Russia to alert international bodies after CPC terminal hit by Ukraine
Russia will notify all international platforms about the attack on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal on the Black Sea, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday, as cited by state-run RIA news agency.
The CPC, which includes Russian, Kazakh and U.S. shareholders, said it had halted operations after a mooring at its Russian terminal on the Black Sea was significantly damaged by a Ukrainian naval drone attack.
Commenting on the incident, Zakharova said Ukraine’s actions now pose a threat to global security.
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan called on Ukraine to stop attacking the CPC, which handles more than 1% of global oil.
Kazakhstan “expresses its protest over yet another deliberate attack on the critical infrastructure of the international Caspian Pipeline Consortium in the waters of the Port of Novorossiysk,” the foreign ministry said.
“We view what has occurred as an action harming the bilateral relations of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Ukraine, and we expect the Ukrainian side to take effective measures to prevent similar incidents in the future.”
CPC accounts for about 80% of oil exports from OPEC+ member Kazakhstan, which exported about 68.6 million tons of oil last year.
It brings crude from the Tengiz, Karachaganak and Kashagan fields of Kazakhstan to the Yuzhnaya Ozereevka terminal at Novorossiysk. CPC’s main suppliers are fields in Kazakhstan but it also collects crude from Russian producers.
The CPC’s 1,500 km (930 mile) pipeline includes Russian, Kazakhstan’s state-owned KazMunayGas, and units of Chevron CVX.N, Russia’s Lukoil LKOH.MM and ExxonMobil XOM.M as shareholders.
