Kazakhstan is exploring and implementing all possible options for oil exports after the Ukrainian drone attack on the infrastructure of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) in Russia, the Energy Ministry announced.
„Currently, the Kazakh Energy Ministry, together with oil companies, is working quickly to redistribute oil volumes. The use of alternative export routes has been intensified. All possible transport options are being explored and implemented. “Logistics are flexibly regulated based on the current technical capabilities of the recipient countries,” the ministry said.
On November 29, Ukrainian drones attacked one of the key berths of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s sea terminal in the Krasnodar Territory. Kazakhstan has said that attacks on facilities that are part of the international energy security infrastructure are unacceptable. The Kazakh Energy Ministry said that in order to minimize the negative consequences and maintain production rates, a plan has been activated to redirect oil export volumes to alternative routes.
On November 30, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry protested the attack on the consortium’s infrastructure, calling it an act of aggression against a civilian facility and stressing that it viewed it as detrimental to Astana’s relations with Kiev. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry subsequently stated that Kazakhstan's concerns about the CPC infrastructure had been taken into account.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline could be an alternative route for oil supplies, but its loading requires transshipment by tankers across the Caspian Sea. In 2024, transit through this pipeline amounted to 1.5 million tons of oil, and Astana has announced its intention to increase supplies.
In 2024, CPC supplies amounted to 63 million tons, with over 70% of them going to foreign carriers producing oil in Kazakhstan.