Oil Spill Prevention

Oil spills at KMG are mainly caused by pipe leaks under the influence of corrosion processes. The Company continues to reduce the number of failures and pipe leaks by timely and proper execution of measures to detect, reconstruct, replace, inhibit, and clean pipelines that increased their integrity and reliability.

Volume of oil spills (tons)

Unauthorized taps

In close cooperation with law enforcement agencies, «KazTransOil» has reversed the situation with illegal tie-ins into the Company pipelines. Over the past 3 years, the facts of tapping into trunk pipelines have been reduced to zero marker (in 2019, were identified 2 tie-ins, the damage amounted to 6.4 million tenge; in 2020 and 2021 2022 no facts of tie-ins were recorded).
These indicators have been mainly achieved through the following actions:
• enhanced control over the mobile groups via GPS systems and timely inspection of pipelines by such mobile groups;
• protection of oil pipelines via the Optosense monitoring system.
Continual preparedness for oil spill response (OSR) is our absolute priority.

Continuous preparedness for emergency oil spill response (OSR) is an absolute priority. There are high requirements for environmental safety in offshore oil operations: before starting any work, we conduct background environmental studies and evaluate our potential social and environmental impacts, as well as monitor impacts, emissions, and emergencies - during and after operations. In the end, we carry out continuous environmental monitoring of abandoned wells which includes monitoring of air quality, pollution of seawater and bottom sediments, biodiversity, as well as laboratory and analytical work and photo and video recording of the mouths of abandoned wells.

During offshore operations, we adhere to the following principles:

Strict adherence to design decisions
The Zero Discharge principle - all waste and wastewater is transported ashore;
Provision of all swimming facilities with fish protection devices and no polluted water;
Ban on production operations during the spawning period - from April 1 to July 15;
Ban on fishing at production vessels;
Ban on well testing and combustion of hydrocarbon raw materials during the night;
Compliance with a special mode of operation.

To provide services for the elimination of emergency oil spills, Zhambyl Petroleum LLP agreed with a consortium represented by KMG Systems & Services LLP, Kazmortransflot LLP, and the Republican State Enterprise on the right of economic management “Professional paramilitary emergency rescue service". During the construction of the appraisal well, the OSR vessels are located in a 500-meter zone from the Caspian Explorer submersible drilling rig.

ПЛАРН ТОО “KMG Systems&Services” Отчет по КШУ Сатпаев Оперейтинг 2017 Отчет по КШУ Жамбыл Петролеум 2018

Oil Spill Response Volunteer Development Initiative

The volunteer movement «Kaspiige qamqorlyq/Caring for the Caspian Sea» was formed in KMG Systems & Services LLP (hereinafter referred to as KMGSS) as part of the initiative of the President of Kazakhstan in 2020 and includes the creation of a volunteer movement from the residents of Atyrau and Mangistau regions - like-minded people, united by the desire to provide voluntary assistance to preserve the environment and biological resources of their native land. For these purposes, KMGSS intends to regularly train and involve students of local universities and the local population as volunteers in OSR, ensure the exchange of information, methodological and other literature, and organize appropriate sites (offices/conference rooms, etc.) for training, media and PR support for the volunteer movement, as well as to facilitate the integration of volunteering with stakeholders to expand and strengthen cooperation in the field of OSR.

Example:

The company KMG Systems&Service LLP implements the ‘Program for the volunteering development when OSR in Atyrau and Mangystau regions’ (hereinafter referred to as the Program), within which KMGSS LLP in 2022 conducted 4 trainings on the measures on mitigation of potential emergency oil spills for the volunteer movement ‘With the care of the Caspian’ on the Offshore Support Base (OSB) in Bautino village of Mangystau region. 67 volunteers and 4 employees of the Emergency Situations Department of Mangystau region were trained. A workshop was also held for post-secondary students in Atyrau. The training included the core theory and practice of remediation activities of environmental pollution by oil. In particular, volunteers learn how to use special equipment to eliminate spills, and specifically, they participate in the deployment of booms – special bars to absorb oil spills. The main goal of the project is to transfer knowledge and train volunteers in the OSR basics and wildlife rescue