Kazakhstan requests Ukraine stop attacking CPC terminal after oil exports halted

Tankers withdrawn from CPC water area

The CPC's 1,500-kilometre (930-mile) pipeline includes Russian, Kazakhstan's state-owned KazMunayGas, and units of Chevron, Russia's Lukoil and ExxonMobil as shareholders.

CPC said on Saturday that a November 29 naval drone attack on its terminal had "significantly damaged" single-point mooring (SPM) 2 - essentially a floating buoy which connects to tankers to load oil.

"Further operation of single point mooring 2 is not possible," CPC said. "Loading operations and other operations were stopped (and) tankers were withdrawn from the CPC water area."

"We believe that the attack on the CPC is an attack on the interests of the CPC member countries," CPC said.