MOSCOW: Russian restrictions were imposed on Black Sea oil export infrastructure from the Caspian pipeline (CPC) due to Ukrainian drone attacks on the pipeline’s infrastructure, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Russia ordered the Black Sea terminal handling Kazakhstan’s oil exports pumped by US majors Chevron and Exxon Mobil to close two of its three moorings earlier this week following snap inspections by Russia’s transport watchdog.
Moscow has accused Ukraine of striking a CPC Kropotkinskaya pumping station and a nearby oil depot in southern Russia.