Two oil tankers waiting to load at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk have come under drone attack.

As familiar energy maps begin to crack and sea routes increasingly hinge on political storms, global attention shifts to regions where calculation and pragmatism still prevail. The Caspian is no longer a “quiet inland body of water,” but a pivotal node where energy, transit, and geopolitics intersect.

Kazakhstan’s oil production losses have risen to 480,000 tons following a Ukrainian drone strike on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) infrastructure, Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov announced.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) marine terminal was damaged following an unmanned boat attack on the morning of November 29.

Kazakhstan's oil and gas condensate production reached a record high in March, driven by increased output at the Tengiz oilfield and steady exports through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), according to industry sources.

An oil pumping station operated by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) in Russia's Krasnodar region has been targeted by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack, forcing the facility to shut down.