Russian crude exports stop at key Novorossiysk terminal — Reuters
Crude oil exports from Russia’s Sheskharis terminal at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk were suspended on Aug. 14 following a drone attack, Reuters reported, citing three sources familiar with the situation.
Russian crude oil exports through the Novorossiysk terminal on the Black Sea were halted on August 14 due to a drone attack, as reported by Reuters. The terminal, which processes around 700,000 barrels of crude oil daily, is Russia's primary oil export facility on the Black Sea. Following the attempted attack, one tanker scheduled to load oil at the port moved out to sea on the morning of August 15, according to sources.
The suspension occurred after the terminal's storage tanks became full, preventing any new oil loads or incoming oil. The shutdown follows months of high export volumes, with loadings peaking at nearly 1 million barrels per day in July and around 800,000 barrels per day in June. Novorossiysk handles exports of Russia's Urals crude, Kazakhstan's KEBCO blend, and Siberian Light crude.
This latest disruption adds to previous interruptions, including a halt in oil loadings at the nearby Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal in late July, which reduced exports of CPC Blend and impacted supplies to major buyers like Türkiye. The Sheskharis terminal was reportedly damaged during a Ukrainian Defense Forces attack on August 12, with the main berths, including Berth No. 1 used for large Aframax- and Suezmax-class tankers, sustaining significant damage.
Satellite imagery revealed burn marks, large amounts of firefighting foam, and potential oil slicks near the affected vessel.
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