety and health and the idea successful business can do otherwise. IN 2018 CPC MANAGEMENT COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING CPC’s Safe Work Culture programme is of safety awareness. Held in CPC’s host In this context, apart from providing a ZERO-INJURY GOALS AS A STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE. THE FIRST predicated on each worker’s awareness regions, Safety Days have emerged as safe workplace for the staff, the em- of and commitment to the prevention of a multinational, international forum. ployer must incentivize the personnel MILESTONE TOWARDS THIS END IS CPC’S RANKING AMONG accidents, workplace injuries and other to work in a consciously safe manner TOP 25 COMPANIES BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF incidents that may to result in injuries CORE VALUES and support the drive for zero injuty,”- or damage to the company. The adoption of electronic systems for said CPC General Director Nikolay OIL & GAS PRODUCERS (IOGP) The Consortium’s facilities have in- occupational safety and health training Gorban in an interview to journalists troduced the Right to Suspend Work. by CPC’s production facilities makes it as part of ROSHW. Every worker knows that his/her refusal possible to improve the interactivity of to work in unsafe conditions or exercise WHERE MANAGEMENT SETS PACE of the Right to Suspend Work will not International experience shows: any cor- expose him/her to disciplinary action; porate occupational safety and health STATE-OF-THE-ART achievements in workplace safety and regional subdivisions and, if proved a what is more, he or she will be com- culture is spread by senior managers. PRACTICES security. success, are extended to the rest of mended for timely exercise of his Right. At Russian Occupation- ROSHW has emerged as the largest the company. al Safety and Health health, safety and environment forum. E.g., last year’s ROSHW and local CPC’S SAFETY DAYS Week (ROSHW), The Consortium attends such events piloting resulted in CPC’s taking on The Safe Work Culture programme has CPC prioritizes human which took place in not only as a teacher but also as a dil- board a series of practices and suc- enlisted not only CPC’s personnel, but Sochi in April 2019, igent student, adopting the practices cessfully integrating them into the life and health over the Caspian Pipe- of global majors. performance line Consortium was When borrowed, awarded the Grand such best prac- Prix of the “Health tices are normal- and Safety 2018” ly first tested at All-Russian Compe- tition for its state- of-the-art practices and outstanding 14 SAFETY AND SECURITY CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 SAFETY AND SECURITY 15

It is they who make commitments and CPC holds Safety Day set policies, laying the groundwork for every year occupational safety and health culture, and continuously and at all times sup- port its evolution. “The management’s active and per- sonal involvement in promoting work- safety and environmental practices. In a place safety in tandem with the work- bid to improve performance indicators in ers creates a team drive for outstanding this area, the team of CPC’s Western Re- performance and constant improve- gion will do in 2019 a pilot project to de- ment of Safe Work Culture,” Kenneth velop tools to identify the root causes of Yoss, First Deputy CEO of CPC, said at non-conformities discovered at locations the ROSHW roundtable called “Seven and implement a package of measures to Golden Rules: simple and effective”. prevent repeat violations. Specifically, the In 2019 a pilot project to promote plan provides for a high-performance al- leadership in Safe Work Culture will be gorithm to be developed to identify the taken through its paces at locations in root causes and train personnel in using CPC’s Eastern Region. Specifically, this the new procedure. period is expected to see the region’s The personnel of the CPC Marine experts examine all core processes of Terminal will translate risk registers in- leadership drive and develop a lead- to bow tie diagrams* as a pilot project ership plan of action with key perfor- this year. mance indicators. Those efforts are expected to culminate in a new CPC standard, “Leadership in Health, Safety * Bow tie analysis is a and Environment”. schematic method of describing and assessing IN PRACTICE risk scenarios. The method Whatever CPC’s achievements, the combines an investigation Consortium will always seek to further of the causes of an event improve all of its safety, health and en- using fault tree analysis vironmental indicators. and review of consequences “Despite the fact that many busi- using event tree analysis. nesses are still thinking of Safe Work The focus of bow tie Culture in abstract terms with no clear- results achieved,” emphasized Erica “Health and Safety 2018” All-Russian analysis, however, is on the cut definition or regulatory frame- Vela Toussaint, CPC’s safety, health Competition. barriers between causes work, we offer ourselves as a case and environmental consultant, at CPC has already developed a pack- International experience shows: and threats and threats study in how work culture can and the ceremony of presentation to the age of programmes that enable con- and consequences. Bow tie should be promoted and concrete Consortium of the Grand Prix of the tractors’ occupational health and safety occupational safety and health diagrams can be based on culture is spread by senior identified malfunctions and CPC wins Grand Prix of “HEALTH event trees, but they are and Safety 2018 All-Russian managers mostly built in the course of Competition 2018” brainstorming sessions.

management systems to be reliably re- prompt verification of personnel com- viewed and be brought into compliance petency and equipment conformity, and with the requirements of the Consor- for training in safe work practices with tium’s standards as well as CPC’s own competence assessment of contractors’ personnel and contractor’s staff to be designated persons before allowing them involved in dealing with unsafe practic- site access. The best practices devel- es and working conditions, including by oped as part of the pilot project are al- suspending work to prevent accidents. so expected to lead to a draft standard CPC’s Central Region will develop HSE Plan for contractors. new tools to enforce safe work practices The CPC enforces safe work practices with contractors. The plan provides for and implements cutting-edge solutions a dedicated database to be set up for in conjunction with best global health, 16 SAFETY AND SECURITY CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 SAFETY AND SECURITY 17

AUTHORS

Grigoriy Senoedov, Deputy Security Head, CPC

Yelena Medvedeva, Chief Economic Security Specialist, CPC

Protecting the Facilities by

Department – “Terrorism” and “Illegal While discussing the matters of various companies in the Russian Additionally, within the scope Preempting the tapping” (IT). regarding “Illegal tapping” risk, the Federation and, in particular, in the of this topic the participants Within the framework of discussing general provisions on searching, kinds regions where the CPC’s facilities in the alignment meeting were “Terrorism” risk the representative of penetration, signs of preparation for are located. The participants in the familiarized with the general Risks of Ministry of Energy of the RF has IT and order of activities in cases of alignment meeting actively discussed methodology of revealing an noticed the high results of the CPC revealing tappings have been envisaged. the matters related to the ITs revealed illegal tapping and leak, a possible Security employees’ activities in the Some statistical data were given on at the CPC’s mainline pipeline from equipment set of criminals, the From June 17 to 21, CPC Security field of protection against terrorism. illegal tappings into mainline pipelines 2017 to 2019. existing methods of pipeline Department held a major event in Further, the main tendencies and trends in legal enforcement of the Elista – the alignment meeting on legislative and regulatory frameworks Ilya Borisenko, physical security in the area of fuel and energy complex Head of CPC Security Department: security have been highlighted and Nowadays threats of terrorist acts and acts of unlawful he participants in this event interference at the objects of fuel and energy complex in Russia were Ilya Borisenko Head of and Kazakhstan are a very actual problem. unauthorized actions The participants in the alignment T Security, his deputy, regional of physical persons are especially dangerous for Fuel and security managers, managers meeting were familiarized with the risk- Energy Complex (FEC) facilities. Possible results of such actions and professionals in physical security, are unpredictable: from stealing of property to creation of an security of personnel of the Moscow oriented strategy of CPC emergency situation at an object (unauthorized tampering into office, regions and Marine Terminal, operations, fire accident, destruction, flooding, breakdown, as well as representatives of the violent unrest, etc). security contractor. The special One of the effective preventive measures to ensure safety at guest was the representative of aimed at sustainable development. some practical recommendations important industrial objects is creation of a reliable protection Ministry of Energy of the Russian Within the framework of the meeting have been given on arrangement of system against unauthorized intrusion of physical persons, i.e. a Federation. the participants were familiarized rating, passportization and updating physical protection system. This complex task of prime importance The core theme of the alignment with the risk-oriented strategy of of safety certificates for CPC’s is solved by CPC Security Department а 24/7 basis meeting was improvement of security CPC, as well as have analyzed and facilities. Substantial attention has guard activities results and providing discussed the corporate risks within been paid to the legal conflicts in a strong foundation for initiatives the competence of the Security this area. 18 SAFETY AND SECURITY CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 SAFETY AND SECURITY 19

Vadim Belousov, Senior Physical Security Officer, CPC Moscow CPC press service office:

Alignment meetings similar to one that was held in Elista allow the staff members of the CPC Security Offshore and onshore who are dispersed over the pipeline system from Tengiz to Novorossiysk to gather together and productively discuss the Security Department’s THE CONSORTIUM ANNUALLY CONDUCTS NO FEWER THAN 10 aims and objectives which are determined by the LARGE-SCALE OIL SPILL RESPONSE AND FIRE-FIGHTING DRILLS TO challenging crime situation in the southern regions of the RF, as well as by diversionary and terrorist ENSURE READINESS FOR PROMPT REMEDIAL ACTION IN ANY ES threats relating to objects of fuel and energy (emergency situation). complex and transport

integrity monitoring, as well as information, control of actions at In addition to the existing methods g., 21 May 2019 saw compre- containment booms, 450 m of coastal of Novorossiysk immediately sent out the most commonly used methods guard posts and emergency response of safeguarding an oil pipeline, some hensive drills conducted off- containment booms, 15 oil-skimming ships with OSR equipment. The ships and algorithms of actions for order was discussed. additional practices based on innovative E. shore around the CPC Marine systems with a total capacity of 635 m³/ promptly set up six oil-gathering units. preventing IT consequences. A separate subject for discussion and technically challenging solutions Terminal. Their purpose was hour, as well as different types of oil The search and rescue personnel de- During the subsequent days was execution of the essential rules using lie detectors, site surveillance to practise coordination between the spill response (OSR) equipment. ployed offshore and coastal booms, of the alignment meeting, some accepted at CPC and the requirements and control of actions by quadcopters teams and facilities of CPC and con- A sitrep at 10:07 identified a drill oil oil-skimming systems and containers practical trainings were held at 896– tractors in dealing with the largest oil slick off SPM (Single Point Mooring)-2. for collected oil. And as early as at 941 km of the CPC linear pipeline spills envisioned. Tanker loading was suspended for drill 13:12 the drill participants completed section and at PS-2 the main goal The employees of the Security Department The drills involved over 150 re- purposes. The auxiliary ship harbour of the measures to contain and clean up of which was elaboration of unified sponders, 19 craft, 1.2 km of marine the CPC Marine Terminal and the port the offshore oil spill. approaches to arrangement of have highly appreciated the event safeguarding the oil pipeline and CPC’s facilities. Moreover, the practical aspects of arranging the for occupational safety and health, and GLONASS tracking equipment activities of roving patrols, foot industrial safety and environmental have been envisaged within the patrols, mobile raid patrols, static safety (HSE). Head of the Security framework of the alignment meeting. and additional posts were worked Department has organized and Summarizing the event, the out to the last detail. Particular conducted the workshop on this employees of the Security Department attention was paid to arrangement matter with attending contractor were solid in their feelings: they of a rapid response service; and representatives responsible for have highly appreciated the event an optimal algorithm for recording safekeeping in the CPC Central and noticed the necessity of regular and timely supplying of incident region. carrying out similar meetings.

