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Energy
Pipeline carrying 80% of Kazakh crude could take a year to repair
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s terminal near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. (Caspian Pipeline Consortium handout via Reuters) © Reuters
YEVGENIYA MIKHAILIDI
December 14, 2025 15:29 JST
ISTANBUL — When a Ukrainian naval drone struck the offshore loading terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium near Novorossiysk, the world noted a blow to Russia’s energy infrastructure. But the real shock rippled east to the economy of landlocked Kazakhstan, which relies heavily on that terminal.