(MENAFN) Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry has denounced the weekend attack on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) infrastructure, after Russian authorities said Ukraine carried out the strike.

In a statement, the ministry said that any assault on cross-border energy networks inflicts “substantial harm to the economic interests of consortium participants.” It stressed that “actions against purely civil critical infrastructure facilities” cannot be justified.

The ministry underscored that the CPC system is an international venture and warned that “any violent impact on its facilities” creates “direct risks to global energy security” while causing “significant damage to the economic interests of consortium participants,” including Kazakhstan.

Following the incident, officials activated an emergency plan to reroute crude exports through other channels to limit disruptions and maintain output from the country’s major oil fields. The situation is being closely monitored by the Kazakh government.

Russian sources reported that the strike involved unmanned surface vessels aimed at an offshore mooring point at the CPC terminal near Novorossiysk, leaving the equipment heavily damaged and unusable.

The CPC pipeline carries crude from Kazakhstan’s key fields—Karachaganak, Kashagan and Tengiz—to the Black Sea. In 2024, the network handled roughly 63 million tons of oil, about three-quarters of which belonged to international shippers such as Tengizchevroil (Chevron), ExxonMobil, KazMunaiGas, Eni and Shell.

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