Panorama” How the Project’S Present and Future Looks from Kazakhstan

July 2014

In Focus: Western Region

p. 8–37

Contents: CPC pipeline’s importance continues growing • p. 1 / Build-up relations, assert reputation • p. 3 / “The company is our shared zone of responsibility” • p. 8 / The pipeline of good deeds • p. 13 / Report from Russia’s largest PS • p. 14 / Permanent readiness team • p. 17 / Alert drill on Environmentalist’s Day • p. 32 / Fueling a shared victory • p. 42 / Libraries at PS • p. 48 IN THE FIRST PERSON Kairgeldy Kabyldin: “Our country expects major development achievements from the CPC pipeline”

CPC IS A TIME-TESTED, SUCCESSFUL AND DYNAMICALLY DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL PROJECT. CPC SHAREHOLDER COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE, “KAZMUNAIGAZ” MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, KAIRGELDY KABYLDIN, TOLD “CPC PANORAMA” HOW THE PROJECT’S PRESENT AND FUTURE LOOKS FROM KAZAKHSTAN.

In 2013, Kazakhstan exported – Construction efforts within the 72 million tons of oil, of which pipeline’s Kazakh segment include 28.7 million tons, or 40%, were modernization of two existing exported via the CPC pipeline. pump stations (PS Tengiz and PS Atyrau), construction of two The oil transported through the new pump stations (A-PS-3A and CPC pipeline comes mostly from A-PS-4), pipe replacement to a total the oil fields of Western Kazakh- length of 88 km, external power stan, namely Tengiz, Karachaga- supply to PS Atyrau, PS Tengiz, nak, Uzen, Martyshi and some A-PS-3A and A-PS-4, and construc- others. tion of a new high voltage power line – OHPL 220 kV. Plans call for increasing Kazakh- stan’s oil supplies to the world Aiming to boost efficiency and expe- market in connection with the pro- dite project work, “KazMunaiGaz”, jected increase of production from together with CPC and “Kazakhstan the Tengiz field and the production Pipeline Ventures”, has implement- launch at the Kashagan field. ed a number of organizational and structural changes to transfer proj- – Mr. Kabyldin, as we know, Therefore, as before, our coun- ect management powers directly to you have been with the CPC try expects major development the production sites. Pipeline Project from the very achievements from the CPC start. Can you say that the pipeline and the CPC Expansion As things stand, we have resolved pipeline’s significance as an Project, which will allow us to a number of issues relating to export vehicle for Kazakh oil dramatically increase the volume the development of an integrat- remains as high today, after of oil supplied from Kazakhstan to ed work completion schedule, 13 years have passed from the world markets. engineering, division of project pipeline’s launch? management powers, setting up – As we know, within the working groups, and appointing – Without doubt, the CPC pipe- framework of cooperation with managers for the CPC Project Man- line is currently the main export CPC, you supervise construc- agement Group at all four pump vehicle for Kazakh oil. Also, the tion work at the pump stations stations located in Kazakhstan. pipeline has no rivals in its attrac- located in Kazakhstan. Could tiveness for Kazakh oil suppliers you elaborate on the specific Apart from the coordination and from an economic viewpoint. tasks and issues related to monitoring of construction work, these duties? we are actively working with IN THE FIRST PERSON

contractors to help resolve their By the end of 2014, we plan to Construction work is being man- routine issues and problems relat- complete upgrade of PS Atyrau aged on an on-going basis with ed to project implementation, sup- and PS Tengiz. Construction of two issues being resolved involving all plies of materials and equipment, new pump stations (A-PS-3A and stakeholders, and the work prog- manpower needs and mobilization A-PS-4) is scheduled to be finished ress of the contractors is perma- of subcontractors. in 2015. nently monitored.

– What is the current status of Among projects scheduled to be com- I believe that the measures to be construction work progress? pleted in 2014 are the construction taken to overcome delays will be What is left to do before the of a new high voltage power line, effective and that our construction work is completed? OHPL 220 kV, construction of new contractors will fulfill their obliga- substations for electrification A-PS-3A tions and complete their work by – Construction and installation and A-PS-4, and modernization of the target dates established in the work to replace pipes to a total the existing substation in Atyrau. newly agreed schedule.

Head office of “KazMunaiGaz” National Company length of 88 km was complet- – Do you think that the CPC Also, I would like to note that the ed in 2013, and on May 20-23, pipeliners will succeed in com- ongoing work progress within the 2014, during pipeline scheduled pleting the work on schedule, Russian section gives reasons to shutdown the new constructed so that oil production in the expect the timely completion of segment was tied-into the trunk republic is not held back? the project as a whole. pipeline. Currently, the segment is operating in a comprehensive test- – Together with all other project – You communicate a lot with ing mode. This is the first major participants, “KazMunaiGaz” managers and specialists from task to have been accomplished is doing everything possible to CPC and the consortium’s as part of the Expansion Project in expedite work within the Kazakh shareholder companies. How Kazakhstan. segment of the Expansion Project. would you appraise the level of www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 1 IN THE FIRST PERSON

mutual understanding between over manual arc welding, and inte- environmental domains as well as “KazMunaiGaz” and the Ex- grated surge relief systems, which biodiversity and ecosystems. pansion Project participants? react on any pressure jump in the pipeline and allows increasing its In line with our business practice, – Representatives from “KazMu- operational safety. we communicate and consult naiGaz” and “Kazakhstan Pipe- with various interested parties, line Ventures” are permanently The CPC Expansion Project also including government structures, present and actively working at involves the practice of using dry the local population, suppliers and the Expansion Project’s sites. We air (dew point minus 20°C) for employees, on matters pertaining have developed particularly close drying pipeline interiors, which is to industrial and environmental cooperation with the management both environmentally friendly and security within the framework of of CPC and construction contrac- economically advantageous, since the Expansion Project. tor “KazStroiService”. We are well it avoids the use of methanol as a acquainted with “KazStroiService” corrosion inhibitor. We are certain that the measures as we worked together earlier on to be taken to ensure industrial the Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline On the whole, we are certain and environmental security will al- construction project. that the numerous innovative low us to achieve our major goal – approaches employed for the Ex- reducing to the minimum our pansion Project, which are based environmental impact, accident on the best practices of CPC and rate and work-related injury rate its shareholders, will ensure the at CPC facilities, as well as, also pipeline’s high performance, its importantly, ensuring rational accident-free and reliable oper- use of the natural resources of the ation as well as environmental Republic of Kazakhstan. security. – Which tasks facing CPC today – What do you do to monitor are most important and signifi- and control industrial and cant? environmental security at the construction facilities? – Today’s priority tasks include the most rapid completion of all – Industrial and environmental se- construction work for the CPC curity standards employed for the Expansion Project and commis- Pipeline construction in Kazakhstan under project are in compliance with the sioning of new facilities. the CPC Expansion Project relevant Kazakh requirements and generally accepted international I would like to emphasize that it is standards. of special importance for Kazakh- I believe that our specialists have stan that these new facilities are achieved an adequately high level Our contractors/subcontractors launched by the time when com- of mutual understanding with all are committed to using the best mercial scale production is started project participants to the extent practices of standard compliance. at the Kashagan field, because the that they need to carry out their Some of them are certified under CPC pipeline is the most attractive tasks. ISO 14001. Monitoring and control option for Kazakh oil supplies of industrial and environmental from a commercial viewpoint. – Which innovative methods security compliance is performed Also, I want to stress the impor- are being employed in the by all project participants and HSE tance of ensuring the economic construction of new facilities in specialists. efficiency of the project for its Kazakhstan within the frame- governmental shareholders – Rus- work of the Expansion Project? A particularly important element sia and Kazakhstan. of system management is Indus- – Both proven and innovative trial Environmental Monitor- Of course, on a par with the proj- methods are being employed in ing, which involves monitoring ect’s economic and commercial the Expansion Project. atmospheric air, soil, surface and priorities, the main task facing ground waters. The main objective CPC and its shareholders is the The latter include semi-automated of the environmental monitoring safe and efficient functioning of welding, which has advantages program is the protection of these the CPC pipeline.

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Build-up relations, assert reputation

IT IS DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE ANY BUSINESS WITHOUT CLOSE RELATIONS WITH THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE POPULATION OF THE AREAS IN WHICH THE COMPANY OPERATES. SUCH RELATIONS ARE MAINTAINED IN MANY AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN STATUTORY REGULATION, LICENSING, ISSUANCE OF PERMITS, TAXATION AND EMPLOYMENT.

At CPC, these important tasks are entrusted to the RF Gov- ernment Relations Department (CPC-R) and the Kazakh Gov- Anatoly Shatalov stood at the ernment Relations Department origins of the Consortium and so Alexey Khardykin with the “CPC (CPC-K). The main goal of both deserves to be called the depart- for Traffi c Safety” program-winner, departments is to create favor- ment’s “founder”. In 1996, Shatalov secondary school student from the able conditions for the Com- headed the Transitional Committee village of Staromyshastovskaya pany’s operation in the areas on Restructuring and over the next of its presence and to ensure six years he worked as CPC Deputy uninterrupted transportation of General Director and head of the ones into more routine, though no oil from the fields in Western RF Government Relations Depart- less important, ones related to the Kazakhstan to Novorossiysk. ment. Thanks to his deep knowl- normal course of business. edge of industry specifi cs and his This article features the work experience in implementing major of the RF Government Relations investment projects, he managed Department of CPC-R, which to create a viable structure with is in charge of maintaining a potential for growth and devel- Working in close contact with the relations with the federal and opment in the then complicated relevant government agencies and regional executive and legisla- political and economic situation. departments, the RF Government tive power structures, and the In a brief period of time, relations Relations Department puts in dai- municipal and local power struc- were organized with all relevant ly efforts to create and maintain a tures of the constituent entities power structures, including those system of long-term, comfortable of the Russian Federation and on the top level and those of the and predictable relations with relevant government agencies. constituent entities of the Russian these government structures, and Federation and the district admin- to support the positive image of CPC covers an extensive geogra- istrations through which the CPC the Consortium as a socially and phy. The pipeline runs through pipeline runs. Thanks to that, with environmentally responsible inter- two countries and its Russian a limited number of employees it national company. Openness and section crosses four constituent became possible to handle a wide readiness for direct dialogue with entities of the Russian Federa- variety of organizational, fi nancial, the federal and regional executive tion and 22 municipalities. Each legal, administrative, informational and legislative power structures region has its specific features and other matters and to lay the as well as the municipal and local and peculiarities in terms of foundation for the functioning of power structures of the constitu- management, administration, not only the department, but of CPC ent entities of the Russian Federa- legislation and the population’s as a whole. These achievements re- tion is a CPC hallmark. Long-term ethnic make-up and mindset. main important and relevant today. agreements on cooperation and Hence the multitude of tasks As CPC matured, the tasks of the partnership are in place with all facing the RF Government Rela- RF Government Relations Depart- the relevant regions and CPC has tions Department. ment transformed from strategic executed modifi cation agreements www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 3 IN THE FIRST PERSON

Meeting with Astrakhan Regional Governor Alexander Zhilkin

to them to implement social programs within the framework of the Expansion Project. The start of the Expansion Also useful for these purposes An important part of this work is Project was a challenge for have been the informational and regular notifi cation of the author- the RF Government Relations presentation events, which helped ities, local population, media and Department. The department appropriately present the Compa- other interested parties of the had to mobilize all its potential, ny and acquaint the broad public Consortium’s current activities, knowledge and experience to with the true facts about CPC. development plans, methods, support the Expansion Project, achievements, signifi cant corpo- including assisting in the ob- Also, the Department organizes rate events and social programs. tainment of the necessary per- the Consortium’s participation in mits and ensuring the on-sched- national and international con- Key tasks of the RF Government ule arrival of the construction ferences and forums, specifi cally Relations Department include contractors at the facilities. The the St. Petersburg International organization of regular public cooperation continued during Economic Forum, the World Pe- relations events in Moscow and the construction phase. One troleum Congress and the Interna- the relevant constituent entities of graphic example is the Depart- tional Investment Forum in Sochi. the Russian Federation, build up ment’s coordinated work with CPC participation in these events a positive image for CPC, preven- the Expansion Project’s Reg- is necessary for maintaining its tion of any potential information ulatory Affairs Group during high level contacts, obtaining crises caused by the Consortium’s the obtainment of necessary current information on the key activities and, of course, support permits for the construction of issues and trends of the world oil of the Expansion Project’s success- a power line in the Stavropol and gas industry, and for further ful implementation. and Krasnodar Krais. consolidation of a favorable atmo-

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sphere of cooperation with the RF government agencies and regional administrations.

Recently CPC has also focused on taking part in environmental forums, thus maintaining dialogue with the relevant ministries and departments and obtaining the most complete information on these developments, which are becoming increasingly important for the country’s economy and public life.

An important PR instrument of the Consortium is its website, which was recently updated by the RF Government Relations Depart- ment. Thanks to the new design, the website has acquired a more innovative, colorful and dynamic look and has become more infor- mative. Accessibility of information works to increase the company’s transparency and credibility.

With the upcoming completion of During training, which took place in Novorossiysk in late June, department the Expansion Project, increase in representatives visited the Tank Farm during its construction the system’s throughput capacity and the expected substantial icance. A good example is the forts are required in this direction, growth of the Consortium’s per- Marine Terminal, which is located including to properly build and formance indicators, PR methods close to a seaside resort area. It is maintain relations with the local are acquiring increasing signif- clear already today that more ef- administration and public to keep them adequately informed of the CPC processes and procedures and the Consortium’s high security and environmental protection standards. It is also important for CPC managers to take part in public meetings held by the regional administrations.

