BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 8. The
Tengiz-Novorossiysk oil pipeline operated by the Caspian Pipeline
Consortium (CPC) resumed operations on October 6 following a
scheduled 12-hour shutdown, CPC mentioned right now.
Through the shutdown, scheduled upkeep was carried out on
numerous methods of the principle pipeline, oil pumping stations and the
Marine Terminal. Restore work and actions underneath CPC’s present and
capital tasks had been additionally accomplished.
In Kazakhstan, scheduled upkeep was carried out at oil
pumping stations and alongside the pipeline’s linear part. Three
defects had been repaired utilizing restore buildings, whereas the situation
of the insulation coating was inspected at six sections.
On the Atyrau oil pumping station, one ball valve and a department
pipe on the availability gasoline pipeline had been changed.
On the Komsomolskaya oil pumping station in Russia’s Kalmykia
Republic, instrumentation and management tools was changed on the
launch and receiving unit for cleansing and diagnostic instruments. A
leaking ball valve was additionally changed, whereas the alternative of ball
valves with plug valves on the metering unit is ongoing, with leak
monitoring.
At pipeline services in Russia’s Stavropol and Krasnodar
areas, a restore construction was put in on the linear part of
the pipeline. On the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station, the
effectiveness of the stress surge damping system was examined.
At CPC’s Marine Terminal, work was carried out as a part of a
program to interchange the automated management system with a dispatch
management and administration system.
CPC mentioned scheduled 12-hour shutdowns, together with shutdowns of
different durations, are deliberate by the consortium in coordination with
shippers.
This info can also be taken under consideration by Kazakhstan’s
Ministry of Vitality when making ready the oil transportation schedule
for the Tengiz-Novorossiysk pipeline, making certain coordinated planning
amongst all individuals in oil manufacturing and transportation.