Alexey Senchenko, Physical Security Manager, CPC:

At present, the role of FEC companies’ security departments and security structures in the struggle against terrorist threats reasonably increases, and their active participation in maintenance The drills involved of public security upon lawful and legally sound principles is more than an essential element of implementing the system of government measures aimed at counterterrorism, non-admission of unlawful interference acts and prevention of illegal tapping into mainline pipelines of the RF 50responders 20 ANNIVERSARY CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 ANNIVERSARY 21

Since 2001 STARSTROY has been CPC-R’s main maintenance Source: press service of LLC STARSTROY

such as Rosneft Oil Company, PJSC LUKOIL, PJSC Bashneft, etc. Wher- ever our experts and personnel were deployed, the customers praised their 20 years process safety awareness, safe prac- tices and workmanship. The company was set up and operates as a maintenance service of successful provider for oil and gas facilities. Since 2001 STARSTROY has been CPC-R’s main maintenance, repair partnership and emergency response contrac- tor for the Russian section of the Tengiz–Novorossiysk oil pipeline, with CPC and until 2018 we also successfully served in that capacity on the Ka- zakhstan section of the oil pipeline. Our personnel involved in pro- viding maintenance service for the CPC’s facilities have the greatest 2019 IS AN ANNIVERSARY YEAR FOR LLC STARSTROY, ONE OF THE KEY a plethora of construction, includ- ing global, international projects. Its The company has delivered A WHOLE CONTRACTORS OF THE CASPIAN PIPELINE first and flagship project was to build CONSORTIUM. BORIS ZABULDIN, THE facilities for the oil pipeline system raft of construction projects COMPANY’S GENERAL DIRECTOR, TALKS of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium within the Russian Federation. The in two decades ABOUT ITS HISTORY AND PRESENT DAY construction projects, such as the Tengiz–Novorossiysk oil pipeline, pumping stations and the Marine Terminal of CPC were complet- ed in a short space of time and with excellent workmanship. This was made possible 15 March 1999 JSC Glo- Mukhamedov, the thanks to the concerted balstroy Engineering first General Di- effort of professionals On (Moscow, Russia) and rector of the in design, construction Bouygues Offshore (Paris, Company. The and operation of crude- France) set up an international joint venture was oil pipeline transport venture in a bid to pool the exper- a timely one facilities. tise of Russian and foreign partners because in the LLC STARSTROY’s in construction, service and main- late 90s there milestones are marked tenance of oil and gas facilities in were no con- by its contributions to Russia and elsewhere. LLC STAR- tractors in the post-So- the Blue Stream projects STROY is a brainchild of Serik Ra- viet space capable of build- and the Sakhalin-2 interna- khmetov, Chairman of the Board of ing facilities to international tional project, as well as to Directors of JSC GSI (Globalstroy specifications and standards mechanical installation works Engineering), Jean-Pierre Vurpil- for foreign project owners. for the refurbishment and over- lot, Head of the Russian Branch For over two decades the haul of petrochemical plants and of Bouygues Offshore, and Feliks company has implemented oil refineries of national champions, 22 ANNIVERSARY CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 ENVIRONMENT 23

expertise, a proven track record and and mechanical – that provide the PS remaining on stream, together all the necessary tools and equip- requisite diagnostic measurements with the equipment manufactur- ment. All along the oil pipeline are and equipment checks. The labora- ing companies – Siemens, Flow­ CPC press service serve and Schneider Electric. Also, STARSTROY personnel was tasked with connecting all the new-builds The company played a major role to the existing utilities as well as Save and preserve in CPC’s Expansion Project with start-up and commissioning of the new PSs. All CPC’s facilities that came on stream as part of the AT THE END OF MAY 2019 ASTRAKHAN OBLAST HOSTED POST- Expansion Project were accepted by IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW OF “SAVE THE HOMELAND’S field service depots, which house, tories have cutting-edge measure- us into maintenance service. apart from service functions, the ment and test instruments, as well The wealth of experience gained ENVIRONMENT” TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION equipment and vehicles needed as vehicles. by the team of LLC STARSTROY PROJECT for prompt response to any acci- STARSTROY has construction over the last 20 years, and specif- dent and for oil spill containment units, which take part in construc- ically in its relationship with CPC, and clean-up both offshore and tion and refurbishment of oil pipe- allows the company to be optimistic onshore. The exercises and drills line infrastructure. The company of the future and to conquer new CPC has been running the sturgeons from the mooring berth production facilities. The children regularly held by CPC-R all along has been taking an active part in heights. I hope that our team’s ex- project for a fourth year now of CaspNIRKh’s base — every were offered 30 demo classes at the oil pipeline demonstrate the expanding CPC-R’s facilities since pertise will be sought after for years – in the region with support child could accomplish a pleasant 10 schools on the theme: “The high preparedness level of the 2015. Specifically, this means mod- to come. from the Caspian Fisheries mission by releasing their “own” sturgeon is an ancient fish, dating personnel and well-oiled team- ernization of pump packages of the Research Institute (CaspNIRKh). baby sturgeon into the environment back to the age of dinosaurs. Let us work of units. Atyrau PS and the Komsomolskaya The festivities to mark the by hand. That was followed by a save it for posterity”. In each of its footprint regions, PS in an attempt to increase through- BORIS ZABULDIN, project’s completion were competition award presentation The children were able to express CPC has set up dedicated labora- put. The work was performed on the GENERAL DIRECTOR, attended by representatives and a gala concert. their creativity in the competition for tories – metrological, electrical equipment in operation, with the LLC STARSTROY from CPC and CaspNIRKh, the Apart from the practical objective the best environmental promotion government of Astrakhan Oblast of increasing the population of content in the following categories and Rosrybolovstvo Russian Federal rare sturgeon fish, the Save the “Promotion Team”, “Picture (poster, Nikolay Gorban, Agency for Fisheries, and, last but Homeland’s Environment project has leaflet)” and “Functional Art”. CPC General Director: not least, the winners of children’s an important educational mission, 27 entries were declared winners, creativity competition, educators teaching the younger generation to and their authors received valuable It is noteworthy that the Caspian Pipeline Consortium was among the and parents. Traditionally, the take care of wildlife and instilling gifts from CPC. first customers of LLC STARSTROY, incorporated in 1999 to implement de- event kicked off with a ceremony environmental awareness in The following day CaspNIRKh’s sign, construction and maintenance solutions for oil and gas facilities. of releasing young Russian children. This year the project’s research ship set out for a deltaic Having completed all turnkey construction projects for CPC’s oil pipe- educational component was staged area where 1,700 young Russian line system, the company undertook to provide maintenance, repair and in the Kharabalinsky, Yenotayevsky, sturgeons with an average weight emergency response services for them. Limansky, Narimanovsky and of about 500 g were released in Since 2013 the STARSTROY team has been playing a major role in imple- Krasnoyarsky Districts of Astrakhan their habitat as part of CPC’s charity menting the Tengiz–Novorossiysk Expansion Project, making a strong Oblast , which accommodate CPC’s programme. contribution to its success as part of its international team. STARSTROY today is a reliable service provider with a proven record as a general maintenance contractor for CPC’s oil pipeline, and this re- lationship has withstood the test of time. Addressing all production issues as a team, we are confident that in any situation we can rely on the professionalism, vast experience and conscientiousness of our col- leagues, and that means a lot. The company’s professional reputation in the industry is shaped by a multitude of factors, and all of them are covered by STARSTROY, which adheres to global quality standards. I congratulate the company’s management and staff on its 20th anniversary. May you keep your momentum and go from strength to strength! 24 THE WAY IT WAS CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 IN BRIEF 25

region and the CPC management. AUTHOR The parties discussed aspects of the PAVEL KRETOV company’s current operations and the Relationship implementation of an extensive social programme in 2019. “CPC is a reliable community- continues In Astrakhan focused partner of Astrakhan Oblast. We find important all your projects – to preserve the environment, promote ON 3 July 2019 CPC’s Moscow office and improve medicine and culture, was used to sign a contract for land support young people… We are grateful to you for that and looking maintenance of gas turbine plants ON 8 JULY 2019 CPC GENERAL DIRECTOR NIKOLAy GORBAN AND forward to a long relationship!” and supply of spare parts between CPC IGOR BABUSHKIN, ACTING GOVERNOR OF ASTRAKHAN OBLAST, said Governor of the Region Igor Babushkin. and Siemens OPENED CPC’S NEW OFFICE IN ASTRAKHAN The relationship between the international Consortium and Astrakhan Oblast dates back more than 20 years, during which CPC, apart he inauguration ceremony The renovations at the new ceremony. “I hope our team will be from ensuring the effective and safe was attended by the heads office space were completed on a happy with the spacious building, operation of its industrial facilities, T of relevant ministries and tight schedule, starting in December cosy rooms, good air conditioning and has been sponsoring the region’s representatives from oil and 2018 and ending in May 2019. Here, the comfortable work environment.” social development. In the period gas companies of Astrakhan Oblast. everything has been done according The newly moved-in occupants were from 1998 to 2018 the Consortium The office with a total floor area of to modern international and Russian warmly congratulated by Igor Babushkin, donated some 900 million rbl in 3.6 thou. m² is now home to 113 employees workplace safety standards. Acting Governor of Astrakhan Oblast. total for various charity projects and of the Consortium. CPC’s business units “This is the office we’ve long been It is noteworthy that it was the new programmes in Astrakhan Oblast. in the Central Region used to be housed waiting for!”said CPC General Director office that hosted the first work And this relationship is still very separately in two old buildings. Nikolay Gorban at the unveiling meeting between the head of the much alive now.

