Russia Black Sea Oil Ports Pause Loadings After Drone Alerts

(Bloomberg) – The two basic oil ports on the Black Sea coast of Russia stopped the loading of tankers after the drone attacks, the last sign of how Ukraine disrupted the enemy energy infrastructure.

Temporary and cautious stop is valid for the Consortium Consortium Terminal of the Hazar Pipeline Consortium and Sheskharis Facility, both of which are near Novorossiysk. The TBM stop was approved by a spokesman for the operator and says that such stops are routine when the warnings are in place. A person with information on the subject, said that Sheskharis also stopped.

According to the telegraph channel of the city mayor, local authorities warned the air drones and the close attacks of drone boats, while Sirens were heard on Wednesday in Novorossiysksk. TBM’s office in the port city was damaged.

Together, Sheskharis and TBM export 2 million barrels and sweaters per day to global markets, making them an important part of the world oil supply chain. Globally, the crude crude oil supply from the sea is about 40 million barrels per day.

Ukraine has radically increased its targeting Russian oil assets since the beginning of August, which pushes Kremlin to ban the export of gasoline and consider the sidewalks in the diesel. These attacks were focused on refineries, but ports and pumping stations have also become targets.

The Ham-Plipeline operator Transneft PJSC, which runs the Sheskharis terminal, did not immediately respond to the requests for comments sent by e-mail.

Kazakhstan said in a statement that the Ministry of Energy said that oil continues to enter the TBM system and is expected to be temporary to stop.

(Updates with the situation in Novorossiysk in the third paragraph.)

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