The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan has issued an official statement regarding the situation at the marine terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), Tengrinews.kz reports. The text of the statement was published on Sunday, 30 November, on the Telegram channel of the foreign ministry.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan expresses its protest in connection with another targeted attack on the critical infrastructure of the international Caspian Pipeline Consortium in the waters of the seaport of Novorossiysk,” the statement said.

The Ministry emphasized that the CPC plays a significant role in maintaining the stability of the global energy system.

On 29 November at 06:06 Astana time, the marine infrastructure facilities of the CPC in the area of the port of Novorossiysk were attacked by unmanned surface vessels. As a result of the attack, the offshore mooring unit (OMU-2) sustained serious damage. The unit has been taken out of operation until a full set of repair and restoration works is completed.

The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan stated that such actions against purely civilian critical infrastructure facilities are unacceptable. In order to minimize negative consequences and maintain production levels at major oil fields, the Ministry of Energy urgently activated a plan to reroute export volumes of oil through alternative routes.

Until now, Kazakhstan had exported more than 80% of its crude oil via the CPC. By the end of 2024, the country supplied 68.8 million tons of oil to foreign markets, including:

• 55.4 million tons via the CPC pipeline from the Atyrau Region to Novorossiysk,

• 8.6 million tons via the Atyrau–Samara pipeline,

• 1.4 million tons via the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline (BTC).

Kazakhstan’s losses from the latest attack on the CPC are estimated at around 20% of its oil export volume. The total throughput capacity of the CPC is 83 million tons per year.