Astrakhan Oblast is crossed by more than 200 km of the Tengiz–Novorossiysk oil pipeline; the region is home to CPC’s three pump stations: Astrakhanskaya, A-PS-4A and A-PS-5A ignatures to the document The Siemens equipment were affixed by CPC supplied under the contracts in S General Director Nikolay place for the construction of CPC’s Gorban, President of system and implementation of the Siemens in Russia Aleksandr Expansion Project is being used Liberov and president of by CPC’s crude oil transportation Siemens in Kazakhstan Audris facilities in Astrakhan Oblast, Bartsyavichyus. The contract in the Republic of Kalmykia and covers 5 years. in Krasnodar Krai, as well as in The German group and Kazakhstan. the international Consortium The Siemens Group operates in partnered as early as at the turn 190+ countries all over the world in of the century, at the start of the a wide spectrum of fields: electrical Tengiz–Novorossiysk pipeline engineering, consumer electronics, system construction project. power equipment, transport, medical Their relationship continued in equipment and lighting technology, the context of the CPC Expansion as well as rendering of specialized Project in 2010–2017. services. 26 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 27

epoxy insulation damages in sections of our oil pipeline as well. CPC press service FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE LLC GazpromVNIIGAZ’s report “The laboratory and bench tests of anodic Corrosion earth electrodes. The features of the tests on the basis of electrode materials” the methods of testing the above electrodes are described. Control: Using these methods allows checking the quality of anode materials from different manufacturers which is International considered when choosing a supplier of materials. In the report of our Far-Eastern Experience workfellows from Marine State University named after Admiral G.I. Nevelskiy it IN MAY 2019, THE INTERNATIONAL is proposed to utilize solar panels with CONFERENCE “CORROSION IN OIL a controlled voltage converter instead of the well-known protection circuits AND GAS INDUSTRY” WAS HELD IN using protectors or cathodic protection SAINT PETERSBURG. THE EVENT WAS stations. The feature of this protection method is based on the property ORGANIZED BY PETER THE GREAT SAINT of forming saline cathode deposits PETERSBURG STATE POLYTECHNICAL from calcium carbonate CaCO3 and magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2 on a UNIVERSITY steel surface in sea water. These salts have good protection properties and are able to obstruct the process of corrosion attack.

or the first time in Russia, the conference, and we asked him GazpromVNIIGAZ’s report “Influence pipeline) the process of insulation NACE International (National to share his impressions. of cathodic polarization over the peeling may develop in course of The report of the CPC F Association of Corrosion “Within the last 5 years, our properties of epoxy powder coatings time, if pipe wall temperature is representative arose a keen Engineers) and EFC (European operating service began to detect at point impact loads with various higher than 40°С. If this temperature Federation of Corrosion) acted as damages of epoxy insulation on intensity” is of practical interest. is lower, peeling does not appear. interest among the audience co-organizers of the conference. the Stavropol Territory pipeline The report describes the tests of Therefore, the experimental data Gazprom, Transneft, and Lukoil section,” Oleg Andreev started telling. an epoxy insulation coating under of our workfellows answered the became the sponsors and participants. “Such places are identified by the the influence of various external question about the reasons of

GETTING TO THE TRUTH CPC was represented at the conference by Oleg Andreev, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Senior Electrochemical Protection State Polytechnical University Engineer of the Western region. He gave the talk called “The acted as the organizer cathodic protection system over the Tengiz – Novorossiysk pipeline section. Experience, problems, special instruments when regular factors, such as temperature, series solutions” that arose a keen interest examining the earth’s surface above of mechanical actions, and cathodic among our workfellows from LLC a pipeline. After each uncovering polarization. On the results of the GazpromVNIIGAZ, Salym Petroleum, the ground, a local swelling-up experiments an important conclusion and De Nora. For his part, our of insulation and its peeling were was drawn that in places with shallow colleague has picked up some useful revealed on the pipeline. In this impact damages of insulation (which experience of other companies at context, the information from LLC could occur while constructing a 28 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 29

CORROSION AND BUSINESS There were the 10 parallel-working sections and 3 alignment meetings at the conference, and the problems of corrosion in oil processing, pipeline transportation, oil and gas recovery, and maritime industry were considered. Some reports on corrosion protection, as well as theoretical and scientific author insights on the mechanisms of this Oleg Andreev, phenomenon have been presented. Senior ECP Engineer of the CPC Western region The prospective trends in theory and practice of corrosion protection were addressed at the sections on corrosion monitoring, The Cornerstone at the NACE alignment meetings on certification and training, and at

monitoring system enables to decrease in Reliable Operation The 10 sections and 3 alignment financial losses caused by corrosion attacks and increase the reliability meetings were conducted of a business. of MLPs at the conference LUXURY OF COMMUNICATION THE MATTERS OF MATERIALS WORKING ABILITY ARE THE In the opinion of Oleg Andreev, CORNERSTONE IN THE PROVISION OF RELIABLE OPERATION the NACE Technical Coordination management evolvement at modern professional growth is unthinkable Committee alignment meeting. In the large enterprises is evident today, without exchange of best practices OF OIL-AND-GAS INFRASTRUCTURE OBJECTS reports of D.Е. Greenfield, М. Diaz since, according to the specialists’ with colleagues; it is possible only and А. Groysman the importance of research, the disbenefit of the states in an environment of experts. developing a corrosion management around the world from corrosion “No constructive communication international standard is emphasized amounts to 2-4% of their aggregate with participants in the conference оррCorrosion is one of the that passes through the Stavropol 11 devices for protecting the pipeline by the International Organization for national incomes. As one of the experts would not have been possible without main causes of equipment and Krasnodar Territories and has against induced alternating current; Standardization (ISO). Evolving the said at the conference, “If you don’t knowledge of English,” Oleg Andreev К reliability reduction. Here five pump stations. 825 metering operation centers; system designed to train experts on manage corrosion, corrosion manages emphasized in conclusion. “Since we will review in historical The cathodic protection system solid-state polarized devices (PCR corrosion and the standardization you.” D.E. Greenfield, President October last year, I was actively and practical contexts the measures of the Western region comprises x 19, PCRH x 20) at block valve of norms and regulations in the of NACE International, held the learning English according to a unique that are taken at CPC to protect the following objects: stations; area of corrosion, NACE offers to presentation of Impact Plus software proprietary methodology by Alina the equipment from impacts of At the linear pipeline section: 79 corrosion rate sensors. use its own training programs and environment, from which it follows Ramanchik via Skype and ВК. With aggressive environment through 20 cathodic protection units At the five pump stations: centers. The necessity of corrosion that introduction of a corrosion that, my teacher could be in London, the example of the Western region. (CPU); 17 cathodic protection units; Moscow or Klaipeda, while I could 105 ground protection units (GPU) 15 ground protection units; be in Krasnodar, Ipatov, Stavropol or OUR PROTECTION SYSTEM in walking tunnels under roads 34 electrical insulating joints and Novorossiysk. The learning process The area of responsibility of the and railways; flanges; was not discontinued, and already CPC Western region covers the 42 ground protection units at 208 metering operation centers; within the first three months the 952-1,495 km oil pipeline section block valve stations; 77 corrosion rate sensors. language barrier was dismantled and free communication skills were acquired. The second stage was immersion into the language structure, i.e. tenses, sentence formation, etc. Simultaneously I was working upon the articulation and pronunciation. As a result, I was able to communicate with my foreign workfellows freely and unhesitatingly at the conference, getting information straight from the source.” 30 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 31