Early this year, the RF Government Relations Department decided to develop a plan for more active work with the mass media and population of Novorossiysk. The study performed in due course indicated that despite the rapid development of electronic media, the local population was not adequately informed of the Consortium’s activities and the Expansion Project, which led to the circulation of various ru- mors and gossip, sometimes of a Working meeting with the head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov negative character. Based on the www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 5 IN THE FIRST PERSON

results of the study, the CPC-R RF socially significant and humanitar- Charity programs have been im- Government Relations Department ian projects in the areas of opera- plemented by CPC from the very prepared and adopted a “Program tion is a most effective means to start of the Consortium’s business to Activate Work with the Mass harmonize the Consortium’s busi- in Russia. The Consortium renders Media and the Population of Novo- ness with the steady development assistance to the disabled, veterans, rossiysk”. Specifically, the program of these regions. A comfortable orphans and other vulnerable stra- calls for more active use of the city’s social environment is a guarantee ta of society, implements numer- electronic and printed media for of the lasting and durable opera- ous projects targeted at supporting publishing materials focusing on tion of the pipeline system. public education, health care and CPC-R, to place additional informa- municipal infrastructures in the tion boards with regularly updated towns and villages located close to relevant information in the local ad- the pipeline. CPC social programs ministration offices and at schools, are targeted, transparent, strictly and to distribute pamphlets about Quite a few charity projects imple- controlled and implemented in the Consortium among the popu- mented by the Consortium have compliance with the applicable RF lation. It is also necessary to main- developed into regular events, law. Importantly, all the Consor- tain direct contacts with the local tium’s social efforts are undertaken population, including to regularly in close coordination with the take part in the public receptions “To believe in good, you regional administrations which en- conducted by the Novorossiysk need to start doing good sures good planning and efficiency. municipal authorities in the villages deeds”. located in the neighborhood of CPC We are permanently perfecting facilities, and to organize a tour of Leo Tolstoy the forms and methods of our the Marine Terminal for those who work. New social projects launched are particularly interested. including “CPC for Veterans,” by the Consortium in 2013-2014 “CPC for First-graders” and “New are focused primarily on public Year’s Day with CPC”. There are education and environmental a lot more, smaller in scale but information. Another important no less significant, such as the topic is pedestrian safety, first The extensive socially-oriented program of support of adult and of all for children. The “CPC for activities of CPC-R deserve to be adolescent teams in fire-fighting Traffic Safety” program, which was specially mentioned. Support of and combative sports. launched in 2013, involves training primary school students. In 2013, the program involved students from two secondary schools in the village of Staromyshastovskaya in the Dinskaya district of the Kras- nodar Region. In 2014, plans call for organizing similar training in villages located close to the CPC facilities in the Stavropol Region and Novorossiysk.

When speaking of the RF Govern- ment Relations Department and its functions, something needs to be said about its role in organizing intra-corporate communications, specifically the regular updating of the information boards in the Consortium’s Moscow office and regional offices. The latest news Finals of the “CPC for Traffic Safety” charity program and photographs on display help

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to keep employees up to date on the most interesting events involving the Consortium and the progress of its projects, and hence to feel like a part of one team. The department prepares daily media reviews on relevant topics, weekly bilingual media reports and is actively involved in the preparation of “CPC Panorama” materials.

Without doubt, the Department owes its success to its small, but exceptional, team, which is com- posed mostly of experienced CPC veterans. A clear leader among them is Chief Representative Regional Government Relations Victor Volgin, who has been with the Consortium since early 1997. The Department’s Administrative Assistant Svetlana Sokolinskaya boasts a slightly shorter service record. Dmitriy Gerasimuk and Vladimir Chaikin have worked for CPC for around 10 years, and Aleksandr Ignatyev who has been employed with the Consortium for more than seven years. Each of them possesses considerable professional experience and readily Ceremonial presentation of new buses to the city attended by Novorossiysk Mayor shares it with newcomers who, Vladimir Sinyagovsky in turn, bring something new to the style of work. Combined, they regions in particular. Speaking of regional representatives will have create an atmosphere of candor, short-term issues, elections for more work to do as they will mutual support and commitment governors in three out of the four have to intensify relations with to common goals. constituent entities of the Russian both the general public and the Federation where CPC operates authorities. The budget of CPC Complacency is alien to the are scheduled for this September. social investment in the regions department, where everyone is in of operation will either grow or, at the process of permanent profes- As part of the Consortium, the minimum, will remain at current sional development. department’s team is putting in levels. Maintaining its best charity maximum effort to achieve the traditions, CPC will remain an most rapid and successful com- example of social responsibility. pletion of the Expansion Project. Since the effectiveness of the Con- New CPC facilities are to appear sortium’s social projects is expect- As regards the department’s in the regions. For example, two ed to increase, we will have to put future tasks and objectives, they new pump stations will be com- in more efforts and implement directly depend on the future missioned in the Stavropol Krai. innovative approaches. development of the Consortium Consequently, CPC will contribute as well as sociopolitical, legislative more in taxes and provide more Alexey Khardykin and other processes in the country jobs for the local population. CPC-R Deputy General Director, in general and in the pipeline’s Simultaneously, the Consortium’s RF Government Relations www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 7 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, pipeline operation SERGEY engineers, operation and maintenance managers). We should also mention the representatives of supporting services who make the POTRYASOV: correct workflow possible with the observance of labour protection requirements, industrial security norms and the Labour Code. They “THE COMPANY IS are the HSE engineers, econo- mists, accountants, HR specialists, OUR SHARED ZONE logistics specialists, interpreters, IT specialists, training specialists. All our employees are highly pro- OF RESPONSIBILITY” fessional and have got vast experience in their field. The 543 km-long trunk pipeline segment from the border of Kalmykia to Novorossiysk is the zone of responsibility of the It would be unfair not to mention Western region team. Regional manager Sergey Potryasov tells our contractors – LLC “Starstroy”, “CPC Panorama” about the tasks his team has to solve, and what LLC “Neftegaz Security”, LLC “Mas- is going on in their lives. terservice”, and others. Formally they are not part of our team but

“We are all after a common goal, and all problems are to be solved collectively. Teamwork is crucial for our success”

they contribute a lot to the West- ern region’s activities: the service providers handle over 80% of all the facilities’ operation works.

– What can you say about the personnel policy practiced in the Western region?

– The same as for general CPC policy, we pay a lot of attention to attracting new staff. The graduates’ training and work experience program that we’ve had in our – Sergey, what is the nature of brought together in this team. company for a number of years the organization you head? First of all it is the personnel helps us in that. responsible for the oil pumping – Taking into consideration the process, from working staff (pro- In the nearest future two new Expansion Project, we now have cessing unit operators, electri- PS will be put into service in 182 people working in the CPC-R cians) to specialists and manag- the Stavropol Krai which means Western region. The average ers (Control & Instrumentation more workplaces. In close coop- employee age is 40-43 years old. technicians technicians, shiftmen, eration with the Stavropol board People of various professions are PS superiors, lab technicians, of labour and employment of

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population we are searching for There are a number of social pro- – In its operational areas CPC highly-skilled personnel to take grams introduced which are being has formed constructive busi- the vacant positions. There is an carried out in the company. There ness relationships with the local agreement signed between CPC is no doubt that the Consortium is authorities. The Consortium has and the North Caucasus Federal one of the leading enterprises in become an important integral University according to which terms of providing social security part of regional economic life and University graduates receive the for its employees, and everybody social development. In particu- chance to undergo training on our feels that. Special events organized lar, the company has gained the sites for specializations relevant for staff members and their families reputation of being one of the to our company’s profile. Based also contribute to uniting the team. best employers, and is among the on the training results the best of major taxpayers in those munici- the best can aspire to get full-time – What is your view of the pal units where we have pipeline employment if there is a vacancy. proper relationships within sites subordinated to the Western a team? region (the Ipatovsky and Izobiln- – What is being done to ensky areas in the Stavropol Krai, improve the microclimate in – Work-oriented, constructive, and the Kavkazsky, Dinskaya and your team? and positive. A formal approach Krymsky areas in the Krasnodar

Team-work style. A meeting at the Western region office

– When trying to reach common is totally unacceptable, there Krai). CPC’s charity work is im- goals and objectives much de- should be no indifference or portant: the traditional programs pends on the attitude of people. stepping back, meaning, “This for veterans and first-graders, and That is why the company is try- is none of my concern, let other also the New Year program that ing to build team spirit, establish people bother about it”. We are has been conducted for the 18th friendly trust-based relation- all after a common goal, and all time this year! ships and a favorable working problems are to be solved collec- environment at its offices and tively. Teamwork is crucial for our The pipeline system expansion on its sites. For that purpose we success. gave CPC the possibility not only have regular polls to find out to to build new production sites but what extent people are satisfied – What are the company’s also to carry out large-scale social with their work and the way it’s relationships with the regional programs such as construction and evaluated. authorities based on? modernization of kindergartens, www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 9 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

schools, hospitals and sports stadi- CPC here works proactively, things and approved, the documentation ums alongside traditional charity go according to plan, and all the package was prepared, the con- work. A strong example of that will necessary documentation (like struction agreement signed and be the Kavkazsky village kindergar- land allocation, etc.) is ready in the money allocated. The facility ten that was modernized due to the advance. That is the right thing to was supposed to be completed by Expansion Project and equipped at do and that is as it should be. 2011 – now it’s 2014 and the lab the expense allocated by the core technicians are still huddling in business. Another thing that appeals to you the old cramped room. when hearing about CPC is its When the new regional CPC sites high level of social responsibility – – What are the reasons for this become functional, it will cre- its contributions to the regional delay? ate additional workplaces with social sphere far exceeds those of achievement-oriented pay and other larger companies. – I asked this question of many increase local budget revenues, people, trying to get to the root which I am sure will add value to – From your fresh perspective of the matter. The thing is that the company’s relationships with of the Consortium, are after construction began there the local authorities. The Consor- there any “bottlenecks” you were some flaws found during tium will continue to serve the would like to point out to FEED (study). It also turned out interests of the local population, your Russian and foreign that some things were not taken especially when it comes to envi- colleagues? into account in terms of new equipment and materials. How could this have happened? We “CPC is a single company and our shared zone of are talking about a standard responsibility. That is why there should be no artificial chemical laboratory where boundaries between departments, units, services, the everything is standard – the core business and the Expansion Project subdivisions” ventilation system, the sewage system, the special equipment sets. There are a great many premises like this built at pipe- ronmental safety, while retaining – It is natural for any rapidly line sites and there is a great its economically sound basis. growing structure to have “bot- selection of lab equipment on tlenecks”, it points to the fact the modern market. Yet what – Sergey, you are a relatively that there is room for growth and do we have here? The laboratory new person in the CPC progress. To my mind, excessive was supposed to be built in a system. Tell us about your process regulation at CPC leads to year, and it’s been four years al- first impressions of the over-organization in some mat- ready which means construction Consortium. ters. The result is the unreason- costs more and more. To be able ably long decision-making time to avoid such time delays and – The first thing that stands out the facility completion deadlines unsatisfactory quality of work in is its respect for people. This is a depend on. These delays undoubt- the future, I think the design and company where the staff are really edly result in higher construction construction of projects should taken care of. The quality of the costs and in some cases may have be separated. The monitoring of food at the CPC sites is also an a negative effect on business pro- construction should be executed important factor. It means a good cesses. by the division that is going to catering contractor was chosen. operate the site. A few years ago it was decided to Any CPC newcomer will imme- build a new chemical laboratory There is another example: as part diately see what a highly orga- at PS Kropotkinskaya. It was the of the Expansion Project there nized company it is. Everything right decision since the station were new more powerful pumping is considered, every last detail operates with substantial amounts modules installed at a working PS. spelled out in procedure. I’ve seen of oil and the CPC Quality Bank The existing compressor station a number of companies where obliges the staff to make sure that that was built temporarily for there was excessive haste while all products entering the system the diesel-gas transition period implementing major projects, and are in the proper condition. In full can’t provide it with the necessary the documentation had to “catch accordance with the procedure the amount of fuel so a new compres- up” with the advancing reality. new laboratory project was made sor station was built. Once again,

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everything was done according to procedure – project, tender, contract... The commencement of works was set for July 2012, the completion of works with two compressors launched was set for late December of the same year. But that was only according to the plan. Now it is mid-May 2014 and not a single compressor is ready to operate so far.

At the moment our efforts are focused on the chemical laboratory and the compressor station works.

«It is in our best interests that all the Expansion project sites be built on time and in proper quality»

We conducted a number of subject-oriented meetings and had several specialists involved to assist with this matter.

– So it appears that going through multiple procedures and multi-tier approvals does not always prevent mistakes?

– Unfortunately, it doesn’t. The responsibility of particular people for the ultimate outcome is downplayed by multiple document authorizations which make it impossible to find the person who showed poor judg- ment. It shouldn’t be that way, the executive agent should be made clear.

Suppose a contractor is taking up a project and then suddenly finds out it forgot to take something into account when drafting the agreement. It should be sole- ly at the contractor’s expense and risk, do you see my point? The deadlines should be clearly spelled out in the contract, and The city of Krasnodar where the CPC Western region offi ce is located – the object of its if you don’t follow it, you pay inhabitants’ affection and care. Photos by Ivan Zhuravlev www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 11 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

a fine. There are no strict pen- efficiency directly depends on expansion will get the Consor- alties in the current contracts I the degree of self-sufficiency tium’s shareholders to reach the looked through. As a result the given to the production. project’s break-even point faster. Consortium has to bear the full burden of expenses for improp- Right now we rolled up our sleeves Every employee should reach erly fulfilled contracts. and got to work on the Expansion the understanding that CPC is Project processes in the territory a single company and our shared – What kind of power levers do subordinated to the Western region. zone of responsibility. That is you think regional subdivisions It is in our best interests that all the why there should be no artifi cial need to operate with more Expansion Project sites be built on boundaries between departments, success in the interests of the time and to the proper quality. units, services, the base business company?

