№ 4 (15) December 2016 Happy New Year! Contents: New Year greetings for the team • p. 1 / Autumn Marathon 2016 • p. 5 / 20th Anniversary of the CPC Shareholder Agreement • p. 6 / PURR Project: From Modernization to Innovations • p. 10 / From Oil-Workers’ Dynasty • p. 28 / Thanks to CPC: Day of Grace and Sport • p. 34 / A Very Personal Story: We Met During a CPC Project • p. 48 CONTENTS IN FIRST PERSON CPC: Steady Growth and Development 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR! On the Way to New Achievements 2 Our Achievements Have Become Possible Thanks to Everyone’s Personal Contribution 3 Consortium Destined for Growth 4 KALEIDOSCOPE Autumn Marathon 2016 5 20th Anniversary of the CPC Shareholder DATE IN THE CALENDAR Agreement 6 First CPC President 8 PURR Project: TECHNICAL ASPECT From Modernization to Innovations 10 Rocky King: PROFESSIONALS “My Experience is in Demand by CPC” 18 Happy to be Oil-Industry Worker 20 ALMA MATER Higher Schools with Great History 23 My Dear Grozny Oil Institute... 24 Between Past and Future 26 From Oil-Workers’ Dynasty 28 The Best Higher School 31 THANKS TO CPC For the Sake of Children’s Health 32 Day of Grace and Sport 34 Housewarming Party in Akkistau 36 Company of Good Deeds 38 TRADITIONS Names for the Some of the Most… 40 WAY OF LIFE To See Personally 43 TRAVELS India’s Golden Triangle 44 A VERY PERSONAL STORY We Met During a CPC Project 48 OUR GUEST TODAY Freedom of Choice 49 Panorama CPC December 2016 IN FIRST PERSON CPC: Steady Growth and Development Esteemed colleagues, dear friends, I wish you a happy upcoming New the development of the most im- out as a strong case for success- Year! We worked hard in the past portant centers of oil production in ful international cooperation. To year, successfully combining the un- the Caspian. all participants of the project, it interrupted transportation of oil by has become a unique school of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk pipeline The Consortium’s pipeline system exchange of best practices and and reliable tanker shipping at is already capable of pumping more modern technologies. Thanks to the Marine Terminal with large-scale than 52 million tons of oil a year. strict compliance with the require- construction of new facilities under Almost all Marine Terminal facilities ments of legislation in the area of CPC Expansion Project. are ready, including the tank farm construction and operation of haz- and Operations Control Centre. ardous production facilities through Oil transportation volumes through This autumn, A-PS-4 was launched, the adoption of the best interna- the Consortium’s pipeline system PS-8, A-PS-4A, A-PS-5A, PS-5 were tional practices, CPC has achieved in 2016 will be about 45 million filled with oil, the installation of impressive results in terms of tons, and, based on our sharehold- the process equipment at A-PS-3A occupational health, safety, and ers’ requests, in the next year 2017, was completed, and PS-2 is under environmental protection. we will reach the value of more construction. At the end of the third than 60 million tons. Today, our and at the beginning of the fourth May all your plans and endeavors shippers successfully operate new quarter of 2017, all the works for come true in the coming year. My fields, at Kashagan in Kazakhstan, the pipeline expansion will be com- heartfelt greetings to all wishing you and the Filanovsky Field in Russia. pleted. great health, happiness and joy. Having secured the necessary surplus pipeline capacity well in Bringing together 11 shareholders by Nikolay Gorban, advance, the CPC actively promotes from six countries, the CPC stands CPC General Director www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR! On the Way to New Achievements © “Transneft – Media” Dear colleagues, Speaking on behalf of the staff and surplus capacity in advance, in the au- Association of Oil Transporters, it the management of Transneft PJSC, tumn of 2016, the Consortium began is a regular participant of interna- I congratulate you on the coming New receiving Caspian oil from Kazakh- tional professional competitions Year! In the past year, many of the im- stan’s offshore Kashagan Field and and experience exchange programs. portant challenges associated with Russia’s Filanovsky Field. Further systematic development of the Expansion Project were success- the Consortium will require vigor- fully addressed: the new Operations In 2017, after the completion of ous efforts and dedication from all Control Centre of the Consortium’s the Expansion Project, the Consor- those involved in its activities, and pipeline system became operational, tium’s pipeline system will reach its I’m particularly pleased to note that the construction of the Tank Farm of design capacity of 67 million tons of the shareholders, the management, the CPC Marine Terminal was fully oil per year. This will significantly and CPC staff members are up to completed, A-PS-4 was launched