A block valve station in the linear portion

IMPROVING ECP The initial stage of operating any oil pipeline involves elimination of revealed design and structural defects. And CPC is no exception in this regard. During examining the electrochemical protection (ECP) system in 2003, it was discovered that the 15 cathodic protection units commissioned a year earlier were not enough. The reason was that the tubes used in the pipeline section on the pipeline is inside the grounding decrease; but this result did not points were commissioned at the In the Western region the works Solid-state units PCR the Stavropol Territory had a factory contour of every block valve station. satisfy the experts. block valve stations in 2010. It was started from PS-6. Building of the and PCRH at a block epoxy coating with insufficient Such design solution has led to partial at the same time when 5 cathodic two new tanks with capacity of valve station insulation resistance. Therefore, in shielding of current distribution FURTHER STEPS protection units were reconstructed 50,000 m3 each and the pipeline 2004, another 5 cathodic protection along the oil pipeline by protective For more effective CPU current with increasing the distance between system has required to build two units were built. Meanwhile, from grounding. This unwanted influence distribution, a two-component the anode groundbed and the oil additional CPUs with the anode 2004 to 2007, the insulation itself is strengthened due to the fact that polyurethane insulation coating was pipeline from 130 to 400-700 m. groundbeds of the expanded type was being repaired. during construction of grounding applied to the horizontal sections Accordingly, new anode beds were made of an oil-petrol-resistant According to the project, all devices at our block valve stations of underground earthing, which built. It allowed us to increase the electrically conductive elastomer. rectifiers of cathodic protection and PSs copper was utilized. For required uncovering a 30-35 m long length of protection areas for the In 2012, we started building PS- upon completion of building the units were mounted in containers example, at the 952-1,193 km section’s earthing section. The earthing section units, as well as the uniformity of 7 and PS-4. There was only one CPU PSs, during due diligence of the ECP with electric equipment and located block valve stations the portion of selected for insulation was located potential distribution. in the first draft of these stations. The systems in 2016-17. According to the at block valve stations, and the point current passing through grounding at half a meter from the oil pipeline absence of a standby unit was deemed measurement results, safety of the of cathodic cable connection to amounted to 25-62% of the rectifier and underlaid parallel to it. Such CROSSINGS WITH OHPLs inadmissible in terms of operation, underground process pipelines has solution enabled us to increase the As a result of evolving the electricity and the second CPU was added to been assured to the full extent. potential at block valve stations by supply system in the Stavropol and the project. The anode groundbeds 100-200 mV whilst decreasing the Krasnodar Territories, 8 new crossings were made of “MENDELEEVETS”-MKG UNDER THE RELIABLE The area of rectifier output current by 25-50%. of the pipeline with 110-500 kV OHPLs sections on the outside of PS areas. PROTECTION responsibility of the 952– Applying the insulation to the buses have appeared within 13 years. The In 2013, we started building PS- In 2018-2019, the condition of the CPC Western region — did not influence much over the pressure of electrified transport 5 and PS-8. There were already two ECP system and oil pipeline insulation covers the oil total resistance to earthing current duties has also been enhanced. CPUs in the projects of these PSs. coating was surveyed. The drawn pipeline section 1,495 Кm spreading. The soil resistance in In 2013, a research was carried out However, during commissioning of conclusions confirmed the high the pipeline section routed on the with the aim of evaluating the influence PS-4 it was revealed that the power quality of the polyethylene and Stavropol Territory amounts to 8-35 of alternating current sources over of two units was not enough for epoxy factory coatings. However, Ω•m, and upon performing the works the oil pipeline’s rustproofing. Based providing the designed potential. The even in the absence of insulation output current. The root cause the resistance to earthing current on the research findings, groundings reason lies in a low soil resistance faults, the resistance of the oil of such current distribution was spreading does not exceed 1.5 Ω. at 11 crossings with high-voltage lines and influence of a copper grounding pipeline insulation coating gradually the absence of a non-conductive Another resulting plus point is a with devices diverting alternating over cathodic current distribution. decreases. For improving the quality element between the pipeline and more uniform potential distribution voltage from the oil pipeline were For remediation of the situation the of anticorrosive protection, it the electric drive of gate valves. along the oil pipeline. The difference built. In 2016, the efficiency of the third CPU was mounted on PS-4 and has been recommended that by We have managed to increase the between minimum and maximum built devices was estimated and it was PS-5. In order to deliver a cathodic 2022 in the CPC Western region efficiency of the cathodic protection potential values has decreased from concluded that another 12 devices current spread area, three additional responsibility area 5 new CPUs unit (CPU) by using the solid-state 0.49 to 0.36 V. had to be built. 25 m deep anode earthing pits were should be commissioned to assure The device for polarized devices, which allowed Initially potential monitoring over fitted using eight “MENDELEEVETS”- overlapping of cathode current protecting the oil us to increase the potential in the the 543 km long MLP section according AT NEW PUMP STATIONS MKG sections at all four new PSs. protective zones and redundancy of pipeline against induced sections of block valve stations to SCADA system covered only 20 In 2011, the works to increase The implementation of alterations the protection system in emergency alternating current by 50-150 mV at a little current CPUs, but 21 additional monitoring capacities of the CPC system started. made to the projects was checked cases. 32 THANKS TO CPC CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 THANKS TO CPC 33

author pavel kretov House warming in Izobilny

in MID-MAY 2019 A NEW DISTRICT CHILDREN’S HEALTH CENTRE OPENED IN THE TOWN OF IZOBILNY, STAVROPOL KRAI. THAT BECAME A MILEPOST FOR A DISTRICT WITH A POPULATION OF 100 THOUSAND, ONE IN FIVE OF WHOM IS IN THE YOUNG BRACKET

WHEN YOU ARE TREATED IN everything to prevent this from af- geon, ophthalmologist and psy- tool for detecting pathologies their first time at the new health COMFORT fecting the quality of medical ser- chiatrist, an ultrasound room etc. even in those children who have centre, and they were happy to talk For many a years, little patients in vices rendered,” said Tatiana Khiry- The health centre is designed no specific complaints,” said about their impressions. At the unveiling ceremony the town of Izobilny were treated in anova, Chief Physician at the Izo- for 150-200 visits per day, which is Yelena Bliznyuk, an ultrasound “What our health centre is now of the district children’s an old building, a former kindergar- bilny district hospital. enough to meet local demand. diagnostician. is beyond all comparison with what health centre in town of ten repurposed as a medical facility. The new health centre, funded “Every year we do a thorough Outside the US room, the CPC we had before. It is a pleasant en- Izobilny, Mikhail Grishankov, “To be sure, the conditions by CPC to the tune of 63+ million annual physical examination of Panorama correspondents talked to vironment for grown-ups and chil- deputy general director were not ideal, but the team did rbl., has delivered a whole new children, which enables us to iden- the health centre visitors – local dren alike. What is also import- of CPC, reminded that in level of comfort for in-patients tify the slightest developmen- resident Alla Paramonova and her ant is that our doctors have great the last five years only the and working conditions for the tal irregularities in children. And granddaughter Nastya. That was tools. And we are very grateful international Consortium medical personnel. The beau- while in the old building it took had provided 330 million tiful modern two-storey build- us 10 days to complete the exam- roubles for the public health ing with a total floor area of ination, in the new one, because service system of Stavropol 1.5 thou. m² comfortably houses the equipment and the laboratory Krai. This mutually beneficial the sections of paediatrics, are at the same location, it only relationship is certain to specialist medical care, takes us three,” explained Yelena continue restorative treatment, Shvetsova, Chief Paediatrician of diagnostics and radiol- the Izobilny district. ogy, as well as a labo- About the equipment, by the ratory and the offices way. The state-of-the-art medical of neurologist, ENT equipment for the Children’s Health specialist, Centre in the Izobilny district cost orthopae- 15.5 million rbl., 12.5 million of which for this to CPC, the territorial and d i s t , was provided by the Caspian Pipe- district authorities,” opined Alla sur- line Consortium. Paramonova. “The equipment is great! We The health centre building hous- have been using it for three years es a 25-bed day hospital. Little pa- now, and we are on cloud nine. tients and their mummies are ac- CPC donated us two stationary commodated in large single- and and one portable ultrasound ma- two-bed rooms full of light and chines. We use the portable one furnished with all necessities, such for screening children in rural ar- as convenient furniture, WC units, eas. The machines are an effective call-button panels, etc. 34 THANKS TO CPC CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 THANKS TO CPC 35

it. The CPC Panorama correspon- dents were shown the vehicles by the paramedics Inna Denisova and author Yelena Frunze and by the driver pavel kretov Aleksandr Yeremenko. “Like any ambulance station, we have a lot of work: 15-20 am- bulance calls per day. Four crews “Victoria” means are on duty during the day, and at night, when the health centre is closed, and there are more calls, “Victory” the fifth one joins them,” said In- na Denisova. The crew praised the vehicle THE SPORTS SCHOOL OF HERO CITY NOVOROSSIYSK HAS for its reliable engine, comfort- GRADUATED MORE THAN ONE GENERATION OF SPORTING able cabin and, naturally, a com- plete set of requisite equipment, LEGENDS singling out the design of the stretchers, which the paramedics find easier to carry, a user-friendly portable oxygen cylinder, and the heating system. “A number of months ago we had to assist with a complicated delivery on board. It was winter, A and the good heating system in the cabin was a key factor in the successful outcome,” recalled Ye- lena Frunze. The health centrе building houses “The ambulances travel up to 200 km per shift and have not let -BED hospital 25 us down once. For our part, we also try to do our bit: provide mainte- “In compliance with all sani- both adults and children of the nance on a regular basis and replace tation and hygiene standards, we district. Two years ago the CPC consumables time,” said Aleksandr have done our best to make the donated new ambulance cars to Yeremenko. health centre as comfortable as one’s home,” said Lyudmila Ga- mayunova,Head of the Children’s Health Centre. “A mother stay- ing here with her child can feed and bathe it at any time. There is a lift, and she needn’t carry her child up and down the stairs. It o date, Pobeda (Victory) CPC ALLOCATED OVER is also convenient that the out- has an enrolment of more FOR ALL THE WORKS patient department is downstairs T than 1.2 thou. children and and the hospital upstairs: there’s teenagers in nine sports. Over MILLION rubles no need to go out; if need be, any the last six years the school has been equipment can be moved upstairs headed by Vitaly Pakholkin, doubling 5 as necessary and carry out all as Chairman of the Novorossiysk medical procedures.” Athletics Federation. were built and donated to the sports CPC allocated 51+ million rbl for the “In the last 30-plus years our school by CPC in 2018,» says Vitaly construction projects, including design. MOBILE AMBULANCE city has not seen construction from Pakholkin. Next door to the Children’s scratch of major sports facilities, The Children’s Tennis Centre and OUR ARCHERS ARE THE BEST! Health Centre is the ambulance such as Children’s Tennis Centre and Pobeda centre construction projects The archery centre is training department, which services the Pobeda Archery Centre, which were started in late December 2017. 214 archers. This is the only facility 36 THANKS TO CPC CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 THANKS TO CPC 37