– I think Dennis Fahy, CPC “It is natural for any rapidly growing structure to have First Deputy General Director ‘bottlenecks’, it points to the fact that there is room for in charge of operations, was growth and progress” right to issue the order on delegation of authority to the regions. Some things are much Our efforts fully correspond to and the Expansion Project subdi- clearer when viewed on the the focus on enhancement of visions. ground rather than from Mos- the Expansion Project imple- cow. Many practical issues are mentation pursued by the com- Together with my colleague Viktor better solved on the spot while, pany’s executive management Abmayev, the Central region man- of course, consulting the man- represented by General Direc- ager we are trying to “smooth out” agers in charge of various of the tor Nikolay Brunich. When he these interdepartmental bound- company’s focus areas; I’ve had joined company, the first thing aries inside our teams. There is no multiple occasions to see their he did was locating and getting other way to be effi cient in solving highest level of professionalism rid of “bottlenecks” in this the ambitious tasks set before us for myself. I understand that process. This approach began to by the CPC management but to be such an approach means that we find better understanding with a single united team. have to bear more responsibility. our western colleagues who are There is a principle in econom- very aware that boosting the Interview conducted ics: the level of any production works on the pipeline system by Ekaterina Suvorova

Bird’s eye view on PS Kropotkinskaya

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The pipeline of good deeds

THE TENGIZ-NOVOROSSIYSK PIPELINE STRETCHES FOR 1,500 KM FROM THE CASPIAN SEA TO THE BLACK SEA. FOR ALL THE REGIONS ALONG THE LINE IT HAS BECOME NOT JUST A LARGE INDUSTRIAL PROJECT, A PIPELINE ARTERY, BUT ALSO A REAL LINE OF GOOD DEEDS. AND TODAY, WHEN THE CONSORTIUM IS INCREASING THE OIL PIPELINE CAPACITY, THE REGIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR THEIR PART ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE EXPANSION PROJECT’S IMPLEMENTATION IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.

A while ago “CPC Panorama” took The regional executive department the chance to visit Vitaly Khotsen- in his charge is supervising the CPC ko, the Minister of Energy, Indus- Expansion Project in the Stavropol try and Communications of the Krai. The department created a Stavropol Krai. working group that is providing assistance in Expansion Project – Our cooperation is long-term and implementation, and handling fruitful, based on the agreement land acquisition for transmission between CPC and the region. The lines (OHL-10 kW). The parties are level of the Consortium’s social re- actively working together on other Vitaly Khotsenko, the Minister of Energy, Industry and Communications of the Stavropol Krai sponsibility is so high so we had to construction issues as well. conclude a new agreement which would embrace all the new obliga- – Our working group is a way to time, but it is comforting to know tions. The signing of the document promote mutual understanding that together we are consistently is planned for autumn this year, – between CPC and the region’s moving toward the achievement the Minster accented. population. The arrangements take of our goal. In the end both parties are satisfi ed, which is, to my mind, our primary objective, – Vitaly Khotsenko comments.

– It is important to notice that, while implementing a project of national importance, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium does not forget about the residents of the region and renders signifi cant help to the area. For example, large social projects are being carried out at the expense of CPC – an outpatient clinic at the Ptitch’ie village of Izobilnensky district, a diagnostic and treatment wing at the Ipatovsky Central District Hos- pital. Those are beautiful modern facilities, and as their future owner we will defi nitely invite you to the grand opening! – Vitaly Khotsenko promised.

The building of the Stavropol Krai Administration By Ekaterina Pavlova www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 13 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

Federation. In addition to trans- Main Station porting oil from Kazakhstan, it re- ceives oil from Russian producers. Within the framework of the Ex- A MI-8 HELICOPTER TAKES OFF FROM KRASNODAR AIRPORT AND HEADS pansion Project, PS Kropotkinska- FOR THE TENGIZ-NOVOROSSIYSK OIL PIPELINE… ya has acquired a surge relief system, three gas-turbine main line pumps, one booster pump, a fire ...Passing slowly below, under the pipelines gleaming in the sun- truck station, a fourth metering chopper’s belly, are rectangles of light, and the neat blue roofs of line at the oil metering station, farm lands, their borders delin- the administrative buildings and and two 50,000 m3 tanks. eated by straight rows of trees process facilities. One can’t but and shrubs. Only rarely is this admire the view of this state-of- PS Kropotkinskaya is where the monotonous and plain rural land- the-art and mighty oil industry region’s best specialists have

In the communications equipment PS Kropotkinskaya Manager Alexey Baev (second from left) room of PS Kropotkinskaya on an inspection walkabout

scape “invigorated” by snake-like site. Having circled around the gained experience, and now meandering rivers, or the gigantic facility, the chopper finally lands it well deserves to be called a “legs” of power line towers “walk- on the helicopter pad. source of skilled manpower for ing” away towards the horizon. CPC’s new facilities, specifically A SOURCE OF SKILLED PS-4 and PS-7. PS Kropotkinska- Now we approach our destina- ya does indeed boast one of the tion point – PS Kropotkinskaya, MANPOWER strongest teams. Veterans recall with its eye-catching snow-white that there has not been a single tanks, skywards-pointing light- Kropotkinskaya is the Consor- stoppage here due to human ning rods, bends of the process tium’s largest PS in the Russian error. Safety specialists have

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always noted the high level of the increased tankage allows us to Shift Supervisors are in charge labor safety at the station. Exact maintain oil flow for many hours of monitoring and control of statistics, which are available in the event of loading interruption all processes at the station and from 2007, indicate that in May at the Marine Terminal. If such an supervising the main and auxil- 2014 the Western Region passed incident happens, oil flow will be iary equipment operators, I&C the milestone of 10 million man- redirected from the pipeline to the technician and on-duty elec- hours without loss of work time tank farm automatically. trician, and are operationally due to incidents or injuries. The subordinate to the dispatcher of test lab team also has something Our new tanks are equipped with the Operations Control Center to boast about: in 2013, they won floating roofs which excludes in Novorossiysk. the top prize in the nationwide the possibility of toxic emissions laboratory performance compe- into the atmosphere. Fire safety In addition, PS Kropotkinskaya ac- tition, beating almost 100 other is ensured by modern automat- commodates a back-up dispatch- contestants. ic foam fire-fighting systems er station of the CPC pipeline

A modern fire truck station has been built at the station as part of the The canteen boasts a variety Expansion Project of tasty meals

CAPACITY GAINS capable of pumping foam into system, which means that if for the tanks. some reason it becomes impossi- – Thanks to the Expansion Project ble to manage the pipeline from our station’s capacities have in- – The PS process equipment occupies Novorossiysk, control will be creased considerably, – PS Manager a fairly large area of over 30 hectares, temporarily passed to PS Kropot- Alexey Baev told “CPC Panorama”. – Shift Supervisor Vladimir Plokhov, kinskaya. who has worked at the station from – The station’s throughput capacity the very first day and who remem- Another critical facility locat- is now much higher after the addi- bers the arrival of the first, line fill ed at PS Kropotkinskaya is the tion of new main line pumps, and oil, told “CPC Panorama”. Western Region’s Warehouse. www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 15 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

– In case some part is needed for alarms – almost as if they’re doing without exception. No surprise – equipment repairs at the station, it on purpose to check the security it’s the canteen! It can accom- we are able to get it delivered personnel’s vigilance. modate 50 people at a time, and it to operations services within offers varied and tasty meals. 10 minutes, Warehouse Superin- Another crucial factor for the tendant Alexander Molodichenko pipeline’s safe operation is unin- – We have thoroughly studied stressed. terrupted communication. Indeed, the tastes of the station’s employ- even a short-term communica- ees, – LLC Master-Service chef COMMUNICATIONS tion failure may cause a pipeline Olga Didenko said, replying to our operation stoppage. Therefore, praise. SHOULD BE WITHOUT CPC specialists perform mandato- INTERRUPTIONS ry inspections of communication – The most popular dishes are equipment twice a year (usually, in solyanka, Ukrainian borscht with Based at PS Kropotkinskaya is a spring and fall). garlic donuts, and pickled fi sh. unit of the “Neftegazokhrana” private security fi rm. In addition to – The most recent inspection *** the station’s grounds, their area of proved that the equipment was responsibility includes a lengthy in good repair and the cable lines As things stand today, PS Kropot- section of the main pipeline. With laid within the station’s grounds, kinskaya is receiving oil from the help of a GPS system, they to the entire length of 200 km, PS Komsomolskaya in Kalmykia to monitor the movement of their were in excellent condition, – CPC transmit it onwards to the Marine mobile squads. From CCTV cam- Western Region’s Telecom Engi- Terminal. More pump stations will eras a video signal is transmitted neer Sergey Chirva told “CPC Pan- appear in the Western Region in to the monitor of the active duty orama” in the communications the near future, including in the offi cer. According to the security equipment room at PS Kropot- Ipatovo and Izobilny districts of men, there has not been any real kinskaya. the Stavropol region, and in the intruder-related danger for this Dinskaya and Krymsk districts of section of the pipeline so far, Regardless of one’s specialization the Krasnodar region. except for hares and foxes, which and duties, there is a place regu- often trip the security perimeter larly visited by all PS employees, By Pavel Kretov

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The emergency men

NO ONE IS HERE JUST BY ACCIDENT. THE “IPATOVO” EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER’S TEAM HAS A REALLY TOUGH WORKING REGIME. IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO BE JUST A GOOD SPECIALIST. TO FIT IN HERE, YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR ANY SURPRISES. “IT’S OUR WORK,” THEY REPLY LACONICALLY WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON THEIR DUTIES.

BACKGROUND section, where it runs through the Stavropol region. After the OJSC Welding & Construction pipeline’s launch, the Group chose Group has quite a history. In 2012, to stay with the Consortium: it turned 65. Established back in yesterday’s builders took up the the Soviet era as an oil and gas job of servicing pipeline facilities. Train hard, fight easy pipeline systems builder, the Specially for this purpose the Welding & Construction Group had District No. 1 – “Ipatovo” Emer- laid over 105,000 km of various gency Response Center (ERC) was – Ipatovo was chosen as the base pipelines, more than half of which established as a member of the for ERC for its advantageous were main large diameter oil and Group in 2001. location. The arrival time of our gas pipelines (dia. 1,020-1,420 mm). specialists and equipment to the – Our zone of responsibility lies remotest point in the direction of The Group’s vast experience, its between the pipeline’s kilometer Kalmykia where there are practical- state-of-the-art equipment and points 952 and 1,206, ie. between ly no roads is 90 minutes. Though modern methods have proved the borders of Kalmykia and the in the direction of the Krasnodar useful during the construction of Krasnodar region, – ERC head region the distance is much longer, the Tengiz-Novorossiysk pipeline Sergey Shchegolkov comments. the movement is convenient since there is an asphalt road.

ON PERMANENT DUTY

Beginning the interview, “CPC Panorama” asked the head of the “Ipatovo” ERC to comment on the people in his team. After all, however good the equipment, the human factor remains the most important – responsibility, training and, of course, courage.

– The name of the division, Emer- gency Response Center, speaks for itself. It means the team is ready to work in the most difficult conditions, fighting various emergencies, whether equipment failure or, God forbid, oil spill. There are 30 people on the ERC payroll. All of them are well aware of the importance of their mission to ensure the safe operation of the Sergey Shchegolkov: pipeline section they are responsi- “We are ready for working in the most difficult conditions” ble for, – Shchegolkov remarked. www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 17 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

call 24 hours a day. Even when the whole country is celebrating New Year, drinking champagne and watching their favorite shows and movies on TV, an ERC team member must be ready for an emergency call.

– We stage alerts on weekends and public holidays, and our men always demonstrate excellent readiness and promptness. We maintain on-duty details at the base on non-working days who are the first to respond to an emergency call, Sergey noted.

ARSENAL

Sergey walked the “CPC Panorama” correspondent around showing the ERC “Ipatovo” special equipment and machinery. Indeed, the emergency team has everything necessary for fighting any emergency, be Anatoly Steblinenko: it on land or water. “I’m certain about the good condition of the pipeline’s facilities!” – In case of oil spill, we have to first contain it and then mitigate – Since the team has to cope with ists take off promptly to fix the its consequences. For this purpose a wide variety of jobs, each of our problem. we erect retaining walls blocking men has more than one special- the oil spill’s extension. We also ization. For example, our drivers Besides, there is more than have absorbent pads, sorbent pul- can do welding, air analysis and enough work at our base. We verizers, explosion-proof design pipeline inspection and testing. have to maintain our emergency pumps, oil collectors, oil sludge Almost everyone in our team can response machinery and equip- incinerators, welding equipment operate a vehicle. ment in ideal condition. and a lot more. For fighting waterborne oil spills we have The ERC base also accommodates From time to time, ERC personnel containment booms and special auxiliary personnel assigned takes part in various exercises and vessels for their deployment. from the Welding & Construction drills aimed at testing the alarm Furthermore, our arsenal includes Group. These people fill in for system, practicing interaction floodlighting towers, generators, those ERC team members who are algorithms and perfecting special earth-moving machinery, oil spill on vacation, sick leave, etc. equipment operation skills. The response trailers on KAMAZ truck latest special tactical training chassis equipped for fighting – What does the EPC team do exercises of our team took place at potential emergencies, including during “down time”? – “CPC Pan- the pipeline’s intersection with the unauthorized tie-ins, – Sergey orama” asked Sergey Shchegolkov. water canal on May 7. Large-scale explained. exercises involving a mock spill and – We do pipeline maintenance. attended by representatives from “CPC Panorama” was particularly Our team includes electricians, Emercom and other relevant federal impressed by the size and power I&C specialists, pipeline me- agencies are held every year. of the DT-30 emergency repair chanics… At any time when they complex – a really strong ma- receive a call from the Opera- An emergency team member chine, not to be stopped by any tions Control Center our special- must be in great shape and on marsh or river.

