Drone Strike Halts Exports at Strategic Black Sea Oil Terminal

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A drone attack targeted a tanker at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's Black Sea export terminal, causing fire and suspension of crude oil exports for the second time within 24 hours. Emergency crews extinguished the fire, but the incident disrupts a strategic oil export point.

A drone struck a tanker loading crude oil at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s (CPC) Black Sea export terminal on Monday, according to regional media reports, forcing the suspension of exports for the second time in less than 24 hours.  The CPC said the tanker NELSA was loading at Single Point Mooring 1 (SPM-1) when the drone hit the vessel’s starboard aft section, igniting a fire on deck and in compartments between the accommodation block and engine room. Emergency crews extinguished the fire within hours; the tanker remained…