of this nature in the European part At the children’s tennis The Pobeda centre and the of the country. It would not be centre, the young players Children’s Tennis Centre sit in the much of an exaggeration to say that received two outdoor and most densely populated areas of nowhere is Russia is anything like two indoor tennis courts Novorossiysk, home to some 70 thou. that yet: there is an archery range from CPC people. And this is instrumental in the village of Tashir in Buryatia, in making sports available for all. but it can hardly be called a centre – “I was brought to the tennis Buryat archers train indoors and centre last year by my mum,” says outdoors at different locations. 10-year-old Sonia Shavelnikova, The news of the Pobeda centre’s it looks like nothing can distract taking a few seconds off her training. opening has spread throughout the girl from her training. Not far “I haven’t bested anybody yet, sporting Russia, with enquiries now off, wearing a heavy parka and but I can already use my racket coming from the remotest corners of watching his trainee in action is real good!” the country about holding archery Yevgeny Gogunov, Master of Sports, meets in Novorossiysk. coach and sports psychologist. ON HOME TURF AND “Our archers are the best in “Archery is not a kind sport,” ELSEWHERE Krasnodar Krai. The Pobeda sports he explains. “Neither snow, nor CPC Panorama correspondents were school is used by 8 international rain, nor wind is a reason to can- also asked by representatives from Masters of Sports and 17 Candidate cel competitions; they are only the golf section of the Pobeda Sports Masters,” says Tatiana Butunova, postponed if wind gusts knock School to pass on their thanks to Meritorious Coach of the Russian down targets. A good archer must the team and shareholders of the Federation and a member of the be ready for anything!” international Consortium. The crude coaching staff of the RF Paralympic Victoria, whose name, transmission professionals donated Team. Among her trainees are incidentally, means “victory”, to the school two Toyota Hiace many Paralympic athletes, world is a good archer. She’s been people carriers, which the young and European champions. If all shooting for players use for comfortable travel to goes well, Tatiana Butunova will a mere three the golf club, some 25 km from the take Yevgeny Khudaiberdiyev to years, but town, and to competition venues. the next Paralympic Games. In the has already “We train 50 children aged 10 and Russian championship, hosted by medalled at older. The Pobeda sports school the town of Aleksin, Tula Oblast, major Russian is the only one in the territory in March 2019, the 17-year-old and international that has its own golf section, so won bronze, qualified as Master competitions. our trainees are the backbone of of Sports of Russia and made the “I know many Russian national team, which started training and foreign sportspersons, for the European Championship. but I have no idols in sports: “I THANK MY FORTUNE In April 2019 Yevgeny won the I’d like to become an idol my- AND THE CONSORTIUM” Russian championship that took self for somebody!” Victoria At the Children’s Tennis Centre, the Our archers are the best place in Alushta and got a ticket says smiling. young tennis players received from in Krasnodar Krai to the World Cup in Holland. It CPC two outdoor and two indoor iswhere the battle for national hardcourts, built to the current quotas for the 2020 Paralympic requirements and standards. The Games will unfold. centre can accommodate up to 30 “I train every day at the indoor tennis players training at the same The tennis centre was designed the state golf team,” emphasizes archery range. It is a great facility; time, with up to 125 children using in compliance with all European Sergey Tikhonov, Vice-Principal you can shoot (here) 18 m farther it on a daily basis. standards and requirements. The of the Pobeda Sports School for than at the range we used before. “For 20 years I’ve dreamt that locker rooms have hot and cold Sports Activities. Next to it is an outdoor range,” one day I would train in such a water and disabled access. Kuban players have already says Yevgeny. great facility. We have an excellent In wintertime, children from made a name for themselves There, shooting arrow after arrow low-maintenance surface, and all over Krasnodar Krai come at the national level in Russia. and hitting the bull’s eye every great lighting: you can easily see to Novorossiysk for training. In 2018 the team won fourth time, Victoria Gradinar, Candidate the ball. Every day when I enter Experts believe that the new- place at the National Games Master of Sports, trains. It is chilly this space, I see the CPC flag build sports facility is likely of Russia. The team has been and drizzly outside (the CPC and I thank my fortune and the to put Novorossiysk second consistently ranked in the top Panorama correspondents visited Consortium,” admits tennis coach to only Sochi’s tennis centre five, competing against titled the centre in mid-February), but Sergey Kargalov. in Kuban. rivals from Moscow. 38 PROFESSIONALS CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 PROFESSIONALS 39

author Aina Zhetpisbayeva

Viktor Sutyagin: “I am happy that CPC wants my contribution”

CPC IS A REPUTED MULTINATIONAL. THE CREDIT UNDOUBTEDLY GOES TO iktor Sutyagin is a veteran of now NGDU ZhayikMunayGas, where Maintenance Manager, and Boris the oil transmission industry, I rose through the ranks from well Viktorovich Sviridov, Chief Operating THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH THE V with 18+ years in the CPC workover foreman to shift supervisor Officer of the company, invited me PIPELINE GIANT SINCE ITS INFANCY system and high awards of the Process Engineering Service. In to come back to Atyrau. At that time, AND INSTRUMENTAL IN ITS CURRENT from the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1976, by order of Embaneft’s General I still had no place of my own in such as the Orders of Kurmet and Director, I was transferred to the Oil Astrakhan and was happy to return SUCCESSES. AMONG THEM IS VIKTOR Dostyk, as well as the badge of Pipeline Directorate (subsequently to my homeland. My colleagues SUTYAGIN Honoured Oil and Gas Industry the Western-Kazakhstan Oil Pipeline joked that the ancestral land had Worker. For many years Viktor Directorate of Glavtransneft). It was not given me leave to depart. Since Sutyagin worked as Operations the event that started my career in then I’ve been working in CPC’s and Maintenance (O&M) Manager crude oil pipeline transport. Eastern Region. for CPC’s Eastern Region. This is the current area of responsibility And how did you end up with CPC? You are a member of a dynasty of of our aksakal, who is now an In December 2000 reorganization petroleum workers. Please tell us independent service provider. It was in progress at PO (Industrial about your family background. was interesting to talk to him about Group) Yuznefteprovod, and I was Granddad was a driver for the oil his professional life, his attitude invited to transfer to the central pipeline. Dad is an oilman, with over 40 years on Embaneft’s system in the city of Guryev (now Atyrau). My elder brother Valery was a geologist; he is Viktor Sutyagin has been with now retired and, lives in Russia. My sister, Vera, works for the Western CPC for 18+ years Services Directorate of the contractor KazTransOil. My wife graduated from the Grozny Oil Institute just like me. Having pooled our expertise (she is to his work and colleagues and office of JSC KazTransOil in the a geologist, I am a developer), we much more. city of Astana, but I opted for a job came here as young professionals. with CPC, which was looking for a We have two children. My son, Sergey, How did you begin your career? maintenance manager for the Central is also an oilman; he graduated from In 1972, having graduated Region. That is how I joined CPC’s the Gubkin [Oil Institute]; he now from the Grozny Oil Institute, Astrakhan team. Construction and works at the design institute in the I was assigned to the Embaneft pre-commissioning activities were city of Samara, where he deals with industrial group and sent to then in progress at the facilities of oil production and oil pipelines. My Dossorneft NGDU [oil and gas the Tengiz—Novorossiysk oil pipeline. daughter, Natasha, is with Gazprom. producer], he recalls. — There I In September 2001 CPC’s Eastern I’ve got grandchildren, but I don’t ended up at a new field, Martyshy, Region needed an Operations and spend enough time with them as 40 PROFESSIONALS CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 PROFESSIONALS 41

a grandfather because of my work a new snag that has not been in the schedule, though I try and talk to documentation before, we develop my family whenever I can. a new step-by-step protocol for the staff to respond to such a situation. And what are you like as a team If necessary, revisions are made to player? the design. This is an ongoing effort. Our jobs demand that we do what’s Everybody needs to learn. Should expected of us, no more, no less. a worker retreat into himself and We don’t have the luxury of making limit himself to his current expertise, mistakes, so in the work context he’ll fall behind, overtaken by life I’ve always demanded from myself and industrial processes, which are and colleagues full compliance constantly improving. with workplace discipline and the rules and regulations applicable to What are the challenges of a our profession. Be that as it may, pipeline operator? however, people are not machines. You have a lot of responsibilities: I’ve understood one thing in my some during construction and professional life: you can’t keep commissioning, to be sure, but even taking your subordinates to task. If more during scheduled shutdowns they have made a mistake somewhere, when the equipment is depressurized, it is necessary to try and remedy when you may need to work in the problem by joining forces. Still, fumy environments and you are I probably serve as a peacekeeper responsible for safety. After all, on the team. I find it difficult to nothing is more valuable than the punish an employee — I feel bad health and life of CPC’s personnel for them, probably even more so and contractors. This is where, even CPC is a Western-style impossible to work “starting from than they do for themselves… though we repeat many things year enterprise scratch – each and every time”; after year, my attitude is the same: the human nervous system needs “I am grateful to my destiny for What have you got to show for your we start from scratch – each and a breather. I believe that every age being part of the CPC team” nearly two decades with CPC? every time! Before commencing brings its benefits. My children and CPC is a Western-style enterprise. this or that operation, we do the grandchildren live in Moscow; when Working for the Consortium has same thing: check, double check I go there on business, I sometimes taught me new things, expanded and worry… We are also under can’t find the time even to see them. too: “Why do you, granddad, come my horizons in dealing with work- pressure to complete on schedule: I remember my oldest grandson, when for a day or two only?” That is why, related issues. CPC has a well- we are only given 48 or 72 hours per was about 5, asked his dad, “Daddy, once I’m retired, I plan to spend as coordinated and competent team; shutdown based on the maintenance why can’t you find granddad a job much time as possible with my near the people are aware of their joint plan, and not a minute more! We here? Why does he have to keep and dear ones. global responsibility. I am happy need to meet the schedule without going back and forth?” Well, my that destiny has brought me to this compromising occupational safety, younger grandchildren miss me What about a hobby? rather than any other company, that without incidents. I am a fishing and hunting enthusiast, my expertise is at a premium here, but in recent years I just don’t have and, though past retirement age, I’m Years fly by… Don’t you have time for that. I hope to catch up! still in the saddle. regrets that, try as you might, you’ll have to retire for good one of these You have a number of Young people are part of the team. days? government awards. What did Have you ever found yourself in the It’s nearly time, and I believe that you feel when you received role of a mentor, training, helping, we must make way for the young. them? advising?.. Still, no matter how much you love I felt responsibility. I believe We have an ongoing process of your job, you feel your age. It’s that an award conferred on knowledge transfer. Whatever the this or that person is not issue, teamwork is the answer. We for him, but for his entire hold meetings and situation analyses, team. And I am grateful take action ... And the young people to my destiny for making who come to replace us are always “Once I’m retired, I plan to me part of CPC’s highly in the loop. We do our best to help spend as much time as possible skilled team! them get into their stride. If we hit with my near and dear ones” 42 FOR OILMAN DAY CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 FOR OILMAN DAY 43