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EVERYTHING SHOULD BE inspect the pipeline together, OK! perform instrumental tests, and discover unauthorized tie-ins by Now our conversation returned to indirect indications. Thanks to the people, without whom even stricter surveillance, there have that impressive arsenal is only a not been any unauthorized tie-ins heap of useless metal. within our section of the pipeline over the last several months. The team comprises people of different ages, including those Here it is worth recalling what re- who took part in the construction gional manager Sergey Potryasov of the CPC pipeline system. One said during our conversation of them, Anatoly Steblinenko, the previous day. “As regards the is a professional builder turned problem of unauthorized tie-ins, pipe-liner. it is important to be proactive. The kicking of an “intelligent pig” into a pipeline If such a tie-in appears, it is is not an easy thing to do – I worked as a teamleader at the worst thing happening. We a construction site. We did should make it so that nobody earth-moving and concreting, – could even imagine encroaching risks?, – we inquired from Sergey he recalled. – There was a strin- on the pipeline. This is precisely Shchegolkov and his colleagues, as gent quality control by foreign what we are working on today. we concluded the interview. specialists, especially Americans. And we are working hard. For I remember one particularly obvious reasons, I can’t disclose – We take part in the in-line inspections performed using “intelligent pigs” provided by the Diascan An emergency team member must be on excellent form Technical Diagnostics Center. The and on call 24 hours a day pigs are kicked into the pipeline and go through together with the oil gathering data on the pipe- uncompromising American who the plans we developed together line’s technical condition. Our would not utter any other words with Western Region’s Security personnel does the kicking of except “OK” or “not OK”. If “not Manager Sergey Yelnikov. Be- pigs, their tracking and removal OK,” we had to do it all over again... lieve me, the measures we plan at the end point. Pigs are tracked Now that I’ve been in pipeline to take are fairly tough. We are along the distance of hundreds of servicing for many years, I’m com- working in cooperation with the kilometers with the help of GPS in pletely certain in the impeccable Federal Security Service and the order to ensure precise location of condition of the CPC facilities we Ministry of Internal Affairs. We detected flaws. maintain. Everything is OK! are most active at the particularly suspicious sections of the pipe- The mending of the defects dis- WITH SECURITY line where we organize sudden covered follows - which is again movements of our mobile teams the duty of ERC “Ipatovo”. Repair SERVICE… and technical personnel. We also crews are sent to identified loca- do surprise checks and take other tions and perform necessary work ERC “Ipatovo” team makes its con- unscheduled action as appropri- to find and fix the defects. tribution to protecting the pipe- ate. All combined, these measures line from unauthorized tie-ins. are already bringing in certain Colossal work in finding and results.” mending mainline defects was – There are still plenty of those performed some three years ago. wanting to steal oil from the pipe, … AND DIASCAN All identified defects, such as but the pipe is becoming increas- insulation failures, pipe wall cor- ingly well protected, – Sergey rosion, etc., were fixed, hence the Shchegolkov commented. – The Expansion Project calls for relevant risks of pipeline opera- a sizable increase in the pipeline tion were eliminated, – the head – We are staying vigilant and work system’s throughput capacity. of ERC “Ipatovo” concluded. hand in hand with the security How does ERC “Ipatovo” contrib- men who guard the pipeline. We ute to minimizing the relevant By Ekaterina Suvorova www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 19 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

Optimism, realism, cooperation

IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION IN THE IPATOVSKY REGION, PS-4 LOOKS GOOD – A LINE OF BLUE PORTACABINS SET AGAINST THE EXUBERANT GREEN OF THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE.

The construction camp is soon participants that became the main as guidance in our future work. So going to disappear without trace: point of the meeting’s agenda. let’s look on the bright side, while after re-cultivation the ground staying realistic and supporting will be once again covered with The tone of the event was set by each other! local wild grasses, and this nice Dennis Fahy, CPC First Deputy accommodation camp will remain General Director in charge of Schedule update was accompanied only in pictures and in our memory. operations, who addressed the by a detailed analysis of all the audience with a short speech: objectives to be gained before The reason for the visit of “CPC staring up PS-4. Schedule Panorama” to PS-4 was the – The aim of our meeting is to 11.05.2014 Revision used as the Company manageement meeting understand what is left to be done base comprised of 50 sections

Meeting at PS-4 on May 13, 2014.

that took place there in mid- to put the station into service. with several line items in each May. While this issue was being We are about to execute a range section. As a result many points prepared for print, many changes of works that are inextricably were rescheduled for earlier took place at the station with interlinked, so every party has to completion. The specialists set regard to the increasing pace of take on mutual obligations and October 10, 2014 as oil-in date and construction. It was exactly this follow them closely. By updating October 24 as the integrated test acceleration of the works given the the schedule we have to produce a date for PS-4 equipment. With all coordination of efforts from all the working document that will serve conditions fulfi lled, acceptance

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While this issue was in SPEEDING UP! production:

Comments by the CPC Expansion commissioning of all the Expansion Project laws and legislati on manager Project facilities both at the Marine Mikhail Kolesnikov: Terminal and PS.

In Astrakhan on May 25 of this The Expansion Project Regulatory Af- year, CJSC “CPC-R” and JSC “CPC-K” fairs group (RF) is engaged in carrying shareholders were informed about out the necessary procedures for the receiving a positi ve conclusion from fulfi llment of these targets. Rostekhnadzor on the Expansion Project Phase 1 sites – PS Kropot- Also, energeti c eﬀ orts are being commission certifi cate signing can kinskaya, Astrakanskaya, Komso- made to extend the leasing agree- be expected on October 30. molskaya, and as of today permit to ment and create the initi al permit operate has been granted. The next documentati on to install a 100-km The focused and businesslike talk step is registrati on, receiving the cer- power line between PS-5 and PS of the specialists moved to the ti fi cates of ownership, and readying Kropotkinskaya. construction site, as the meeting’s the accounti ng procedure. participants inspected every corner of PS-4 site. In addition, it is planned by the end of 2015 to complete construction, By Ekaterina Suvorova start-up & commissioning, conduct the completed facility acceptance first by the Working Commis- sion and then by the Acceptance Comission and Rostekhnadzor representatives, and execute the permitting documentation for the

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S.F. Sagalayev (center), the head of Novoaleksandrovsky municipal district administration, meeting Mikhail Kolesnikov, Viktor Volgyn and Ayshat Tekeeva, CPC representatives.

On June 4, 2014, the CPC work group In the course of the meeting met with the head of Novoaleksan- it was noted that due to close drovsky municipal district admin- cooperation between CPC and istrati on S.F. Sagalayev to discuss the local administration it was coordinati on of eﬀ orts aimed at possible to eliminate all the receiving permission documentati on problem issues that emerged and building contractor mobilizati on while discussing the questions to start building the power lines along of power lines construction with the route between PS-5 and PS-6. the land users. www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 21 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

2013, the first among the Phase II In the homestretch pump stations. HAVING ARRIVED IN LATE APRIL AT THE PS-7 CONSTRUCTION SITE – Process equipment installation, NEAR STAROMYSHASTOVSKAYA VILLAGE, KRASNODAR Krai, hydraulic pressure tests and air �CPC PANORAMA�’S CORRESPONDENT WAS ON TIME FOR leak tests, where necessary, have THE SOLEMN PARADE OF THE CONTRACTORS. been completed, and a fire-fighting system and a first-stage pump station have been commissioned, – Deputy Site Manager of the Project Management Site Krasnodar, Di- rectorate for CPC Project Manage- ment OJSC Chernomortransneft, Dmitry Medvedovsky remarked. Though he is young, he’s already an experienced pipeliner with a record of building quite a few pump stations, from the Krasnodar Krai to Sakhalin, including many in difficult geological and climatic conditions. Site improvement. Construction of The PS-7 construction team has more a walkway to mud strainer units than once received safety awards He will remember PS-7 as a chal- lenging project – especially for the There was certainly something to competitions, which involve all complicated leveling and foun- celebrate: the construction team CPC Expansion Project sites in the dation reinforcement operations had just passed a milestone of Russian Federation. performed to resolve the problem 1.32 million work hours without caused by the shallow aquifer. any injuries or incidents. No incidents means no loss of work time. Therefore, PS-7 con- In order for the station to go live – It is our excellent team that has struction is proceeding strictly on and become a functional element to be honored for that, – General schedule, without interruptions of the pipeline, all the constructed Contractor’s representative and or downtime. All major sub-fa- sub-facilities have to be connected LLC Velesstroy Safety Depart- cilities have been erected, and to the appropriate control and ment head Dominic Dushek said, an access road, helipad and a electricity systems. Watching Elek- commenting on this impressive tie-in skid have been completed. troservis specialists at work, their landmark. –We have twice won Incidentally, PS-7 was connected adroitness and skill, one might challenge pennants in safety to the operating pipeline back in get the impression that electrical

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installation is one of the simplest Project in Russia and Kazakhstan By late May, the construction team work tasks. But that is only how Dmitry Pestun remarked. – Sim- had completed site improvement it seems. It’s enough to say that ilar systems are currently widely and proceeded with the finishing the scope of work includes laying used at oil and gas facilities in the phase of start-up and check-out. some 160 km of cables with nearly United States. Nobody doubts that PS-7 will be 4,000 termination points. commissioned not later than De- By Pavel Kretov cember 25, 2014 – Each control cabinet accommodates 38 cables, – electrician Alex- ander Doronin, 24, told «CPC Pan- orama». Alexander arrived from the Sverdlovsk region to work for the project. According to him, process automation and electrical engineering are among the most interesting construction-related disciplines. He is currently study- ing at the Urals Federal University, and after graduation plans to continue working in these fields – however, as a certified engineer.

A modern oil and gas facility cannot be imagined without reliable safety and security systems. The international company Honey- well is in charge of installing CCTV, perimeter security and access control systems at PS-7.

– Though the systems being installed at PS-7 are similar to those installed at previously commissioned CPC pump stations, they are much more sophisticated due to ongoing technological progress, – Project Director for Security Systems of the CPC Expansion Each control cabinet accommodates 38 cables

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PS-5: Hot season

THIS YEAR HAS SEEN NO SHORTAGE OF WEATHER SURPRISES. OUR VISIT TO PS-5 IN MID-MAY COINCIDED WITH TORRENTIAL RAINSTORMS.

A number of villages were fl ood- plies. In the course of the year, we ed in the Izobilny district of the are determined to overcome the Stavropol Krai, where the pump delay. By December, we plan to Sergey station is being constructed. No complete construction work and Rastorguyev surprise that the weather also proceed with installation of I&C gave the construction team a hard and SCADA. time. PHOTO FOR MEMORY NEED FOR SPEED Work was in full swing at the site. On the way to PS-5, our car was “It’s most important that water caught several times in sheet isn’t pouring down on us from rain. Fortunately, the sky cleared above,” the workers joke. When of heavy clouds as we approached it’s raining, they move indoors, our destination. and today was no exception.

Walking around the construction The pump units are covered with site we saw deep furrows left by tarpaulins, and the fi nal cement Konstantin the wheels of heavy equipment isn’t laid yet on the fl oor. Gofman and the refl ections of huge lifting cranes in the puddles. – It doesn’t look very good at the has already been put into oper- moment. Why photograph it?, – ation. Four more pump stations Representative of the Director- our escort enquired with doubt. are under construction: PS-4 and ate for CPC Project Management PS-7 from Phase II are scheduled (OJSC “Chernomortransneft”) – I think we should. After all, it’s to be comissioned this year, and Sergey Rastorguyev commented history, – I replied. PS-5 and PS-8 of Phase III are to be on the situation: comissioned in 2015. – You won’t recognize the place – The PS-5 construction effort in three or four months, – Lead – What are the prospects for PS-5 involves 274 workers and 80 units Specialist for Pump Station Com- to be launched on schedule? of equipment. The work current- missioning Konstantin Gofman ly under way includes welding, joined the conversation. – The prospects are defi nite, – building construction, concret- Gofman remarked. – The contrac- ing, installation of pump units – There will be walkways and tor is working to overcome the and construction of utility lines. green lawns, and trees will be delay and has promised to deliver As things stand today, we are planted in the fall. PS-5 by next spring. about two months behind the contract schedule. Konstantin is a well-known expert ASSISTANCE AND in the Expansion Project’s work – What are the causes of the progress. So we asked him to OVERSIGHT schedule delay? comment on the general situation in the Western Region. – What are your functions as CPC – The weather does not allow us representative at the stations un- to perform certain kinds of work, – The Expansion Project envisions der construction?, – “CPC Panora- specifi cally construction of access refurbishment and new construc- ma” asked Konstantin Gofman. roads and utility lines, – Sergey tion of fi ve pump stations in the replied. – Also, there are some Krasnodar and Stavropol Krais. – First of all, my job is to assist in problems with equipment sup- PS-6 from the project’s Phase I the construction of the facilities.

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Such assistance includes iden- – I believe, your life is all travel- – The North is a severe, but very tifi cation of bottlenecks, which ing from station to station?, “CPC useful school for a petroleum might adversely affect future op- Panorama” enquired. engineer, where one can learn to eration of the process equipment. identify bottlenecks and accumu- Together with the Technical – Yes, and this is normal. After all, late the relevant skills to be ca- Supervision Service and “Cher- a major construction project is pable of resolving any issues that nomortransneft”, I monitor work under way. PS-4, where I worked might emerge during the con- progress, maintain contacts with from December 2012 to March struction of pump stations and the management team of the 2014, has already been turned to communicate with colleagues Moscow offi ce, organize the work over to the commissioning and op- on a professional level. Frankly of the engineers who provide con- eration teams. Start-up and check- speaking, it is a pleasure when struction and installation super- out is currently being performed you introduce yourself to a group vision. Communications with the there. Now I’ve moved to PS-5, of professionals and it turns out contractor’s personnel take place which I used to visit once a week. that they have heard quite a lot right at the construction sites. about you, i.e. when your name Also, we conduct plan-of-the- Konstantin Gofman was born in speaks for itself. It is also pleasant day meetings together with the Grozny, where he graduated from there is still a lot of work remain- contractor’s managerial staff and the Petroleum Institute in 1982. ing to be done! resolve technical issues together That marked the beginning of his at Technical Committee meetings. eventful record as a petroleum Being a petroleum engineer engineer. For 17 years he worked is not only a profession, but a – How does the contractor react with “Langepasneftegaz”, a subdi- way of life, where one’s career to criticism? vision of LUKOIL-West Siberia. In also depends on one’s family. 1999, he joined the CPC pipeline Gofman’s close relatives, who live – We do not have any friction, construction project, and took part in Stavropol, accept his job with not to mention opposition, – in the construction of project facili- understanding. Gofman replied. – Many issues ties within the Stavropol Krai until are resolved right at the site. If 2001. After that, he worked for – Of course, my wife complains necessary, the Expansion Project’s 10 years with “Starstroy” as deputy a bit about my being far from Management Group gets involved. manager of the Western Region. home fi ve days a week. But after In 2011, he came to the Consor- we launch PS-5, I will be able PETROLEUM ENGINEER tium to work at the stations to be to come home from work every constructed within the framework day, – Konstantin smiles, express- As we fi nished our walk around of the Expansion Project. ing the cherished hopes of many the PS-5 construction site and of his colleagues who are doing headed toward the construction We could not but ask Mr. Gofman their best to ensure the soonest worker’s camp, our conversation whether his previous experience, completion of the CPC Expansion with Konstantin Gofman turned including that earned while work- Project. into a more general talk about the ing in the northern areas, was profession of petroleum engineer. useful for him today. By Ekaterina Suvorova

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IN MAY AND JUNE, KRASNODAR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE CITY ATTENDED THE FREE EXHIBITION “CULTURE OF COOPERATION: EXCAVATION OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN CPC’S CONSTRUCTION AREA” ARRANGED AT THE YEVGENY FELITSYN STATE HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. PROFESSIONAL HISTORIANS NOTED THAT THE UNIQUE FINDS AND RARE ARTEFACTS COLLECTED OVER A DECADE AND A HALF IN CPC’S PIPELINE ROUTE AREA WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH NOT ONLY FOR A TEMPORARY EXHIBITION, BUT ALSO FOR A LARGE MUSEUM COLLECTION.

