Oil lifting from CPC Marine Terminal was suspended on 18 February 2023 due to weather conditions (strong gale force winds, high waves), Caspian Pipeine Consortium reports.
To date, storm restrictions from the Harbor Master of the port of Novorossiysk have not been lifted, the forecast is unfavorable.
CPC Tank Farm (TF) at CPC Marine Terminal is virtually full (note: the TF capacity is 1 mln tons of oil).
The shippers’ crude is being received in empty tanks on the crude pipeline line section and at the TF.
The shippers have been notified of the current situation.
Information of the resumption of lifting (transshipment) or situation when CPC will be forced to stop oil transportation through Tengiz – Novorossiysk crude pipeline will be communicated later, CPC said.