creation, not by a long chalk. White matter is NOT ENOUGH! In order Shift supervisor’s author to explain the unexplainable, smart workstation in PS-6’s control Roman Ignatenkо, scientists came up with the idea room. Roman Ignatenko with shift supervisor, PS Kropotkinskaya to call this shortfall «dark mat- PS operator Alexey Petrov ter», and — voilà! – the equation is balanced! Let then my sensa- high calorific value, several times tions and feelings too be the same that of coal’s, has sped up and im- unexplainable, hypothetical com- proved modern civilization sever- ponent — dark matter. This feeling alfold. The world has changed be- is not unlike your awareness of a yond recognition! It has become PHILOSOPHY mighty river flowing somewhere faster, easier, newer! nearby, one you cannot see, but you hear a distant noise, the rum- INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE OF THE WORK ble of its flow. It turned out to be my destiny to be involved in the construction of oil DRIVER OF PROGRESS pipelines in Yakutia and in the Far The energy of fluid, the energy of East. That was an invaluable experi- YOU LOVE flow, the energy of oil… As every- ence — to see how, notwithstanding one knows, energy is the univer- the harsh environment (low tempera- sal measure of various forms of tures, impenetrable swamps, steep IT IS EVENING SHIFT NOW. WITH A matter movement and interaction. mountains, lack of communications FAMILIAR MOVEMENT I ROLL MY CHAIR Permeating pipelines and pumps, and normal accommodation), human accumulating in tanks like in bat- will and commitment, coupled with TO THE WORKSTATION WITH A BANK OF teries that constantly feed the oil discipline, conquer nature! MONITORS pipeline, it envelops me, electri- I will not go too deep into the fies me, giving me the sensation construction challenges, but will of frisson and anticipation. Thou- emphasize that the work of each sands of tonnes per day, millions builder facing such terrible odds of tonnes of oil per year travel is nothing short of heroism. Weld- enter my passwords and see valving action are only reflected in down the PS pipelines, shaking ers, insulators, drivers… Blue-col- a visualization of PS opera- the changing colours on the dis- the equipment and foundations. lar workers and E&T [engineers and I tion appear in front of me: play, increasing or decreasing val- Sped up by the pumps, the man- technicians did their bit every sin- the equipment in operation gle day for the great cause. changes its status; events are being logged; messages pop up and go FOR THE COMMON GOOD away from time to time — it’s busi- The oil river flows Whenever I man the workstation and ness as usual at the station. watch the numbers on the monitors, for some 1,500 km I see in my mind’s eye the entire “DARK MATTER” path travelled by the mighty flow What does my job mean for me? of oil brought up from the bowels How to understand it, how to mea- ues. From where I sit, everything made oil river continues its jour- of the earth and carefully passed on sure? It’s not easy to explain to a is clear, logical, predictable and ney through the pipeline, moving Oil doesn’t fall in your lap, 2011, ESPO-2 (East from station to station, essential- layman what it basically involves. explainable. its energy from station to station. doesn’t fall down like manna from Siberia –Pacific Ocean oil ly from hand to hand! In such mo- You measure the importance and And yet you get an elusive feel- It is carrying its waves over a dis- heaven free of charge, doesn’t flow pipeline), the trunk crude ments you grow aware of the true relevance of your job by its result ing that there’s more to it. There tance of some 1,500 km, which is down the mountains, doesn’t swell pipeline underwater crossing meaning of your profession and the or the process involved: a driv- is a certain something unspoken, a longer than the Rhine, Yenisei and like oceans. Millennia had to pass, over the river Bureya. reason for your excitement … My er who carries people, a baker or feeling you can’t name. The best Northern Dvina! civilization had to experience sev- A souvenir photo with site duty is to safekeep the work of all a builder can describe their role explanation for my musings can But even knowing all of that is eral technological revolutions be- supervisor Yevgeny Meleshko those who invested part of their in a word. What do I do? On the probably be given by invoking the not all that exciting. Any river nor- fore this boon became available to lives and souls in prospecting for, one hand, I am just an observer; theory of white and dark matter. We mally originates in the mountains, man. Oil became one of the most producing, storing and transmitting on the other, an active participant know the mass of the Universe, but upland. Expending its potential en- important minerals of the 20th and and light industries), opened up oil, and downstream in processing and at the same time an indirect the components of white matter, ergy, the water eats through the soil, 21st centuries. Oil and by-products new manufacturing and process- and converting it into various types one.The filling and discharge of which is constituted by the mass making a way for itself and seeking became the driver of land, water ing industries, including synthe- of energy, into a multitude of use- tanks, preparation of equipment for of stars, galaxies and planets, do the path of least resistance to the and air transport (to say nothing of sis of polymers, plastics, rubbers ful things for the well-being of all MTN [maintenance] and efficient not add up to the entirety of the seas and oceans. the chemical, food, pharmaceutical and other valuable materials. Oil’s of mankind! 44 IN MEMORIAM OF A COLLEGUE CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 IN MEMORIAM OF A COLLEGUE 45

t happened outside the office; Aleksey was promptly given author I first aid; an ambulance rushed Konstantin Lemzikov, him to the city hospital in Senior Analyst, Network Monitoring and Security, Novorossiysk, and there was hope Marine Terminal that he would survive... The following day his condition even improved, but on Saturday morning he passed away. Alexey is survived by a wife IF ONLY YOU and three children. I would like to tell everybody what an unusual person he was. For us, the IT crowd, he was Lyokha [a HAD KNOWN HIM!.. short form for Alexey]. Personally, I met him online, on the municipal ON 8 DECEMBER 2018 WE WERE BEREAVED OF LEAD ADMINISTRATOR forum of Novorossiysk. He was the ALEKSEY VIKTOROVICH ZOLOTARYOV, WHO WORKED AT THE CPC MARINE forum’s administrator, whose handle was ‘awful’, and because he was also TERMINAL. HE DIED OF A MASSIVE STROKE SHORTLY AFTER SIGNING OFF LAST number two in the forum’s hierarchy WEDNESDAY and did not seek the limelight, he was also known as Cardinal. Yes, many saw him as Awful Cardinal, mysterious and all-powerful. And that was what Lyokha was in his server room. I met Lyokha in the flesh when interviewing him for the position of technical support engineer. In came a heavyweight in large spectacles; I could see it at a glance: the shirt doesn’t sit right on him, he looks smug, even insolent. He answers the Incidentally, at the first interview response next door, and at the third questions competently, correctly, Lyokha told a story that speaks volumes place the proprietor told Lyokha: reasonably and at the same time as about his personality. His CV said “We have a rush order here; we need if looking down his nose: look here, that he had worked in Cyprus for a to build nine PCs and connect them into a network, and, as luck would have it, all my staff are busy, can you help?” — “You bet!” By the close of We realized that we could never business, the proprietor asked if at least one PC had been completed. find anybody better than him, and “There they are — all nine of them, we never looked back already online”. Later the same day, the PCs were already in place at the customer’s location, and the next day saw Lyokha employed in Cyprus. I’m not a push-over. We didn’t hire year and a half. How come? Well, he Illegally, to be sure, but in the ‘90s him then: on the one hand, he was just went there for a holiday; a few that was normal... overqualified for the job; on the days later, he got bored lying around other, he would find it difficult to on the beach...He went for a walk HE RAN THINGS deal with users, and users with him. around Limassol, saw a computer Lyokha ran everything — at home The next time, however, when we were shop, went in and looked the place and work alike. In his server room, he looking for a server administrator, over. He asked in pidgin English if knew everything inside out, always one more interview made us realize they were hiring. No, we are not, planned everything ahead and knew that we would never find anyone enquire next door. It looked like all what’s what and which server is better than him. And we never hardware vendors in Limassol were better for what than those who used looked back. in the same street... He got the same the server. 46 IN MEMORIAM OF A COLLEGUE CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 IN MEMORIAM OF A COLLEGUE 47

