Kazakhstan told Interfax its oil production has returned to stable levels and has not fallen after a Black Sea drone attack that cut Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) July loadings by about a fifth. The CPC, which moves Kazakh crude to the Russian Black Sea port Novorossiysk, handles roughly 2% of global oil supply; its terminal operations have been repeatedly disrupted since mid-July.

2026-08-28

Kazakhstan told Interfax its oil production has returned to stable levels and has not fallen after a Black Sea drone attack that cut Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) July loadings by about a fifth. The CPC, which moves Kazakh crude to the Russian Black Sea port Novorossiysk, handles roughly 2% of global oil supply; its terminal operations have been repeatedly disrupted since mid-July.