A terminal vital to Kazakhstan's oil exports to Europe continues operations despite being targeted by a drone attack. Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry reported that the situation is under control following the attack on July 17 near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's (CPC) terminal in the Black Sea.
According to the ministry's statement, the oil tanker 'Nordic Zenith' was targeted. At the time of the attack, the tanker was empty and en route to load crude oil at the terminal. The crew's intervention quickly brought the fire under control, and there were no casualties or injuries.

Stating that 'there is no threat to Kazakh oil,' the ministry emphasized that all technological infrastructure at the terminal is operating normally and that oil loading onto tankers continues as usual.
The CPC pipeline operates a 1,511-kilometer line connecting oil fields in western Kazakhstan and Russia's Caspian Sea fields to the port of Novorossiysk on Russia's Black Sea coast. Approximately 80 percent of Kazakhstan's total oil exports are transported via this pipeline.
This incident marks the latest attack on energy infrastructure in the Black Sea. Previously, on April 5, a drone attack caused a fire at Russia's largest oil terminal on the Black Sea coast.