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strikeAug 7, 2026

Black Sea drone chaos knocks out a fifth of Caspian Pipeline oil loadings

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Drone attacks in the Black Sea took out as much as a fifth of Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) oil loadings in July, four sources familiar with the data said, as the Russia-Ukraine war spilled over to hit Kazakhstan's and western oil majors' sales.

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    Drone attacks in the Black Sea took out as much as a fifth of Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) oil loadings in July, four sources familiar with the data said, as the Russia-Ukraine war spilled over to hit Kazakhstan's and western oil majors' sales. CPC loadings fell more than 20…

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