15 YEARS OF EXCAVATION torical periods – dozens of Bronze Age mounds, early Iron Age “It was a real pleasure for me to settlements and burial grounds, work on the exhibition,” – Niko- medieval monuments and even lai Shevchenko, the exhibition dolmens. One of these dolmen curator, says. As the head of the burials, found near the village of museum’s Fieldwork Research Lab- Veselovka, was fully cleared and oratory he has taken part in all the restored at the expense of CPC, archaeological expeditions along including the installation of a CPC’s pipeline route since 1997. memorial sign. The expeditions were held under the aegis of the company OOO GOLD AND OTHER Nasledie Kubani. Alongside with employees of the Felitsyn Museum, TREASURES the excavations involved scientists from Kuban State University, Novo- The central part of the exhibition rossiysk museum and others. was given over to gold items from the Sarmatian and Meotian graves. Owing to their extensive research, They always attract the greatest Russian scientists have acquired a attention from the public. How- complete picture of all the devel- ever, for professional historians opment stages in Kuban from the it is more important that the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. The fi nds, presented at the exhibition, pipeline route contributed a lot to enable them to accurately recon- such research, as it runs through struct the life and traditions of the the whole Krasnodar region, from peoples living in the Kuban area the village of Temizhbekskaya to millennia ago. For example, there the city of Novorossiysk, across a was an interesting fi nd there – a variety of landscapes and historical seal from Mesopotamia dated back areas: the steppe mounds area, to pre-Babylonian times: it proves the fl oodplain of the River Kuban, the possibility of trade relations the Caucasus mountains and hills, between the Maikop culture and crossing the dolmens area and Mesopotamia, the cradle of many running down to the sea. civilizations. Or a fl int fl ake, almost similar to one found during Within the initial construction the excavation at the Chatal area, and later within the area of Hyunzh settlement (from the 6th the CPC’s Expansion Project, many millennium BC) which is located archaeological sites have been in the territory of modern-day explored, dating from various his- Turkey.

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Sergey Potryasov, CPC Western Region Nikolai Shevchenko, Head of Fieldwork A dialogue with scientists: business and Manager, opens the exhibition Research Laboratory science speak the same language

“The maximum number of the The Russian historians immediate- ing the museum administration, most interesting fi nds was made ly informed the world scientifi c said at the exhibition’s opening at the Early Iron Age monuments: community about their fi ndings. ceremony. we discovered two huge Meotian burial grounds – at the villages The results of the excavations in Yelena Rzhevskaya, the head of of Prikubansky (4th century BC) CPC area of responsibility were the Department for Libraries, and Vinogradny (2nd-1st centuries discussed during a number of con- Museum and Exhibition Activities BC). In this area, monuments of ferences, described in dozens of of the Ministry of Culture of the this kind have never been studied scientifi c publications, and will be Krasnodar Region, called the exhi- before on this scale,” – Nikolai presented in a forthcoming major bition a big event in the cultural Shevchenko said. monograph. life of the region and a true gift for the Year of Culture. A GIFT FOR THE YEAR OF The opening ceremony was at- A SIDE NOTE CULTURE tended by Sergey Potryasov, CPC Western Region Manager. World experience of protecti on The exhibition “Culture of Coop- of archaeological monuments eration: Excavation of Ancient “This exhibition is the outcome of extends back several centuries. Monuments in CPC’s Construction long-term and fruitful cooperation As far back as the second half of Area” has become an important between CPC and the museum. the 17th century, King Karl XI of event in the life of the museum, The archaeologists have collected Sweden issued a decree about the which celebrates its 135th anni- a wealth of materials, literally protecti on of ancient buildings. versary this year. piece by piece. The collection is However, for a long ti me, the pro- interesting both for experts in the tecti on of historical monuments “Throughout its history, our mu- history of the Northwest Caucasus in Western countries has been seum has conducted archaeolog- peoples, and also for those who selecti ve. It was not unti l the 20th ical research commissioned and are just fond of the ancient history century that there were regula- funded by various organizations. of our region. The exhibition itself ti ons governing acti viti es to ensure For the last two decades, we have is another indication of CPC’s care- the conservati on of the archaeo- worked with major companies, ful attitude to the environment, logical heritage during construc- but it is the fi rst time that our col- monuments of nature, history ti on works. In Russia, archaeolog- laboration has resulted not only and culture in carrying out the ical studies on constructi on sites in research and reports, but in company’s production activities. started more than 80 years ago. such an interesting joint cultural The Kuban land still hides many Thus, in 1927, historians studied and educational project. I hope mysteries, and the partnership of the monuments in the largest strongly that our cooperation the museum and the consortium all-Soviet Union constructi on area, with CPC will be a model for other will undoubtedly be continued,” – the Dnieper Hydroelectric Stati on companies and large private busi- he promised. (DneproGES). nesses operating in the Krasnodar region,” – Nafset Hut, represent- By Pavel Kretov www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 27 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

issues, – says district head Vitaly Ochkalasov.

– The social sphere is the basis for everything. People need a decent steady job, highly reliable social security, confi dence in the future – and something to look forward to. We are gradually progressing in that direction and have already succeeded on a few levels (the work of the district administration is highly regarded in the region), which is in my opinion largely due to the caring efforts of the enterprises that are based locally. In this sense CPC is a recognized fl agship in our progress, a perfect role model.

The district head gives an example to illustrate the point. At the moment they are experiencing a baby boom. In 2013, for the fi rst time, the birth rate was Those who participated in the Great higher than the death rate. But Vitaly Ochkalasov Patriotic War are not forgotten by CPC such developments have to be encouraged in every possible way, including additional places in kindergartens. The administration is planning to build two A flagship of new kindergartens, but of course it will take a long time to put the creation design and budget documentation together, to get the necessary approvals and expert evaluation – ON THE EVE OF VICTORY DAY “CPC PANORAMA” HAD A CHANCE TO not to mention how long the SEE HOW GIFTS WERE RECEIVED IN THE KAVKAZSKY DISTRICT OF THE construction itself will last. How- KRASNODAR KRAI BY VETERANS OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR. ever, a spoon, as the saying goes, becomes all the more important when lunch time approaches – we “Petr Vasilievich, this is for you For years the Consortium has are desperate for another kinder- from the staff of the pipeline worked hard to improve social garten right now. that runs close by and carries conditions for those who live export oil from Kazakhstan to along the whole length of the – And this is where CPC comes Novorossiysk”, – the head of the pipeline’s route, launching its to our aid, – Ochkalasov went village veterans’ organization who charity programs far and wide. on. – Using the money from the accompanied CPC representatives That is why simply mentioning corporate charity budget in no explained. But the veteran still the name in Kavkazsky or in any time they have renovated the looked bewildered – did he not other area where CPC operates building of the former children’s understand or hear properly?… says a lot to anyone – from elders activity center and converted “From CPC, you know, the ones to toddlers. it into a kindergarten. What a that send you greetings every special occasion it was for the holiday” – and the old man’s face – We are extremely grateful to children, their parents and for us, relaxed into a happy smile – now the Consortium for its help in the representatives of the district he remembered! resolving many of our social administration!

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A kindergarten is the best gift for a Cossack village with a baby boom

The kindergarten in Kavkazskaya Cossack village has the nickname “Solnechny” (Sunny)

Or take the story of that school – It is worth noting that the budget cafeteria in the Temizhbekskaya of the district, with a population of Cossack village. It was in a critical over 120,000 people, is only about condition, so the school had to 800 mill rub. After paying salaries close it and make do without to those working in the social for several years – there were no sphere there is hardly anything budget funds for repairs. And left to spend on taking care of even again CPC acted with its magic the most pressing social needs. It wand! Today the school has so is therefore of great importance splendid a cafeteria, with brand for us to increase tax revenue by new imported equipment, that creating a comfortable environ- it is used by the district Ministry ment for efficient operations, not of Education to set an example only for big businesses but also for for the whole region. This kind medium-size and small enterprises. of equipment cannot be found We hold regular meetings with even in the biggest cities in the business representatives to find out region – not even in Krasnodar or whether any support or encourage- Novorossiysk. ment is needed, to learn about the problems they face, to offer grants The Consortium’s input in the and loans. And it is a pleasure for social sphere of the region is truly us to know that CPC, in addition to far-reaching. In the Kavkazsky dis- its problem-free functioning in our trict CPC reconstructed a stadium district, is developing rapidly, and in the town of Kropotkin, provid- represents one of the driving forces ed vehicles for its hospitals and of the economy, – the head of the ambulance stations, and buses for district concluded. the music school and children’s School cafeteria in the Temizhbekskaya activity center. By Pavel Kretov Cossack village – a present from CPC www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 29 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

for “Rosstroyservice” to build the Concern for the local pavements that villagers now can’t imagine their life without. Due to this amenity the village streets not population only became safe for pedestrians but also became a kind of deco- ration. Lenin Avenue, Bobryshev THIS “CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE CENTURY” STARTED AT THE Avenue – these are the West- PTITCHIE VILLAGE IN IZOBILNENSKY DISTRICT IN THE STAVROPOL REGION ern-sounding names the people ONLY AT THE END OF LAST YEAR BUT BY MID-MAY WE ARE ALREADY gave the streets that have become WITNESSING THE PANORAMA OF THE SECOND FLOOR BEING BUILT! their favorite promenade spots.

Yaroslav Kapitsyn emphasized that We are referring here to the people, fi nishing the associated the implementation of CPC chari- village ambulance station being works in advance, – states Yaroslav ty projects is constantly monitored built by CPC charity funds, the 65 Kapitsyn, “Rosstroyservice” LLC by the Consortium and is highly mln rubles expenditure allocated foreman. – This ambulance station supported by the local adminis- in the context of the Consortium’s is a real palace compared to the tration. We paid a visit there after Expansion Project. One cannot but old village hospital. It is going to seeing the ambulance station appreciate the rapid pace of con- be very patient-conscious: ramps, construction site. struction. The even movements of many offi ces, light wards ... We the lifting crane, the rotation of guarantee the construction and Vladimir Kozlov, Head of the the batch mixer, numerous work- fi t-out of high quality! Izobilnensky district, accorded us ers laboring away like ants... a hearty welcome. We heard many The ambulance station is not the words of praise about the Consor- – At the moment we have 35 confi rst project carried out by this tium from him. struction workers busy with this construction company in the project. We are accelerating to fi n- Ptitchie village. Last year the Con- – CPC has incontestable authority ish it up by August! We are adding sortium allocated 15 mln rubles with the local people, – he said.

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Vladimir Kozlov, Head of the Izobilnensky Municipal Yaroslav Kapitsyn, the foreman District Council

– The contribution the company Regulatory Affairs RF Group, CPC could have been resolved in the makes to the social sphere of the Office, Stavropol, I said: “I won’t favor of the town. It was my ardent region is far beyond that offered allow any more vehicles through desire to bring this project to by other companies. And in the until you build the road!” Later Ptitchie, where we have a serious present situation nothing but it turned out that the vehicles problem with medical services for investment in the social sphere belonged to MRSK that had started the population. The old hospital is allows the region to develop. the power substation construction half-ruined and in critical condi- without formal approval. Never- tion, and now very soon we will Today Vladimir smiles at his mem- theless now in Ptitchie we have have a new one. It is going to be a ories of his first encounter with great stone-block pavements like cluster medical ambulance with CPC that took place when he was nowhere else in the entire region, modern high-tech equipment that the head of Ptitchie village: built at CPC expense. will render medical assistance not only to the villagers of Ptitchie, – To tell the truth, it all began with And now, as Municipal District but also to the villagers of Baklan- something of a negative attitude Council Head, Vladimir Kozlov is novskaya, Tishchenskoye and No- on my side. It was like this: after monitoring the implementation voizobilnoye, about 17,000 people the villagers vested their confi- of another charity project aimed in total. One cannot possible over- dence in me at the elections in at improving the quality of life for estimate the significance of such March 2012, I started sorting out the people of Ptitchie. He shows us help to the Izobilnensky district! the matters of the establishment “live” pictures on his smartphone: under my control. There were a The local administration is al- huge number of problems and the – I am watching the ambulance ready taking measures to provide budget was really small, 8.5 mln station construction online. One the new ambulance station with rubles per year. It was the very of the essential conditions when highly qualified staff. Young moment when the procedures of choosing the contractor was the and promising doctors who are choosing the land plot for PS-5 organization of 24-hour Internet about to graduate from Stavropol started. The traffic routes had not video surveillance (at their ex- Medical University are especial- yet been coordinated but heavy pense, of course), and “Rosstroy- ly welcome. Medical staff who construction vehicles were already service” readily agreed. choose Ptitchie as their perma- passing through the village, ruin- nent residence will be provided ing the road. At the meeting with – I will tell you the truth, – the Dis- with accommodation. Vitaliy Iskanderov, Representative, trict Head continues, – the matter Regional and Local Authorities, of the ambulance station location By Ekaterina Suvorova www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 31 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

