Kazakhstan restarts CPC oil exports after a week-long Black Sea shutdown

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) reopened its Black Sea marine terminal and Kazakh crude exports resumed on Monday, 5 Mordad 1405 (27 July 2026), after a week-long suspension. The consortium said pipeline operations restarted at 12:28 p.m. Moscow time.

The earlier halt followed repeated drone attacks on vessels operating at or near the terminal, which stopped crude intake and tanker loadings. After access to the export system was cut off, Kazakhstan ordered producers to curb output to prevent storage facilities from filling. Industry data reported by Reuters showed Kazakhstan's oil and gas condensate production fell to 133,200 metric tons, or roughly 1 million barrels per day, on Sunday, 4 Mordad 1405, against an average of 2.16 million barrels per day in June.

The 1,500 kilometre CPC pipeline carries crude from Kazakhstan's giant Tengiz field across southern Russia to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and handles more than 80 percent of the country's crude exports. International producers including Chevron and ExxonMobil rely on the route to move Tengiz output to global markets.