into expand export opportunities for oil the challenge and capitalize on operation, and the construction of producers in Russia and Kazakhstan, the accumulated cooperation poten- several additional pumping stations is and the Caspian will become one of tial and long-term experience. drawing to a close. the continent’s most important oil production regions. This said, I wish all the CPC team Commissioning of new facilities will new professional successes in serve all the Consortium shareholders’ As your peers in the oil transporta- the coming year! Good health, happi- needs for the transportation of raw tion industry, we cannot but note ness and prosperity to you and your materials, and, that is even more im- with satisfaction the increasingly loved ones! pressive, in volumes that became a re- active role of the Caspian Pipeline cord high in the history of operation Consortium on the global stage. by Nikolai Tokarev, of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk pipeline The CPC became seriously involved Chairman of the Board, system. After ensuring the necessary in the work of the International President of Transneft PJSC 2 Panorama CPC December 2016 www.cpc.ru HAPPY NEW YEAR! Our Achievements Have Become Possible Thanks to Everyone’s Personal Contribution Dear colleagues! Congratulations on a very successful averaging 1,145,000 barrels of oil I’m honored to serve as the CPC-R year in which CPC realized many per day in November, a record, and Board of Directors Chairman, and major accomplishments both in CPC is transporting all the volumes appreciate the contributions of all Base Business and the Expansion nominated by its Shippers. the directors and shareholders in Project. We join you in celebrating working together to ensure that CPC the completion and incident-free I’m also extremely proud of meets its obligations and continues operational commissioning of your continued focus on safety, to develop as a successful and A-PS-4, A-PS-4A, Tanks 7, 9 and 10 which continues to be at a level thriving organization. at the Marine Terminal, and two comparable with the best oil & gas LACTs at Pump Station Atyrau. operators throughout the world. I wish you all the very best for During the August shutdown, These accomplishments would the upcoming holiday season, a tremendous amount of work was not be possible without all of your a Merry Christmas and continued completed at multiple locations, individual contributions, and success in the New Year; Be Safe! enabling the successful increase of I thank you for those. I’d also like throughput capacity to an all-time to thank Nikolay for his leadership, by Andrew McGrahan high. With start-up of the Kashagan and the CPC Management Team President of Chevron Neftegaz Inc. and Filanovski fields, pipeline for continuing to meet the many Chairman of the CPC-R deliveries to Novorossiysk are challenges you face daily. Board of Directors www.cpc.ru Panorama CPC December 2016 3 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Consortium Destined for Growth such as the level of safety, pipeline system operation coefficient, and the proportion of environmental payments depending on production volumes. Your victory in international compe- titions among colleagues with pride make it safe to say that Kazakh pipe operation experts reached the level of global industry leaders. Moreover, the CPC’s contribution to the implementation of regional social projects and charitable causes, as well as sponsorship in the EXPO- 2017 trade show, which will become a major event in our country in 2017, are particularly appreciated by the leadership of Kazakhstan. Distinguished colleagues, In addition to the NCOC oil For the coming year, I wish all CPC company, the Consortium also employees great health and happy The outgoing year 2016 has been gets an undisputable credit for this family life. The professional level a landmark for the Caspian Pipe- achievement, because it launched you’ve reached allows us to con- line Consortium, an idea of which all the facilities under the Expan- fidently expect the completion of emerged only a few months after sion Project necessary to process the integration of new facilities Kazakhstan gained its indepen- additional volumes of hydrocarbons into the existing CPC system and dence. in good time. reaching the expected capacity in the coming year 2017. Happy New CPC acquired its current organiza- All of these impressive achieve- Year! tional structure 20 years ago, after ments are based on your profession- the Restructuring Agreement was alism, which transpires not only by Kanat Bozumbayev, signed on December 6, 1996. Coop- in quantitative data from direct Minister of Energy eration between top energy compa- operations, but also in indicators of the Republic of Kazakhstan nies and the three countries based on mutual respect and interests pro- duced an impressive success story and provided an essential outlet for Caspian oil to the world markets.