Three quiet weeks at the CPC terminal near Novorossiysk ended Sunday evening, when a drone found a Greek tanker freshly loaded with Russian oil
A drone attacked the Greek tanker Skiros after it took on cargo at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal near Novorossiysk, Bloomberg said, citing sources.
The attack came on the evening of Sunday, August 16. The tanker, which can hold 1 million barrels, had been loaded with Russian oil.
No crew members were injured and no petroleum products leaked into the sea, Skiros said.
It was the first attack on a vessel calling at the CPC terminal in nearly three weeks, according to Bloomberg.
The Financial Times said on August 12, citing sources, that in late July United States Vice President JD Vance asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to halt strikes on CPC infrastructure and on tankers calling at the port of Novorossiysk. According to the newspaper, Kyiv agreed not to strike the consortium’s infrastructure or vessels registered outside Russia — but only if they are not carrying Russian cargo.
The CPC terminal is the main export route for Kazakhstan’s oil. The American energy companies Chevron and ExxonMobil own large stakes in it.
Ukrainian attacks in July cut CPC shipments to just 1.3 million barrels a day — 600,000 fewer than in May.
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