technicians about an issue. While the code, run it and see what happens.” season. Can you imagine, December, all make him seem a slob. But he was others are checking back and preparing And it all worked. snow is flying around, everyone is actually a tidy, organized and prudent their response, Lyokha has already bundling up in jackets and fur coats, professional with unshakeable self- a spreadsheet ready with different HE WAS A WORKAHOLIC and here is Zolotaryov walking to confidence backed by a top-notch data categories highlighted in colour Work took precedence in his life. work, with nothing but a T-shirt on. skill set. He could throw something and final conclusions formulated. Everything else was a distant second. This not because he’s showing off together, but never in a slapdash Nor was it unusual for Lyokha to He worked from morning till night, or because he goes in for winter fashion. write in response to an enquiry: “Is late into the night, in the wee hours, swimming — no, it was just the way this regarding what I sent you last burning the candle at both ends. Ever he liked it. To be sure, if a north- SO WHAT WAS HE LIKE? week? OK, I’ll resend”. so often one would get a message easter was blowing and the wind- “He was like a rock,” recalls from him late at night: “Between chill factor made it feel like –20 C°, Paul Wetterer, former HE WAS WITTY midnight and 4 am, such and such he put on a sweater or windcheater. manager, Technology Department. Lyokha was witty in every sense of server will be down at such and such His relaxed manner, unadorned “He was a true professional, the the word. He liked and knew how URL; I’m doing something there; it look, ostentatious rudeness — it could best admin I knew,” says Ilya Starkov, to be funny, knew a lot of jokes IT manager and Alexey’s line manager. and how to tell them. Ever so often “He was like an ant in glasses — he would come to the room on the intelligent and very industrious,” first floor of the Marine Terminal’s He was sharp-witted, quick to opines Pavel Nagayev, lead email ABK1 block, which houses most of get to the bottom of an issue and administrator, for whom Lyokha set IT and ICT engineers, his one-litre up and maintained servers. mug in his hand. While he was filling propose solutions off the cuff “He was a consummate professional!” It is the consensus And at home … He had his house of regional IT engineers. built by telling the builders what “He was tidy and prudent; to do and how though he was not a will be back online by morning.” He he did his paperwork in builder by training. And he usually Lyokha ran everything — at home would go about some tasks this way: full and on time,” recalls did the bulk of the work himself, and work alike “In the night I’ll be getting Lyudmila Bogdantseva, anyway, helped by his wife and son. the server up and running; document control He simply got to the bottom of while it’s rebooting, I take a specialist, Technology everything as he always did. And he look at your problem.” Department, Marine had ORDER everywhere. Primarily the love of his life. Lyokha treated it with tea, he would tell a joke. And He took care of so much that Terminal. because he had got into the habit his sons harshly, believing that since when the laughter died out, he would three people are now finding it “He was a of doing everything right from the they were not such hulks, the cruel say: “You know, the reason I came… difficult to keep all the servers friend from God,” outset. Sometimes that got him in world would hurt them without fail, remember we couldn’t wrap our up that he used to alone. says Dexter, trouble with the management: told and they needed to build character heads around some thing or another? administrator of “just do it, right now”, he would say, from childhood. Yet he doted on I know how to do it”. And he would PARDON MY FRENCH... the Novorossiysk “no, let me chew it over a bit, and his younger daughter, Alyona. It was propose a number of solutions to Lyokha used choice words to city forum, a then I’ll do it so that it doesn’t have incredible to see such a big macho discuss. And more often than not, emphasize his meaning, to pretty colleague of to be redone”. It normally didn’t take man showing so much tenderness… “I’ve clinched it, check it out” rather up his language with purple patches Zolotaryov him long to figure things out. than “I know how to do it”. or for brevity, but never to insult. at Shipping About order, by the way. What does HE WAS FAST He was sharp-witted, quick to Lyokha had the gift of gab, and some Company. the room of a computer nerd usually Lyokha always raced his second-hand get to the bottom of an issue and of his coinages (not necessarily look like? Wires, gutted computers, right-hand drive Suzuki so that many propose a number of solutions off taboo, but packing a lot of parts, cables, work surfaces all covered people were afraid to let him drive. the cuff. punch) are the first thing that in haphazard piles of electronic He practised no extreme sport, and comes to mind in our team bits and pieces. He had everything even didn’t think much of fitness — HE ALWAYS WENT THE DISTANCE in certain situations. pigeonholed and labelled. Because he was physically gifted by nature. If an issue seemed intractable, it “there must be order” — that was His car was a means to express his would still be sorted out eventually. HE SEEMED A SLOB his motto. love for speed and control, ability “Who the hell, let’s give it a google”, Lyokha put on a shirt to make the right choices fast. He Lyokha would say and have a go at and trousers only HE WAS HOMO DOMESTICUS knew all Road Traffic Rules and never it. His research could take quite in the Moscow Alexey’s life centred on his work. broke the rules, except perhaps the a while, up to several months on office; while at But whatever time he had left after speed limit requirements. and off. He would dig into reams of the Terminal, work he spent with his family. His first Here’s a typical workplace documentation, databases, forums, he wore jeans marriage failed, but when he met his situation: the management makes try various solutions, test, then come and a black second wife, Natasha, she became an enquiry with various department and say: “I’ve thrown together some T-shirt. 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deformation and not breaking off AUTHOR under tension. PAVEL KRETOV The unique qualities of the pipe required the same unique skills from welders. Before being hired, they were required to weld several test joints. If THROUGH the “Great a defect was found in at least one of them, the welder could no longer claim to participate in the construction of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Land” Unique professional requirements led to unique wages for welders, which 45 YEARS AGO, CONSTRUCTION could easily reach $3,000 a week. A letter from a welder which he sent to ON THE FAMOUS TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE BEGAN the editorial office of one of the leading financial magazines in the United States asking how best to handle such money is often recalled as an example. It turned out that an ordinary welder for he construction of the steel outlet of the well was 50°C; at this Valdez began. Construction through a pipeline under construction earned artery was associated with heat the pipeline would inevitably the “Great Land,” as the word “Alaska” more income in a year than a successful T the discovery of new melt the soil, turning it into a swamp, is translated from the aleut language. professional football player. hydrocarbon deposits: depriving the pipeline of support. From May to September 1974, a Japanese pipes were welded to in 1968, Atlantic-Richfield (ARCO) Add to this winter temperatures down road was built for the construction of 18-metre strings and delivered to discovered one of the largest oil to minus 74°C, the lack of roads, the pipeline – the Dalton Highway, the necessary spot in trenches. In total, fields in the Arctic oil and gas three mountain ranges and three along which 29 construction camps welders collected about 100,000 joints. province on the northern slope of active geological faults, including and 14 temporary airfields were The pipeline was constructed Alaska, Prudhoe Bay, with 3.1 billion one of the world’s longest thrust located. Why so many airfields? in the form of a zigzag line, providing tons of oil reserves. faults, Denali. Aviation was actively used in the road the necessary tolerance for tensile Today, the decision to build an oil And the more difficult the task and pipeline construction. There and compression deformations during pipeline from the northern coast of of transporting Alaskan oil to were times when up to 700 flights temperature changes. Underground Alaska to the nearest continental non- foreign markets seemed, the more a day were made. sections of the pipeline were laid at a freezing ports would seem obvious, fantastic solutions were offered by At the same time, 3 million tonnes depth of 2.5 to 5 metres in conventional but it wasn’t so obvious to the leaders engineers. Giant jet tankers, sea ice- of various construction materials were heat-insulated or cooled trenches, of the American oil industry in the breaker tankers, submarine tankers, delivered to Alaska. Along with them, depending on the characteristics of late 1960s. None of the already suspended monorail – this is not a unique 1,200 mm pipe was brought the soil. proven and time-tested technologies even a complete list of bold ideas. from Japan. The thickness of its wall In the permafrost zone, for the construction of pipeline However, when all this futuristic ranged from 12 mm for lowland areas approximately half the length of systems was suitable for the harsh dust dissipated, the construction and up to 15 mm for mountainous areas. the pipeline – about 680 km – was laid natural conditions of the peninsula. of the pipeline turned out to be The pipe was made of extra-strong above the ground on special six-metre For example, extensive permafrost the only truly real project. steel, was quite elastic and resilient, zones excluded the possibility The unprecedented construction expanded under pressure, and after the only time in the US, the oil pipeline of underground installation: of the 1,300-km-long oil pipeline removal of the load returned to its was fixed on a 688-metre-long bridge, the temperature of the oil at the from Prudhoe Bay to the port of original state, confidently enduring built in 1975. The salary of The oil valves of the Prudhoe welders could thousands Bay oil pipeline were opened on 20 be as much as a week June 1977. At the ceremony of steel- artery commissioning, one of the pipe $3 workers pointed out that launched supports. A total of 78,000 such supports side horizontally and 160 cm vertically once the pipeline is put in operation were installed with compensators that without rupturing. forever and specified that by “forever” heated the atmosphere, allowing In the area of Atigun Pass, where he meant the North Alaska oil fields the pipe to slide along special metal the route reached its highest point above lifetime. Today, after all the upgrades, rails. In seismically dangerous places, sea level, 1,400 metres, the pipeline was the pipeline’s operator assumes the pipe was placed in rubber “clamps”, laid inside the rock to protect it from that oil will be able to flow through allowing it to oscillate 3 metres on each avalanches. At the crossing of the Yukon, the pipeline until at least 2075. 50 TRAVELLING CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 TRAVELLING 51

AUTHOR ekaterina Krapivko The Many Faces of Italy

BOTH SUNNY AND SHADY, CALM AND ACTIVE, PEDESTRIAN AND UNTRODDEN, AND ALSO FRAGRANT, DELICIOUS, MUSICAL... ITALY AS SEEN BY ME IN THE 10 DAYS OF MY VACATION

THE LACELIKE VENICE amazing buildings, fascinating roof We took a small motor vessel known terraces, and balconies all in bloom. THE CANALS IN VENICE as vaporetto (the most common local This is where we felt like examining transport) to get to the hotel from everything we saw, from aristocratic The beautiful landscapes ARE MIRRORING THE GRANDEUR OF the airport. Water is all around. Only palazzos and old churches and to door offer romantic walks THE BUILDINGS the wooden piles, which seem to be handles of the residential buildings hugging one another, are showing the in the quiet streets. Terracotta and right direction; they resemble islet yellow buildings, dark green shutters towers, with vigilant seagulls and snow-white lions awaiting have seen and heard here leaves an reward is awaiting sitting on their tops and the tourists nearly at every indelible impression of the town them at the end of watching us sail. turn (the winged lion and the desire to come back again. the promenade—a bowl We stop at the being the patron of of water, food, and a relieving shade small islands of the Venice)—everything TO TAKE OR NOT TO TAKE under the cafe table. All the tourists Venetian Lagoon on our is breathing elegance There is a conventional image of small are equal here, and exciting discoveries way, Murano, Burano, and beauty. children being a serious burden for are available to everyone. and Lido. The tourists Indeed, the canals travellers. Families with kids have are in an excited hurry, are plenty (and so are the two options to choose from: either to WELCOME TO PARADISE! some leaving the ship, others tourists). They are mirroring leave them at their grandmother’s, or Anyone who has ever been to Lake getting on board to join us to the the grandeur of the buildings to stay home until the children grow Garda, will never forget it. The mirror next destination. and the beauty of the embankments, up. Let alone the pets! surface framed by majestic mountains Before I got to see Venice, I sometimes becoming a source of As for Italy, this is where the whole is amazingly beautiful. Sailing boats imagined it as a very humid place joy for one’s hearing as well, as the family goes on vacation together, the seem to be trembling on the water with very little space, where people famous “O Sole Mio” performed by youngest children in baby carriers, like colourful butterflies. Small towns can only move about on a gondola local gondoliers deserves the best closer to mother’s body, and happy dogs such as Riva del Garda, Limone, and (which even made me panic a little opera scenes. Maybe the sound on a leash, closer to the master. And Nago-Torbole, lie here and there along bit, as water is not my element at all). reflecting from the walls of the even though some pets struggle hard the lake shore, enjoying the shade of But what we actually found was buildings standing close around to climb the steep streets and suffer leafy trees and enticing the tourists an incredibly beautiful city full adds to the effect, or maybe it is all from local heat, still it feels much better with their bright-coloured houses, of alluring pedestrian streets and about the innate musicality of the than whining all alone in an empty steep streets, and appetizing savour sun-drenched squares, a city with Venetians; however, everything you apartment. Besides, a well-deserved from the pizzerias. 52 TRAVELLING CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 TRAVELLING 53