(at KP 1215 km). Oil transfer is Alert drill on stopped, the affected section is promptly shut off, and CPC lead- ership is informed of a possible Environmentalist’s Day accident. Mobile teams from the pipeline security service and COMPREHENSIVE JOINT PRACTICAL EXERCISES INVOLVING emergency response center (ERC) MITIGATION OF A MOCK OIL SPILL TOOK PLACE IN THE KAVKAZSKY rush to the site and discover the DISTRICT OF THE KRASNODAR REGION ON JUNE 5, INTERNATIONAL cause of the decrease in pressure. ENVIRONMENTALIST’S DAY. They find an illegal tapping from which some oil has leaked onto the ground, with part of it flowing Solemnly lined up, representatives – We are here to witness a large- downhill into the river. They see a from CPC-R, Starstroy, Russia’s scale practical exercise involving tank truck speeding off, allegedly Emercom Division for the Kras- mitigation of a mock oil spill. This driven by the culprits. Meanwhile, nodar Region, Rescue, Emergency is the first time such exercises the spilled oil catches fire and and Environment Protection are taking place in the Kavkazsky the fire threatens to spread to the Operations Center, the territorial district. I’m certain they will be nearby population center. sub-department of the Unified a success because CPC employs Russian System of Emergency Sit- highly skilled and responsible SO VERY REALISTIC! uations Prevention and Response, specialists. I wish everyone luck environmental protection ser- and success! vices, Emergency Medicine Service A rapid-response police contin- and event guests were briefed on After a briefing, the exercises gent intercepts the criminals and the program and objectives of the began. emergency fire-fighting teams drills and greeted by Kavkazsky arrive at the site of accident. Men district administration head Vitaly DRILL SCRIPT IS ALL in protective suits resembling Ochkalasov. astronauts take prompt action to IMPORTANT contain the fire. The deafening sirens, the speed at which the A Consortium dispatcher firemen operate, the snow-white detects a steady loss of spouts of foam quenching the fire, pressure in the pipeline the emergency medicine people system in the area of carrying a “victim” – when you see the main pipeline’s all that you forget for a moment intersection with that these are only exercises. It all the River Chelbas, looks so breathtakingly real! near the village of Privolny Meanwhile, the police and CPC security group cordon off the accident area. A joint headquarters of operational management is promptly set up headed by Alexey Fomenko, O&M Manager, Western Region – Operations CPC Office, Krasnodar, who meticulously surveys the “accident” site from a MI-8 helicopter. The population of Privolny village is being urgently evacuated.

Now the main forces from the Kro- potkin and Novorossiysk ERC move in. They deploy booms, temporary storage tanks and oil skimmers. Volunteers from among local resi- Fire teams at work dents join the effort. They clean up

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Collected “oil” injected back into the pipeline RF Emercom representative’s concluding report the shoreline with straw bundles, DEBRIEFING The Emercom representative pitchforks and shovels. Environ- thanked the public for active sup- mental lab specialists demarcate Again the teams were lined up. port of the exercises, expressed the oil contaminated soil area... Debriefing was conducted by special appreciation to CPC “for RF Emercom Krasnodar Region the policy pursued to ensure se- After the bulk of the mitigation Division’s Head of Fire Fight- curity of its facilities,” and wished work has been completed, the col- ing, Colonel of Internal Service that the skills thus perfected will lected oil was injected back into Konstantin Ratiani, CPC Deputy be employed only during preven- the pipeline and the pipeline’s General Director, RF Government tive efforts and never during real leak-sealing was restored. Relations, Alexey Khardykin, CPC accidents.

Mock oil spill mitigation exercises are performed on a – Exercises are not a game, but regular basis in all regions along the route of the Tengiz- a major practical effort held to Novorossiysk oil pipeline. Such exercises are an integral train personnel in the most im- part of CPC policies in the fields of industrial security, portant skills, – Sergey Potryasov CPC Western Region Manager labor safety and environmental protection aimed at stressed. – Both the scale and the achieving maximum reduction of anthropogenic effects importance of such drills will be on the environment and compliance with all applicable only increasing due to the Expan- requirements provided for by the environmental and sion Project as more facilities are sanitary laws of Russia and Kazakhstan commissioned. I wish to everybody that in the case of a real accident, which, I hope, never occurs, we will demonstrate even Finally, all the necessary process Environment Protection Manager, better organization and coordi- switching was done to restore HSE, Moscow, Roman Matyukhin, nation. the normal operation of the and CPC Western Region Manager pipeline. Sergey Potryasov. By Ekaterina Krapivko www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 33 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

that during the wedding ceremony at A Book about Our Time the registry offi ce, when asked, “What surname have you decided to take?” – Lena gave Misha a hidden poke in ONE OF THE ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE IS DEDICATED TO AN INTERESTING the ribs, giving him the opportunity INITIATIVE – THE CREATION OF LIBRARIES AT THE PUMP STATIONS. AND to speak fi rst. The groom hesitated, THE HERO OF THIS ARTICLE HAS GONE EVEN FARTHER: WHEN WORKING not understanding why he had to AT CPC LARGE PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION SITES, HE USED HIS LEISURE TIME respond to this question, and quickly TO BECOME A WRITER. gave a hidden push back, giving the bride a sign that it only she could make the decision. She was a little Ruben Matevosov, an interpreter know about the times our fathers confused, and pronounced his name, at CPC Western Region, started and grandfathers lived in! Many of ‘Makarov’.” working at CPC when there was them were not particularly willing neither a pipeline nor pump to share their memories, neither “.. None of the local people knew ex- stations there – they were all still did they leave diaries, and now actly the ranks of the Soviet offi cers being built. When he was working there is nobody to be asked about living alongside them. Disclosure of there, the line part, MLBV-stations that time...” – says Ruben Matev- personal information was discour- and pump station No 6 (Kropot- osov. “So, I thought that my own aged. So, not to confuse the local kinskaya) were under construc- observations, my personal experi- public, many of the offi cers presented tion. The Russian, American and ence could also be of interest for themselves as Colonels, although British experts, working at the someone.” the more modest offi cers did not construction site together, con- promote themselves by three ranks at stantly needed an interpreter. So, And Ruben wrote an easy to a jump, but just by one or two. It all leaving for the station on Monday read book in his peculiar ironic depended on what rank you looked morning, Ruben would come manner. His short novel “Never like, how loud you could shout and back to Krasnodar only on Friday Mind” is optimistic, although it whether you were tough enough to evening. describes a very diffi cult period be demanding…” for the country, the 1980s and the The question was what to do early 1990s. The characters of the “…Misha’s dad often said that it after a busy working day when novel are Soviet military special- is much more important how you away from home? First he tried ists and interpreters in Africa and drink than how much you drink. At to play sports, which their friends and families – they that moment, Misha remembered provoked admiration are fi ctional, although some an anecdote: Shtirlitz and Mueller* and simultaneous of them have real proto- are sitting in a restaurant. – Why humorous concerns types. The book contains do you take so few snacks when you among his foreign interesting facts, describes drink, Shtirlitz? Are you a Russian? – colleagues: “Ruben, people, traditions and cus- Mueller asks suspiciously. – It’s just you may collapse!” toms, and the specifi cities because we, real Germans, are very Then he turned to of the mentality of differ- stingy, – Shtirliz answers.” literature. ent nations. A large part of the novel is devoted to the Ruben’s colleagues raved about “Once I was problem of relations his novel when it was published struck by the between men and in 2009. In many ways, it was thought: how women – a sub- due to their persuasions that he little we ject which wrote the next one, “The Parrot”. is always Moreover, the author wrote this topical. book not only as a writer, but also as a professional translator: the * * * characters of that short novel are engaged in lengthy dialogues in “They both Russian and English. were both so excited By Pavel Kretov

* Characters of an extremely popular Soviet TV spy series.

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try of Truth”, “Night of the Soul”, In search of truth “Something, Somewhere”, “Blind”, “Emotions”, “Peel”, “Aut Caesar, Aut Nihil”), and also some full-for- Timur Jaste is a senior translator for CPC in the Western region. mat releases like “Pocket-size But in his free time Timur is a musician, poet and theatre critic. God”, “Barnyard”, “The Art of Self-destruction”.

The most famous musical project situation, if you just take it out of Unfortunately, as often happens, that Timur ever took part in was your pocket. the career of “Ministry of Truth” the Krasnodar band “Ministry has been put on hold indefinitely. of Truth”, which was founded in No time to look back, locked are the But Timur has not completely left 2007. Its name came from George gates the music business behind him. Orwell’s novel “1984”, but contrary We’re in our own coordinates Within the “Dark Radio” inter- to the novel the musicians never Leave me alone, don’t ask too much net project he hosts the “Red on inflicted their own ready-made I’m on my own, God be my judge Black” show, together with the “truth” on the audience. On the “founding father” of “Ministry of contrary, they were always seeking After a while the band decided Truth”. The show is dedicated to it together with their listeners. that performing only in English the work of various bands that meant restrictions on their cre- have been for some reason under- Timur was also the “Minister ativity. estimated, ones that were often of Truth” – in other words, the in the shadow of more famous lyricist, and his emotional per- – We have nothing to be ashamed colleagues, but which still left a formance along with the music of, but we have a lot to tell our noticeable trace behind in music. became Ministry of Truth’s dis- audience, – says Timur. – The tinctive feature. He started writing inspiration for some of our lyrics Not long ago Timur took up a poetry in English while in second- was provided by the works of new role – as a theatre critic. His ary school, and later gained recog- Dostoevsky – “man is broad”, “Aut aspiration “to get to the core of nition in his field: specialized mag- Caesar, Aut Nihil”. I was attracted the matter” helped him quickly azines named him “best English by the writer’s thoughts on the earn a reputation and now he is a language lyricist of Russia”. ambiguity of human nature: while welcome guest not only on open- in the dark, we’re still reaching for ing nights but also at final runs and – I think “Pocket-size God” is one the light. rehearsals at theatres in Krasnodar. of the band’s best songs, – Timur says. – It tells about how often Rightness, propriety, truth and righ- Timur’s main occupation helps people can’t resist the temptation teousness, him stay active and switched-on. to make themselves a god in their You are right when you do the right own image. What for? Calling thing, – We translators stay young in the upon him makes it easier to justify And even in case you are wrong soul, and are always quick off the one’s deeds and not have any You are still right – because it is you mark – because our profession doubts in one’s goodness. In fact, keeps us focused, – Timur Jaste it’s just as comfortable as carrying The group performed often, went concludes. a Swiss Army knife about with on tour in Russia and released a you – it will help you out in any number of mini-albums (“Minis- By Pavel Kretov www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 35 IN FOCUS: WESTERN REGION

For the sake of life on Earth

IN THE MID-1980S A MONUMENT TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR WAS SET UP IN THE CENTER OF KRASNODAR, TITLED «FOR THE SAKE OF LIFE ON EARTH». IT PICTURES A SOLDIER AND A GIRL DRAWING ON THE PAVEMENT. OUR COLLEAGUE JULIA SHIRYAEVA, WESTERN REGION HR SPECIALIST, WAS THE MODEL FOR THE FIGURE OF THE GIRL IN THE SCULPTURE.

Sculptor Alexander Kibalnikov in his Julia Shiryaeva – studio. 1980s image from childhood

It took students and professors of Being a model in this particular At the bottom of the granite rock the Krasnodar Institute of technol- case meant that the architect next to the monument a message ogy (now Kuban State Technologi- would give Julia a clean piece of to the students of 2045 who will cal University) almost two decades paper and a pen and ask her to celebrate the 100th anniversary of to raise funds for this monument draw the sun again and again. And the Great Victory is enshrined in a to their predecessors who had giv- while the child was drawing away special container. en their lives for their Motherland. avidly, the architect made some They entrusted the construction sketches that he later sent to Mos- During the ceremony a special of the work to the famous Moscow cow to Kibalnikov’s studio, who student oath was given: “We will sculptor, People’s Artist of the brought the image to reality, fi rst hold the memory of those fallen USSR Alexander Kibalnikov, and in clay and later in bronze. for the freedom and independence the Krasnodar architect Alexander of their homeland sacred! We shall Zholtikov. – I remember that I felt very uptight work hard for the sake of peace while posing, as I didn’t really under- and happiness on Earth! ...” – Alexander Zholtikov was stand what was expected of me. The acquainted with my father, who project was modifi ed several times – Today, Julia has two sons, aged eight worked at Kuban State Univer- that is why it took about three years and ten, and she often tells them sity. He was a frequent guest at to fi nish. By the time the monument about the heroic deeds of the veterans our house and decided that I was unveiled I was already aged of the Great Patriotic War, and about would make a great model for ten, and being among the guests the price they had to pay for the sake that little girl. I had just turned alongside the veterans I could feel of the life of future generations. seven at that time, – Julia re- all the seriousness and dignity of the members. moment, – Julia continues. By Pavel Kretov

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In work and in sports

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE JOB OF A PIPELINE WORKER IS A VERY ACTIVE ONE. IT REQUIRES FREQUENT BUSINESS TRAVEL, TRIPS TO THE PIPELINE AND PARTICIPATION IN BUILDING AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

For such a rhythm of work one land owners and private farms always has to be in good shape along the line. In order not to and ready to go to any remote site. cause them any harm while in- Andrey Proskurnin, Operations specting or repairing the pipeline Manager, Pipeline O&M Western we have to work with full con- Region, CPC Offi ce, Krasnodar, lit- centration and exactness, per- erally knows every inch of the 543- forming working operations with km pipeline segment that he is in pinpoint accuracy, – says Andrey charge of – over the 12 years that Proskurnin. he’s been with CPC he has walked it all, including the hard-to-reach Andrey Ivanovich learned about mountainous areas. pinpoint accuracy in sports. He used to be a football goalkeeper, – Our zone of responsibility is not but was much more successful an easy one: there are dozens of at table tennis: he reached the USSR Candidate Master of Sports qualifying standard when still in 10th grade, played for “Trudovye rezervy”, and became the champion of Grozny and the Chechen-In- Andrey Proskurnin: “Back in the 1980s gush ASSR. a Japanese bat cost 70 rubles – the same as my parents’ monthly salary” – Thanks to sports, I’ve travelled all around the country: Irkutsk, Sverdlovsk, Kaliningrad, Ash- after losing twice. And in this hot khabad, Baku... It was thrilling, – competition Andrey Proskurnin, Andrey Proskurnin remembers. Candidate in Masters of Sport and After graduating from the Groz- the Raduzny champion, came ny Insititute of Oil he was posted third in the individual event and to the town of Raduzny in the fourth in pairs together with Alex- Tyumen region. He continued ander Ruban representing Megion. practicing table tennis there: he The performance by Proskurnin became a repeat regional winner became the championship’s sensa- in team competitions, and was tion and came as a great surprise frequently a medalist in individ- to the hosts who had expected ual events. a different candidate for third position.” Andrey Ivanovich keeps a cutting from the “Raduzny News” news- His passion for table tennis still paper about his fi rst performance helps Andrey Ivanovich keep fi t. in the Tyumen regional champion- He doesn’t take part in large com- ship which was rated as sensation- petitions any more – but his bat is al by specialists: “The individual always ready, waiting for a match event was arranged according to to come along. the Swiss system which means you are out of the competition By Pavel Kretov www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 37 ECHO OF THE WAR

Memory and pain

ON THE EVE OF VICTORY DAY, A HOLIDAY HELD IN VERY HIGH REVERENCE IN RUSSIA, CPC FOLLOWED ITS TRADITION OF CONGRATULATING VETERANS.

