Drone Attack in Southern Russia Disrupts Kazakhstan’s Oil Flows

A drone attack on a major pumping station of a pipeline in southern Russia on Monday disrupted crude oil flows from Kazakhstan, the operator of the pipeline said. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) operates a pipeline that runs from the Caspian coast in northwest Kazakhstan to the Novorossiysk port on Russia’s Black Sea coast and carries 80% of Kazakh crude exports.

CPC, whose largest shareholder is Russia with 24%, said today that the Kropotkinskaya pumping station of the crude oil transportation facility was subject to a drone attack.…