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Panorama CPC April 2018 Panorama CPC April 2018 1 OPERATION OPERATION № 1 (20) April 2018 In Focus: Safety p. 13–22 Contents: Event: 5000th Tanker Loaded! • p. 1 / Professionals: Half Century in the Oil Industry • p. 8 / Thanks to CPC: Thirty-Three Good Deeds • p. 23 / Corporate Life: A Company of Opportunities • p. 27 / “It Was Interesting for Us to Start from Scratch” • p. 30 / For the Great Victory Day • p. 40 / Flag of the Consortium in the South Pole of the Earth! • p. 44 EVENT CONTENTS EVENT 5000th Tanker Loaded! 1 5000th Tanker Loaded! OPERATION The Most Prosperous Year 2 ON FEBRUARY 27, 2018, THE CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM CPC SHAREHOLDERS Global Reach of Shell Oil and Gas Projects 4 PASSED A CRUCIAL MILESTONE IN ITS HISTORY. 5000TH MARINE TANKER WAS LOADED AT THE CPC MARINE TERMINAL. IN A NUTSHELL 7 THE TANKER CALLED NAUTILUS OWNED BY TENGIZCHEVROIL BECAME MILESTONE. PROFESSIONALS Half Century in the Oil Industry 8 Mission: A Corporate Trainer 10 The Company management moni- event. “Think about this figure: over tored the loading operation during 530 million tonnes of crude oil has the video conference call from been shipped at the Marine Termi- IN FOCUS: SAFETY An Alarm at the Pump Station 13 the Moscow office. Nikolay Gorban, nal so far, with everything done to Evgeny Malyshev: «Our Goal is to Protect CPC General Director, Dennis Fahy, the highest industrial and environ- the CPC Offshore Facilities from External 14 CPC First Deputy General Director, mental safety standards and with and Internal Threats» Kairgeldy Kabyldin and Mikhail Gris- the strictest observance of occupa- hankov, Deputy General Directors, tional safety rules. It is a significant A Conscious Choice of Life 18 and Serikkali Murinov, Consultant, achievement, all our close-knit and Oil Movements and Commerce, highly professional team, both in THANKS TO CPC Thirty-Three Good Deeds 23 participated in the video conference Kazakhstan and in Russia, can be with Novorossiysk. justifiably proud of it,” said Nikolay Welcome to New Home, Malyshok! 24 Gorban. A great moment. On the screen, there are Oleg Ivanishchev, Regional The General Director of CPC ac- About 100 tankers were shipped A Gift to Gubkin University 26 Marine Terminal Manager, and Igor cepted the report of the Regional during the first year of the CPC Mishchenko, CPC Head Dispatcher. Marine Terminal Manager and pipeline system operation. In 2008, CORPORATE LIFE A Company of Opportunities 27 The monitor displays the actual data gave the command to commence the 1500th tanker was handled, of the SCADA system, among which the loading. and in 2013 – the 3000th. In Feb- Raisa Bulkina: “It Was Interesting for Us there is figure 4999 – the number ruary 2016, the 4000th tanker was DATE IN THE CALENDER to Start from Scratch” 30 of tankers processed at the Consor- Handshakes and joyful mutual handled at the Marine Terminal, Vladimir Domokurov: “We Are Working for tium’s oil port since October 2001. congratulations of those present and in a short time, CPC surpassed POINT OF VIEW remain left off-screen. CPC has new the mark of 5000 oil tankers. a Unique Company” 36 Before the loading operation, Ni- milestones ahead. The Consortium increases efficiency FOR THE GREAT VICTORY DAY For the Sake of World Peace 40 kolay Gorban congratulated every of its pipeline system onward and member of the video conference It is worth noting that over upward. Publishing of the People’s Book About call and highlighted the loading 17 years have passed since loading the Great Patriotic War is Ongoing 42 of the 5000th tanker as a notable of the 1st and the 5000th tanker. CPC Press-Service ECOLOGY Preserving Nature 43 TRAVELLING Flag of the Consortium in the South Pole 44 of the Earth! A City of a Winged Lion 47 QUOTE OF THE ISSUE “Think good thoughts and good deeds will ripe.” Leo Tolstoy Panorama CPC April 2018 www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC April 2018 1 OPERATION OPERATION The Most Prosperous Year IN FEBRUARY, IN MISTRAL MOSCOW HOTEL, CPC OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THE RESULTS OF 2017 – THE MOST PROSPEROUS YEAR IN THE CONSORTIUM’S HISTORY. OVER THE REPORTING PERIOD, THE MAIN CPC PERFOMANCE FACTOR HAS GROWN UP BY UNPRECEDENTED 24 %. Dennis Fahy Alexey Mingareev Igor Lisin Oleg Ivanishchev Sarsembay Murinov Ivan Sharay Vladimir Shmakov Capacity Expansion Project and The collective success is a combi- “The new process facilities are high- conducted as scheduled. In August Equipment reliability, compliance commissioned six new pump sta- nation of success at every station tech and environmentally friendly, 2017, the largest comprehensive with the occupational and fire tions: A-PS-4A and A-PS-5A in the As- and at every workplace,” Mr. Fahy so that their operation did not emergency response drills were safety standards, functioning of trakhan Region, PS-8 in the Krasno- reminded. affect pollutant emission dynam- conducted with forces of CPC-R the management system, etc. were