The staff of the Governmental Affairs Department together with the local administrations and social organizations’ representatives visited the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, presented them with grocery baskets and gifts and took the unique opportunity to listen to their war memories. This is the war as seen through the eyes of the veterans who are residents of the Krasny Yar village in the Astrakhan Region.

Veterans’ memories recorded by Ekaterina Krapivko

Viktor Dmitrievich Stolbovoy, friend came back, remembers that born in 1925, fought in the Kursk one had no choice in battle: it is Salient as a sniper. He remembers either kill or be killed. his service days, remembers an occasion when 50 men carried – Once we were ordered to attack. out an attack and only he and his Suddenly two girls ran up to me: «Vitya, hold us tight and give us a kiss, we’ve never even kissed a guy before.» So I did. And when we came back, the girls were lying there, dead. So it turned out they only had one kiss in their lives... Viktor Dmitrievich Stolbovoy The war hardened Viktor Dmi- trievich and made him more demanding of himself and others. He holds on to his principles in bringing up his grandson: From 1941 to 1945, 8,400 people went – I tell him: “Heaven forbid you off to war from the promise something to some- Krasnoyarsk region, and one and not do it. Don’t give promises you can’t fulfill. But if only 5,700 returned. One you gave one – live up to it no in three residents of the matter what!” That is what I am region fell in battle used to.

Nikolay Mikhailovich Shcherba- – We got off the train and were given and he couldn’t talk for a long kov, born in 1925, was at Stalin- weapons. We didn’t understand time. grad and fought around Murman- anything, we would just run forward sk. He was a lance-corporal, and and yell “Hooray!” and “Mama!” The memories of Nikolay Mikhai- later became a lance-sergeant. lovich are often interrupted, his He was in charge of a fi eld artil- His daughter Anna tells that voice sometimes trembling with lery gun. He was 17 when he was he came home from the war overwhelming feelings, but he brought to Stalingrad alongside shell-shocked and with no teeth keeps on talking – people, names young boys like himself. – they were destroyed by scurvy, of places, divisions, regiments

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and artillery guns, the battles he took part in... He talks about the rough time the soldiers had in Stalingrad, what a dreadful tank combat it was, how they chased the fascists who were fleeing “in crowds”...

Nikolay Mikhailovich Shcherbakov

Mikhail Andreevich Zhuravlev, the commanders about the offen- born in 1926, served in a signals sives planned by the enemy... unit in Armenia from 1943 until 1950. He was first a private, then a He remembers how he learned platoon officer, and taught Morse about victory: code to recruits as a top sergeant. Once he had to go on a mission as – It is a day I remember very well. part of a recon team and report to I was on duty at the radio station.

The “CPC to Veterans” program has been running since 2002 in all the regions along the trunk pipeline. This year in the Astrakhan Region presents were delivered to 195 veterans, in the Republic of Kalmykia – to 364 veterans, in the Stavropol Region – to 542 veterans, in the Krasnodar Region – to 1,050 veterans

It was 2 am, and I was switching the channels every once in a while. All of a sudden there was a message: “The Act of capitulation has been signed!” We all left our posts and ran to the barracks to tell the boys. We yelled: “The war is over! This is it!” Everybody jumped up, it was really quite something...

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crawl battalions, 50 special cavalry Cossack spiritual squadrons, nine mounted squadrons and one auxiliary mounted bonds artillery squadron. In other words, the Cossacks were always there to protect the coun- ALONG ITS 1,500 KILOMETER ROUTE THE CPC OIL PIPELINE RUNS try’s southern borders and often THROUGH VARIOUS CULTURAL TERRITORIES. IN THE KRASNODAR had to face aggressors and invaders REGION BY FAR THE MOST INTERESTING PHENOMENON IS COSSACK before anyone else. It is no wonder CULTURE. then that in Losevo they are so proud of their traditions, which are cherished here by every age group.

We talked about the glory and bravery of the Cossacks with the school’s headmaster Yury Laman- ov, the Deputy Head of Kavkazsky District Administration Svetlana Filatova, and the Educational Board Manager Seda Demchenko in a spacious and recently renovated cafeteria. It is late after- noon – so the schoolchildren have already gone home and we can hear the quiet sound of kitchen utensils being arranged by the lunch ladies for tomorrow. Thanks to the equipment purchased with funds provided by CPC they have the opportunity to cook with fresh produce and forget about pro- cessed foods. In Losevo they care a great deal about healthy eating: to be able to defend his motherland every growing Cossack has to gain Young Cossacks from School No. 21 in the village of Losevo strength and acquire real stamina.

FROM LOSEVO TO CONTEMPORARY WITH The Kuban Cossacks took part in SAKHALIN KRASNODAR all the Russo-Turkish wars, in the Russian army’s foreign campaigns “None there is in Russia dear, a in 1813–1814, and defended Sev- Interestingly, it was through the better land of grace; Oh, Kuban, astopol and resisted the attacks children that the Cossack re- abundance, beauty, in our hearts of the British and French troops vival was sparked in the village your place…” – sings the Chil- on the Taman Peninsula during 20 years ago. dren’s Cossack Choir with gusto the Crimean war of 1853–1856. By and feeling. “CPC Panorama” has 1914 the army consisted of 1.3 mil- – When we organized a school just arrived at school No. 21 in lion Cossacks, living in 278 Cos- choir and introduced special Cos- the village of Losevo, an old rural sack villages and 32 hamlets. In sack classes the children began to settlement in the Krasnodar re- the World War I, the centenary of study their family history, started gion. Just imagine: it was founded the start of which will be marked gathering items for a museum, only two years after Ekaterino- this summer, the Kuban army digging up old photos, and talking dar (Krasnodar) itself, where the participated with 41 mounted and to their relatives, – said headmas- Kuban army headquarters were one leopard crawl regiment, two ter Yury Lamanov. – This in turn located – in 1795! mounted divisions, 27 leopard seriously stirred the curiosity of

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the adults, and soon many parents orders of the senior officers of the of our pupils were themselves Kuban Cossack army; having ranks, received as members of the local insignia, and the right to wear Cos- Cossack community. Today the sack uniform, as well as to carry a children of Losevo continue to Cossack whip, sword, dagger and in set a splendid example. Young certain cases even firearms. Talking Cossacks have not lost themselves of firearms, it is worth mentioning among the multitude of their that modern Cossacks have long counterparts from all over Russia. ceased to be associated only with cavalry. A Cossack who comes of age – On Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow for military service can join any of they took an honorable third place the specialized Cossack regiments in the Marching Song Contest in in various branches of the armed 2013, coming at the top of almost forces. Some enlist in the airborne 200 other children’s ensembles infantry Mountain unit, while some from Sakhalin to St. Petersburg, choose a tank regiment or a coast- including those representing differ- guard ship. ent cadet schools, – a fact of which Svetlana Filatova, the Deputy Head And during the recent Winter of the Kavkazsky District Adminis- Olympics the Cossacks from the vil- tration cannot help being proud. lage were of great assistance to the law enforcement authorities in the – We have 18 Cossack classes in Krasnodar region. Together with the our district altogether with a total police officers, they went on duty number of about 500 pupils, – night and day and ensured the ob- adds Educational Board Manager servance of migration procedures. Seda Demchenko. – Not to mention the special subject “Study – Today people treat Cossacks with Kuban” that is on the general cur- great respect. If in the 1990s the riculum across all grades in every Cossack uniform was perceived school of the district. as a historical costume or even worse, as fancy dress, now both The adults, of course, are striving the authorities and ordinary to keep up. In the office of Alex- citizens eagerly seek our help. ander Shishikin, who heads the Everybody knows that with the village administration and is at the Cossacks law always prevails: same time a chieftain of the local corruption, excesses and abuse of Cossack community, every avail- power are unheard of, – Alexander able space is taken up by award Shishikin concludes. certificates and prizes. While reviving and developing – Three times we came first in Cossack traditions the inhabitants the Cossack competition in the of Losevo pay a lot of attention district, – he remarks. to recovering society’s spiritual bonds. The weddings in the village IN STATE SERVICE are celebrated according to ancient Cossack customs. Everyone is contributing to the building of 1. Alexander Shishikin is in charge of the Cossack community in the village However, sport and leisure are not the village church that will be ded- all it takes to be a Cossack. This icated to St. Alexander Nevsky. Ex- village with a population of approx- panding its business in this region 2. “None there is in Russia dear, a better land of grace; Oh, Kuban, abundance, imately 2,000 people has more than the Caspian Pipeline Consortium beauty, in our hearts your place…” 60 officially recognized Registered treats local culture and customs Cossacks. To be “registered” means with respect. 3. Prayers at the foundation stone being in a very real sense in service ceremony for the future church dedicated to to the state: coming under the strict By Pavel Kretov St. Alexander Nevsky www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 41 THROUGH THE LENS OF HISTORY

“The Hump” Himalayan airlift that Fueling a shared victory provided non-stop supplies; infantry – the daring long range pene- tration raids of the 3,000 “Merrill’s Marauders” special forces behind DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR ALL FIGHTING ARMIES HAD TO MEET THE Japanese lines, and members of CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING FUEL FOR THEIR FORCES AT THE FRONT LINE. the engineering corps would talk about the military pipeline.

The decision to build a 3,000 kilometer pipeline to supply American and Chinese forces with gasoline was taken in August 1943 during a meeting between British and American Chiefs of Staff in Que- bec. The route was marked along the valley of the Brahmaputra river, across Bengal, Assam and Northern Burma to the city of Kunming in Yunnan Province. Only the very fi rst section of the pipeline in India could have been regarded as straightforward, whereas afterwards it went into jungle and mountains, and strug- gled across many major rivers and marshes.

750,000 pipes, each six meters long, were brought over from the USA on ocean-going freighters. Loaded onto cargo aircraft they were taken to airports nearest to the locations of the future sections It was complicated in Europe and ans than, for example, the battles of the pipeline and transported Africa equally, but the need was of the Pacifi c, the Battle of Mid- further by vehicles and half-track no less pressing in the Asian-Pa- way or the fi ghting for Singapore trailers. The drivers had to em- cifi c theater of operations. The and the Philippines. The reason ploy all their skill to avoid getting world’s longest pipeline, built by for that is quite simple: the stuck on the narrow jungle trails. the Americans, started in India smaller scale of CBI operations, Where the vehicles could not get and went through North Burma involving only 2 % (250,000) of all through, the pipes and equipment into China, and was the most im- conscripted soldiers in the USA had to be carried. portant route for delivering oil to during the war. the US Air Force bases located on WHERE THE ELEPHANTS Chinese territory. However, it was not a matter of numbers, but also of skill, as LIVE THE FORGOTTEN Russian Field-Marshal Suvorov used to say. Military pilots would The marshes near Chinbiang in THEATER easily remember how General Burma proved particularly tricky Chennault held thousands of for the builders of the pipeline American WW II veterans would kilometers of the frontline against since the monsoon season turned often refer with bitterness to the Japanese air force with only it into a huge lake. Such obstacles the China Burma India Theatre 26 active fi ghter planes from were overcome: the front end (CBI) as “forgotten”. And indeed, the American Volunteer Group of the pipeline was capped and, events there have received a good “Flying Tigers”; their transport using positive buoyancy, dragged deal less attention from histori- aviation colleagues would recall forward, linking the pipes and

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1. 3,000 kilometers of pipeline reached its peak capacity at the beginning of 1945

2, 4. Field pumping station in the jungle continuing the pipeline over the in Burma wetland. 3. Truck convoys could fill up their Unusual perseverance was also tanks directly from the pipeline required from builders while constructing the section near the 5. 750,000 pipes, each six meters long, settlement of Warazup, with the were brought across the ocean from thickest jungle growth and marsh- the USA to construct the pipeline es 1.5 meters deep. Tractors proved useless in such conditions and the engineering corps delivered building materials by boats and pon- its crucial stage. On August 3 the war that has been of inestimable toons with attached engines. It was city of Myitkyina was taken by value in carrying supplies to the here that the Americans attempted American special forces with the fi ghting forces in China. Every to use elephants as pulling power, assistance of Chinese forces. The man who has participated in the but it proved to be a bad idea – the Japanese had to abandon a well- building of this petroleum life- animals were too slow. People how- equipped airstrip and it was used line, no matter what his branch of ever kept advancing eastwards – by US cargo aircraft to bring in service, can be justly proud of the soaked under torrential rains, up materials for the new sections of work accomplished,” – comment- to their waists in water, with the the pipeline. ed Commanding General of the heaviest duty army boots coming CBI theater of operations, Daniel apart in 10 days, and dry changes of In October 1944, to speed up the I. Sultan. clothes covered with mildew inside pipeline’s construction and in their waterproof bags. view of the fi ghting still going on By Pavel Kretov in Northern Burma and getting in In spite of the large numbers of the way of the pipeline engineers, workers falling sick with ma- it was decided to start work si- laria, dysentery and typhus the multaneously from the other end work continued at the same rate. of the pipeline in Kunming. For At this critical junction Indian that purpose pipes and equip- troops stepped in to help the ment started to be shifted from Americans. Their assistance was Indian airbases to the Celestial invaluable as they cut clearings in Kingdom. the jungle, carried various pieces of equipment over the jungle The last kilometers of pipeline wetlands and performed other went across the Salween River, non-qualifi ed tasks. and at the beginning of 1945 gasoline arrived at the first “AN OUTSTANDING American airbase on the Chi- ACHIEVEMENT OF nese side. ENGINEERING” “There is no civilian counterpart for the world’s longest pipeline to At the end of summer 1944 the China. It is truly an outstanding North Burma Campaign reached engineering achievement of this www.cpc.ru July 2014 Panorama CPC 43 HOBBY

“Your Eminence means, I pre- “ONCE UPON A TIME sume, the stab of a knife in the Rue de la Feronnerie?”