We were happy when we discovered traces of civilization at some point, namely a road stand with old photos telling about World War I, and a bench providently installed next to it. It turned out that we entered the Malga Zures valley, the scene of a fierce battle between the Italians and the Austrians, which took place in December 1915. The sunset was close. Massively tired now, we hurried to continue our way, hoping to find civilization before it got dark. When we saw a makeshift gate with a sign indicating a bike route to the city, we hastened to use it. We paid no attention to the sign prohibiting pedestrian traffic... The doubtful wannabe-road ended soon, and our further way down was violently fast. Overcoming the steep slopes, sometimes flying down them and clinging to tree roots and grass in an attempt to slow down the “flight”, I kept comforting myself with the There are fascinating and diverse thought that the descent could not ways to spend your time on Lake last forever. Garda. This is where people of EVERYTHING SPEAKS PEACE AND And it proved true. But there was any age and fitness levels will find HARMONY AT GARDA yet another surprise awaiting us after something to do to, whether going the steep descent—several metal solo or travelling with friends or stairways nailed down to the mountain ridge protruding dangerously over the family. The beautiful landscapes offer massaging its belly, kneading and romantic walks; the clear invigorating pulling each paw gently. The dog is water invites to learn new sports, radiating absolute delight and bliss— OUR WELL-THOUGHT-THROUGH and the even strip of the waterfront and nothing can be more natural at is perfect for cycling and jogging. this magical place. VACATION WAS COMPLEMENTED BY Those who love Italian cuisine will UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE enjoy dining at local family cafes. WHEN IT TAKES SO MUCH MORE Tourists can stay at one of the TO DESCEND THAN TO ASCEND countless hotels or at a holiday It all started with a sign that promised camp, which is a great choice if you to bring us to Monte Baldo montain a kept walking up when the paved road lake. I must note have a van with room for bicycles, couple of kilometres away, where the suddenly ended. No more road signs that stair railing is a windsurfing boards, numerous family town of Malcesine, with its famous could be seen, and we realised that poor medicine against members, and pets. The passengers sightseeing platform and lake views, chances to get to Malcesine were fear when you see the spend time on the shore together, lies. Once there, one could take the scarce for us that day. A dense forest land below from a bird’s perspective. cooking food in the cauldron and local funicular to get back down to was lying ahead of us, and mountain Finally we won over the iron sharing their sailing experience the root of the mountain. ranges covered with coniferous forest structures designed for fans of extreme and brand-new impressions with At first, my companion and I were were stretching out below. We decided sports (as for me, I also won over a one another. slowly walking up the hairpin turns, to go back. My friend suggested that panic attack). Everything speaks sunshine, enjoying the views of local vineyards we took a different route. We came back to the hotel all peace, and harmony at Garda—the and olive groves, and feasting on figs At first we were relying on my dirty and dehydrated and could hardly leisurely walking couples, the children growing along the way. Two hours later, companion’s “inner compass”, then we feel our feet, still we were happy. frolicking in the grass, and the big way exhausted by the scorching sun followed the blue marks on the trees Our well-thought-through vacation curly coated dog stretching on the and the thirst (we had no water with left by the members of some hiking was complemented by unforgettable green lawn. The dog’s mistress is us, as the hike was not planned), we club. Then the marks turned orange... experience. 54 AT THE BACK OF THE ISSUE CORPORATE MAGAZINE “CPC PANORAMA” № 3 (26) AUGUST 2019 AT THE BACK OF THE ISSUE 55

his subordinates, stands eight-hour (a starting position, up to second his input and feedback on the deck watches. officer) and top officer (executive crew’s performance. This is followed AUTHOR “Sometimes fortune favours me: positions starting as chief officer). by lunch and the coveted forty winks… Emma Yagmurova when the crew has three junior of- Certificates of the first type are Between 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm, it’s ficers, the chief officer is excused fairly easy to obtain: you choose the watch again with a 15-minute break from watch,” he smiles. type of ship you like: an oil tanker, for dinner. The watch is followed Supervision of the ship’s deck gas tanker or bulk carrier. You need by the so-called safety round. Not crew, its safety and security, main- to decide in advance what ships you a night goes by without somebody View from onboard tenance of logs and thousands of want to serve on. Our hero chose leaving the door open, most often documents, shipboard timetabling, petroleum tankers. a fire door. Sailors keep them open keeping inventory of all of the ship’s A hiring company may require for ventilation, and the safety offi- A TANKER deck items — these are all the re- further training. Konstantin had cer makes sure they are closed. Until sponsibility of the chief officer. “Sail- to complete additional courses 10:00 pm it’s free time, calls to your KONSTANTIN, CHIEF OFFICER AT AN OIL TANKER, HAS AN ing is a business, and business is in processing, loading, unloading significant other and children, who INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT, WHERE HE BLOGS ABOUT A SAILOR’S LIFE. headquarters optimization,” opines and ballasting. Such requirements are waiting onshore. By lights-out, Konstantin. became a must after two incidents you are all in. Come daybreak the IN AN INTERVIEW WITH US, HE SPOKE ABOUT WHAT MADE HIS Is it easy to become a chief offi- that took place on ships through next day, it all starts anew. JOB UNIQUE AND SHARED SOME AMAZING PHOTOS cer? Sailors, like many other techni- the fault of chief officers who Even after nearly 13 years of on- cians, continue learning after gradu- failed to correctly wash and degas board service, Konstantin still mar- ation. To get on board ship, it is not tanks, thus causing explosions due vels at nature’s beauty. enough to graduate. You also need to static electricity. “Every day you see spectacular to get reams of certificates. sunsets. This makes it easy to feel FIRST STEPS another two years at the Academy for multinationals, which involved There are two types of certif- AMONG AIVAZOVSKY’S like a super photographer; you don’t Konstantin had not always wanted to in Novorossiysk, from where he put following his contract and job de- icates. The first, valid for 5 years LANDSCAPES even have to make an effort: the sea be a sailor: after finishing school, he out to sea for the first time. scription to the letter. Different com- for all ship types, you get when It’s no easy task to sail on the high and shore do the job for you.” planned to study mechanical engi- From day one of his career, Kon- panies can assign different duties, you graduate. The second type of seas for several months. Konstantin’s “Do sailors like Aivazovsky’s neering, but, inspired by his uncle’s stantin worked at multinationals be- but these will be written up without certificates depends both on the working day, much as that of any oth- paintings?” stories of the high seas and dozens cause he had failed to find a job in fail, and full compliance will also be ship type and on the requirements er member of the ship’s crew, starts “They live them!” says Konstan- of distant countries the latter had Russia upon graduation. demanded. of a specific company. Once these at sunrise, 3:40 am. Then he stands tin. “When you watch the sea for a been to, he changed his mind. And “I was scared even to send in are in place, you get Endorsement deck watch until 8:00 am. Half an long time, you start missing people, enrolled in the Rostov-on-Don branch my CV, but I had to get a job some- “LIVE AND LEARN!” (clearance for a specific ship type). hour for breakfast and an armful of and when you watch people for a of the Novorossiysk State Maritime where!” he recalls. Although a chief officer is an exec- These certificates are classified in- tasks: do a ship inspection, answer long time, you start missing the sea. Academy (NGMA), where he stud- In time Konstantin came to fully utive, “marine” duties are also in his to two large groups in keeping with corporate emails, compile cargo The high seas, new shores, unfamil- ied for four years, and then spent appreciate the benefits of working job description: Konstantin, just as the position sought: a junior officer plans and meet with the captain for iar countries — a feast for the eyes.

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But four months far from your fam- Konstantin offers arguments for and when a supertanker moors at ily and homeland…” using SPM rather than the conven- the pier, 20 winches are deployed. tional oil-loading terminals: How many ends you deploy, 4 or CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS “The thing is that sailors must 20, makes a lot of difference. The Tank ships are among the most so- be off duty 77 hours in any 7 days, obvious benefit for the company phisticated vessels in the merchant which could be quite a headache. If in using SPMs is ease of use and fleet. In a world where oil is «black a person completes his watch and cost cutting.” gold», petroleum shipping plays a then is engaged in mooring opera- “And is there a downside to SPM?” very important role. A large number tions and cargo handling, then he “I believe it is the challenges in of new ships are being built; oil-load- simply fails to clock his off hours. servicing the underwater structure. It ing terminals are being improved. You need to strike a balance be- must be monitored 24/7 against cor- The tanker crew are responsible not tween the off-duty requirements rosion and oil spillage. Once, when only for their lives, but also for the and the need to do cargo handling our tanker was loading at a foreign planet at large: no crude spills may as promptly as possible while de- port, an oil slick appeared on the take place during loading or carriage. Any human activity shapes the environment. Of undisputed bene- fit to mankind, petroleum produc- Tank ships are among the most tion, transportation, processing and sophisticated vessels use affect the environment. That is why CPC prioritizes environmental measures. It uses the latest tanker loading process based on offshore Single Point Moorings (SPMs). The ploying the fewest number of crew. water surface because some SPM SPMs consist of a buoy and an un- SPM use significantly cuts down on components had rusted through. derwater pipeline end manifold labour input and makes it possible Divers did their best to stop the leak connected to onshore oil custody to avoid problems due to off-duty as soon as possible by adjusting the transfer meters. period non-compliance. You on- bolt torque.” The installation of a Single Point ly need your mooring gang on the My interviewee said that CPC is Mooring requires far less bottom tank; there is no need to have peo- safe against such accidents because dredging as compared with the moor- ple on the stern — this means you the Consortium’s offshore single ing option, which virtually eliminates only need half as many hands. This point moorings are in perfect con- any impact on the aquatic wildlife. is because a SPM only has 2–4 ends, dition!