Caspian Oil Pipeline Shuts Down Again After Black Sea Drone Attack

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium has shut down again, following Ukrainian drone attacks on two tankers at the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Reuters reported, citing the company operating the pipeline.

According to the operator of the pipeline, the drone attacks hit two tankers loading at Novorossiysk, causing fire on one of them.

Following the release of the news, five tankers bound for Novorossiysk redirected to Turkey and Spain, or changed their status to “for orders”, Reuters reported.

This is the third shutdown of the CPC…