Russia’s largest oil port on the Black Sea has suspended operations following a drone attack
14 August 21:56
The “Shesharis” terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk suspended oil transshipment for export on Friday, August 14, following an attack by unmanned aerial vehicles, three industry sources told Reuters, according to [Komersant].
On Friday afternoon, the Novorossiysk administration issued another air raid alert due to the threat of a drone attack.
One of the Reuters sources said that on August 14, a tanker that had planned to load oil turned around and headed out to the open sea due to the threat of a drone attack.
According to the source, the port was subsequently forced to suspend oil loading and the receipt of crude at the terminal because the storage tanks were full.
“Sheshkharis,” capable of handling about 700,000 barrels of oil per day, is Russia’s largest oil export terminal on the Black Sea. Russian Urals crude, Kazakhstani KEBCO, and Siberian Light crude are shipped through Novorossiysk.
According to one source familiar with export statistics, oil shipments through Novorossiysk in June were near record levels—about 1 million barrels per day (over 4.3 million metric tons of oil per month). In July, the figure fell to approximately 800,000 barrels per day (about 3.4 million metric tons).
In July, drone attacks disrupted operations at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal located near Novorossiysk, through which CPC Blend oil is exported.
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