THERE LIVED HENRY IV…” “Precisely,” said the Cardinal.

20,000, 15,000, 11,000, 9,000, 7,500 – A SUCCESSION OF NUMBERS It was on Rue de la Ferronerie that FLICKERS ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN – AND STOPS AT 4,500. Henry IV received such a deadly stab wound on May 14 1610. The Russian translator has somewhat loosely rendered it as “Tinker Street”. 4,500 rubles is the airfare I’ve just But the main advantage of been offered on kayak.com – a spe- planning your getaway inde- LOUIS XIII AND THE cial search engine – for a return pendently is the exquisitely fl ight to Paris on suitable dates. As liberating feeling it affords. SHADOW OF HIS FATHER they say, “It’s a bargain”! Half an First of all, the liberty to choose. hour online and we know where Having our five children with us As a matter of fact, the “shad- to start our journey. we decided to stay in a private ow” of the French king followed apartment in an old multi-sto- us almost all the time during FREEDOM OF CHOICE rey building of the most central our trip to Paris – but there was 1st arrondissement of Paris on nothing mysterious about that. Rue de la Ferronerie. You will Despite a relatively short reign, My wife and I hardly ever get in- not find the name of this street Henry IV left a marked legacy volved with travel agencies when in the Russian text of Dumas’ in the history of France and, going to Europe. In our experience it “Three Musketeers” – but it is of course, in the history of its makes our trips 20 to 50 % cheaper there in the original. Remember capital. In one place we crossed than joining a standard group tour. that famous dialogue between the New Bridge over the Seine And this can be taken in the way the Cardinal and Milady? built by Henry; in another we you choose: either they are savings – ate croissants in front of Notre or fair earnings, considering that “If he persists,” His Eminence Dame de Paris on the threshold you are working as your own travel paused, and then resumed: “If of which he, the former leader manager in booking connecting he persists – well, then I shall of the Huguenots, made the fa- fl ights, hotels rooms or apartments, hope for one of those events mous remark that has rung out corresponding with managers and which change the destinies of through the centuries: “Paris is obtaining Shengen visas. states.” well worth a mass”. Elsewhere

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we stroll around the yards of who, knowing that the groom Paris it houses the largest organ Louvre to the so-called “staircase has only seen her portrait, sub- in France. You can enjoy the of Henry IV” – again, a remind- stituted the bride with another sound of the unique instrument er of May 14, 1610 when at the girl. Her story though, just like absolutely free of charge at the foot of this very staircase, the the Snow White fairy tale, had regular Sunday recitals starting wounded king, briefly coming a happy ending: a year later the at 5.30 pm, and that was just round, asked for some wine. king was hunting in the woods what we did. There are scores of and, having met the beautiful organ music enthusiasts to be Telling the children about the girl, learned the whole truth. sure, but the huge cathedral can history of France is best accom- The impostor was beheaded – accomodate them all. plished by taking them round the and Bertha gave birth to Charles Luxembourg Gardens (created by the Great. I reckon we will come back to Marie de Medici, the wife of Henry France more than once. Just as IV and the mother of Louis XIII, Oh, what a daunting task it is to we used to return to Germany, in 1611, in the surroundingings climb Montmartre with a pram! Poland and the Baltic coun- of the future Palace of the same Well, the Russian army had it tries... I would say traveling is name). As we walk past the statues much tougher at the end of our most exciting family hobby. of queens and famous French March 1814. General Alexander Having visited many European dames in the park the story covers Langeron received the highest countries, we are now planning every single turn of historical sig- award of the Russian Empire a journey to the capitals of Scan- nifi cance: Saint Genevieve, Anne – the Order of St. Andrew the dinavia. of Brittany, Clotilde of France, First-called – for storming that Mary Stuart… height dominating the city. Get- By Pavel Kretov ting to the top 200 years later UP THE HILL WITH A PRAM I settled for mulled wine and chestnuts.

We were particularly touched by There is an ancient cathe- the fate of Bertha of Laon. In the dral of St Eustace in the 8th century she was the bride neighborhood of Rue of the Frankish king Pippin the de la Ferronerie. Mod- Short, but was abandoned in elled on Notre Dame de the woods by malicious servants

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Fishing paradise

BEING A PIPELINE WORKER IS A HIGHLY DEMANDING AND STRENUOUS JOB, AND IN ORDER TO GIVE IT YOUR BEST, MAKE SURE YOU GET A GOOD REST. IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THE BEST WAY TO SPEND A HOLIDAY IS TO GET UP FROM THE COUCH AND AWAY FROM THE TELEVISION AND HEAD INTO THE OPEN COUNTRYSIDE BY THE WATER…

Atyrau – fi sh city Oleg Karabasov and his family Fishing on home territory

Oleg Karabasov, who works as weighing together 20 kg. Such – We grow everything ourselves! – MEO (major equipment operator) fi sherman’s luck made that day off Oleg declares, making us jealous, at the PS Atyrau does not have to particularly memorable! in a healthy way. bother about fi nding a place to spend his time off recharging his Not that having a house and land Next to the Karabasov house is a batteries and engaging in his fa- of your own leaves much time garden that yields good crops and vorite hobby – his fi shing paradise to relax in the lounge – there is needs to be tended and cherished. is just outside the house. Take a always work for Oleg to do. He In return there is fresh fruit and few steps and here you are – spots can turn his hand to anything. vegetables that you can eat all year for fi shing! Oleg and his large All that there is to be seen on this round, and that are beyond doubt close-knit family live on the banks plot of land is the result of his good for your health! of the Ural river. efforts. We must thank Oleg for showing us – We have the opportunity to go We all know that today the quality around this truly blissful corner on fi shing right nearby, – he tells us. of food you fi nd in shops and the banks of the Ural river and wish – Sometimes the catch is pretty markets poses big questions. We him and his family all the best – and good. Last year for example, with don’t know how it is produced and good luck with the fi shing! a rod I landed two huge carp whether it is good or bad for us… By Ekaterina Suvorova

The Ural with its total length of 2,428 km is the third longest river in Europe aft er the Volga and the Danube. This waterway feeding the Caspian Sea rises in the Ural Mountains on the high slopes of Mount Kruglaya of the Uraltau Ridge in the Uchalinsky district, Republic of Bashkortostan. A small brook at the river head ﬂ ows across the Caspian depression and turns into the Ural – a river stunning in its scope and beauty. Its waters are home to 50 kinds of fi sh, including sturgeon, great sturgeon, asp, carp, catf ish, jack-fi sh, pike-perch and starred sturgeon. It’s a fi sherman’s paradise!

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joys of the club are your joys, and Tried in sports its sorrows likewise. Fans can voice their opinion on important AS THAT GREAT THINKER OF ANTIQUITY, ARISTOTLE, NOTED – “LIFE matters – and it will be taken into consideration by the team man- REQUIRES MOTION”. THESE WORDS ARE OF PARTICULAR CONSEQUENCE agement and the players. TO OUR CONTEMPORARIES. CIVILIZATION, WHILE PROVIDING MANKIND WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF “READY-MADE” COMFORTS, SETS And Andrey can personally OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH DEMANDS THAT ARE PAID IN THE CURRENCY OF testify to the efficiency of this CONTINUOUS STRESS AND CHRONIC HYPODYNAMIA. kind of back-up. He has a long record as an athlete himself, playing football as a boy and later becoming a striker for the amateur team of the football club “Meliorator”.

– Our club won many champi- onships in its time. We did try to move to a higher level, but as often happens there was something Sports trophies of the PS Atyrau lacking in skill. I continued to play until a serious Andrey Keshishyan, instrumen- stands but roar injury made me hang tation technician at PS Atyrau with emotion to up my boots, – Andrey is surely not threatened by any encourage the players. reminisces. of those. Andrey has worked at Time passed, and we decided to this station since the day it was form a group: that is how “West And still our man chooses to be in commissioned, having participat- Side” came about. The group mis- motion – it is his credo. ed back then in the start-up of the sion is to support Atyrau teams in equipment – hence his thorough competitive sports. I was elected – Sports training helps to achieve knowledge of the facility and high president at a general meeting. the goals you set, while exercise level of competence. He has a keeps you fi t and has a positive strong opinion about everything, Andrey is sure that the force of effect on work performance, – whether work or play: “If you are organized back-up by the mem- Andrey Keshishyan confi dently going to do something, do it well bers of the fan group is one of states. He is not alone: there are or quit!” the major factors contributing a lot of like-minded people at PS to success in sports. Asked about Atyrau. His colleagues share his Keshishyan dedicates his spare the difference between a fan passion for active living. They time to sporting events. In and an everyday supporter he enjoy football and other com- Atyrau he is well known as the replies: petitive sports. On the Day of Oil leader of the “West Side” local Industry Workers the PS team fan group. – An everyday supporter is some- will again take part in friendly one who comes to watch the tournaments between the staff – We support our city and regional game. If the team loses, he may members from different CPC sports teams, – he explains. – not be there for the next match. departments, traditionally held in I started as a fan attending the A fan would stick to the team the open countryside. stadiums and sports grounds, come what may, both in victory and gradually got to know others and in defeat. It is more than By Ekaterina Suvorova who, like myself, don’t just fi ll the a hobby, it is a way of life. The

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Already in the first months of their functioning at the construction sites of new pump stations the libraries proved to be very successful, and we received a wealth of grateful feedback. The libraries have an open access policy, by which CPC staff, contractors and representatives of the main business are free to use the stocks in their spare time.

Library cards and service lists are non-existent – everything depends on mutual trust: having read the book, just pass it on. Rephrasing the famous Soviet Elena Belichenko gets yet another stack of books ready for the PS song: “We read our way through work and play!”

The library idea is soon likely to “We read our way acquire a new dimension. The staff of the PS RF group of the through work and play!” CPC Expansion Project are hop- ing to equip construction sites THOSE WHO WORK IN CONSTRUCTION KNOW HOW IMPORTANT with films too. IT IS TO HAVE A GOOD ON-SITE INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY IN REMOTE LOCATIONS. THAT IS WHY EVERY HUB OF THE CPC – This should not require any ad- EXPANSION PROJECT PROVIDES ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIVING ditional funding as long as there INCLUDING CANTEENS, SAUNAS, SPORTS GROUNDS – AND EVEN is enough goodwill, – Elena reckons. – Surely someone will LIBRARIES. still have old VHS tapes and a working but outdated “vintage” – In our age of various elec- Kalmykia at PS-2 and PS-3, and videoplayer. tronic devices printed books in Astrakhan Region at PS-4А still have their value, – Elena and PS-5А. By Pavel Kretov Belichenko, safety programs coordinator for the PS RF group, – We did not e-mail all staff with is convinced. – Of course, the a request to take part, – Elena younger people use their tablet PCs continues. – but mainly ap- and netbooks, but the older gener- proached those from CPC whom ation prefers to have their stories we know well personally. Some in print, not on screen. are renovating their homes, others moving – and there is a sur- Actually, organizing a library at plus of books. a construction site or an operating pipeline facility is a totally Volunteers gratefully accept mag- cost free initiative. All you need azines as well. Love stories are is mutual understanding be- in great demand in the libraries, tween the management and the which is no surprise if we remem- staff. In the autumn of last year ber that construction involves the CPC Moscow headquarters not only tough males – but also started accumulating donated tender females who work in can- PS-3 has a fair number of those who are items for the first libraries that teens, medical stations, laundries willing to spend their leisure time with a appeared in the Republic of and so on. good book

48 Panorama CPC July 2014 www.cpc.ru PHOTO GALLERY A colleague in the lens IT IS NO SECRET THAT WE SPEND MOST OF OUR WORKING LIVES AMONG OUR COLLEAGUES. OUR MOOD AND EVEN SOMETIMES OUR SUCCESS DEPEND ON THE ATMOSPHERE. WORK GOES NICE AND EASILY, AND THE MOST DIFFICULT TASKS TURN OUT TO BE WITHIN YOUR ABILITIES WHEN YOU’RE NEXT TO KIND PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO HELP AND CAN GIVE YOU A PIECE OF SOUND ADVICE.

Surely each of you, dear read- ers, has a colleague whose very presence in the team can make you hurry to work every morning. It may be your mentor or subordinate, an ace in his or her profession or a newcomer just about to start a career. It is not status that is important, it is the personal qualities such as the wish to be part of a team and teamwork skills, creative approach, goodwill, understanding of others and the ability to take people for what they are.

The best of our co-workers deserve articles to be published about them on the pages of “CPC Panorama”! Send a photo of a colleague to the editorial office together with your heart- warming genuine story about him or her, and we will publish it in the September issue dedicated to the Day of Oil and Gas Industry Workers. There is only one condition: the photo must be taken on a camera and be no more than 3 MB in size (unfortunately, the quality of pictures taken with a phone is not ac- ceptable for print quality).

E-mail your work (photo and story) on the topic “A colleague in the lens” to our press service:

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