Russia Halts 700,000-Bpd Novorossiysk Oil Exports After Ukrainian Drone Attacks
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Updated · Kyiv Independent · Aug 14
Russia Halts 700,000-Bpd Novorossiysk Oil Exports After Ukrainian Drone Attacks
3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Independent · Aug 14
Summary
Russia suspended crude exports from Novorossiysk's Sheskharis terminal after a fresh drone threat on Aug. 14, with one tanker leaving without cargo and loading then stopped altogether.
The 700,000-barrel-per-day Black Sea terminal also stopped receiving oil because storage tanks were full, after the facility was reportedly damaged in Ukraine's large Aug. 12 strike.
Volodymyr Zelensky said that operation used Palianytsia jet-powered drones, Neptune anti-ship missiles and naval drones to hit air defenses, piers and port infrastructure in Novorossiysk.
Novorossiysk loaded nearly 1 million barrels a day in July and about 800,000 in June, underscoring the export risk if Ukrainian attacks keep pressuring Russian maritime operations.
The disruption comes as Moscow rejected Kyiv's Aug. 14 proposal for a Black Sea truce, while Zelensky vowed more strikes on Russian ports in retaliation for missile attacks on Ukrainian cities.