ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 15. Kazakhstan is currently assessing the damages following an attack on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said at a press conference, Trend reports.
On November 29, at 06:06 Astana time, unmanned vessels targeted CPC’s marine infrastructure facilities at the port of Novorossiysk. The attack resulted in significant damage to the VPU-2 remote mooring device, which has since been taken out of service for comprehensive repair and restoration.
In response to the attack, Kazakhstan has increased its oil supplies through alternative pipelines: Atyrau–Samara: +232,000 tons; China: +72,000 tons; Port of Aktau (toward Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan): +58,000 tons.
CPC transports crude oil from three major Kazakhstani fields: Tengiz, Kashagan, and Karachaganak. In 2024, the transhipment volume reached approximately 63 million tons of oil.