Kazakhstan plans to suspend crude deliveries to Black Sea ports after several
tankers were attacked near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal at
Novorossiysk, sources said. Shipowners, citing security concerns, have refused
to send vessels to the CPC terminal, which will stop receiving pipeline
deliveries; the pause is expected to begin Tuesday evening. Sources warned that
if the disruption to CPC shipments persists through the weekend, Kazakhstan may
be forced to cut oil production. The CPC route is Kazakhstan's largest export
outlet. Multiple tankers have been struck at or near the CPC terminal in recent
days; Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the attacks, which involved
Western-linked vessels.
