Oil export by CPC down 6.8% to 22.9 mln t in Jan-Sep 08

CPC owns Tengiz-Novorossiysk pipeline dedicated to transporting oil from the Tengiz oil field in western Kazakhstan to Russia's Black Sea coast (1,580 kilometers long). The project’s design capacity is 67 million tonnes of oil. The interests of the CPC Founding Governments are as follows: Russia – 24%, Kazakhstan – 19%, Sultanate of Oman – 7%. Private oil companies participating in the Consortium are - Chevron Caspian Pipeline Consortium Company (15%), LUKARCO B.V. (12,5%), Rosneft-Shell Caspian Ventures Limited (7,5%), Mobil Caspian Pipeline Company (7,5%), Agip International (N.A.) N.V. (2%), BG Overseas Holding Limited (2%), Kazakstan Pipeline Ventures LLC (1,75%) и Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC (1,75%).