The Ukrainian unmanned aircraft attack on the main export oil pipeline, which passes through southern Russia, could reduce the export volume by almost a third in the next two months. This was announced on Tuesday by the Russian state pipeline operator Transneft. TASR informs about this on the basis of AFP report.
Seven unmanned Ukrainian aircraft filled with explosives on Monday (17 February) hit the Caspian Pipeline Consortium. It transports Kazakh oil through southern Russia to the Black Sea, where it also goes to Western Europe. “The consequences of this intervention will be eliminated within 1.5 to 2 months, which could lead to a decline in oil exports from Kazakhstan by 30 %,” the Russian state -controlled transneft said on Tuesday.
The 1500 kilometer oil pipeline is owned by a consortium in which the Russian and Kazakh government, as well as the large Western energy companies of Chevron, Exxonmobil and Shell, have shares. It provides approximately 80 % of Kazakh exports of oil and approximately 1 % of global supplies. Three -quarters of the 63 million tonnes that flowed last year with the pipeline drew Western energy companies, She said on Tuesday transneft.
The Kazakh Ministry of Energy to the question of AFP, how it redirects oil and how it can affect the economy has said that “it is currently investigating all the details of this matter”. The Central Asian country, which is strongly dependent on Russian infrastructure, intensified efforts to diversify its energy export routes for the war in Ukraine.
During the three -year conflict, Kiev focuses on Russian energy infrastructure, trying to intervene places that supplies the Russian army by fuel or provide Moscow funding means to finance the offensive.