dar Krai, PS-5 in the Stavropol Krai, ics,” said Alexey Mingareev. Central Region and the Chief Di- taken into account. On the basis of A-PS-3A in Kazakhstan, and PS-2 According to Vladimir Shmakov, rectorate of the Ministry for Civil all factors, the team of the West- in Kalmykia, which successfully General Manager for Operations, Efforts by the management, Share- Defence, Emergency Management ern Region was best performing passed the stage of comprehensive one of the key factors for increas- holders and Consortium personnel and Natural Disasters Response of in 2017. testing and was put into pilot opera- ing efficiency of the pipeline were duly appreciated by experts. Russia for the Republic of Kalmykia. tion. system operation was further In 2017, for the first time ever, CPC Over 200 people and 45 pieces of First Deputy General Director development of interaction was included in the environmental equipment were involved in this Dennis Fahy presented Sergey To operate the constructed facil- among various structural units of responsibility rating of oil and gas event. ities, the CPC team was enlarged the Company. In 2017, integration companies in Russia, and immedi- with hundreds of new highly skilled of occupational health and safety ately made the top three companies Sergey Potryasov, Western Region Awarding Sergey Potryasov, professionals. management system with the en- in terms of environmental impact. Manager, said that the main Western Region Manager vironmental monitoring system achievement of CPC Western “More experienced employees was accomplished, which signifi- 49.6 million tonnes of oil out of Region was incident and injury free “The company always shoots for should always and in all ways cantly strengthened the interaction 55.1 million tonnes pumped in work. In 2017, CPC Western and the stars and achieves meaningful set an example for newcomers among all divisions. 2017 through the Consortium Eastern Regions closely reached results in its operations,” noted in the field of corporate culture, pipeline system came from Ka- the milestone of 18 million inci- CPC First Deputy General Director occupational and industrial safety Alexey Mingareev, Deputy HSE zakhstan. As CPC Eastern Region dent-free hours. During the year, Dennis Fahy at the meeting opening. standards. The Consortium has General Manager, stated that Manager Sarsembay Murinov noted, 132 fire drills were conducted in developed all necessary policies the commissioning of numerous this figure was 8.8 million tonnes the Western Region, which in- In 2017, the Consortium completed and regulations; however, person- new facilities produced no addi- or 21.6 % up year-on-year. PS Tengiz volved fire crews and volunteer the Tengiz–Novorossiysk Pipeline al example is no less important. tional impact on the environment. received about 28.7 million tonnes firefighters. (an increase of 4 %). PS Atyrau pipe- line system received 20.8 million PS-5 and PS-8 commissioning al- tonnes, 57.8 % higher than in 2016. lowed increasing oil transportation The meeting attendees evaluated specimen of PPE clothes for CPC In general, if we take the figures volumes in the area of responsibili- employees of 2013 as a basis, the efficiency ty of the Western Region by 25 % up of the Expansion Project and new to over 55 million tonnes. facilities commissioning in 2017 in Potryasov, Regional Manager, with the Kazakh section was 73 %. Furthermore, the number of tank- a Certificate of Appreciation. ers loaded at the Marine Terminal “In the area of responsibility of increased by a quarter in 2017. As It remains to be added that all the CPC Central Region, oil trans- Marine Terminal Regional Manager questions and proposals submitted portation in 2017 was 53 million Oleg Ivanishchev reported, 524 oil by the meeting attendees have been tonnes. The commissioning of new tankers set sails from the Single thoroughly and comprehensively facilities led to the expansion of Point Mooring, 89 tanks more than studied by the Department heads the region’s staff by 59 specialists in 2016. and specialists, which will allow who were properly trained and cer- increasing the production per- tified in the field of occupational, During the meeting of the Oper- formance and work efficiency of industrial and fire safety,” reported ations Department, the results of the CPC team. Regional Manager Ivan Sharay. the Consortium’s regions perfor- Emergency drills and training were mance efficiency were summed up. by Pavel Kretov 2 Panorama CPC April 2018 www.cpc.ru www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC April 2018 3 CPC SHAREHOLDERS CPC SHAREHOLDERS Okrug in Western Siberia, and OFFSHORE... operates – pressurized air constant- Global Reach Sakhalin-2, a joint integrated oil ly fed into perforated pipes laid all and gas project. Shell Group is a shareholder of round the ship on the seabed cre- the important oil transportation ates bubble protection of the sur- of Shell Oil Sakhalin-2 is the largest private projects of the Old World.
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