Major Russian Black Sea Oil Terminal Halts Operations Amid Ukrainian Drone Threat
Major Russian Black Sea Oil Terminal Halts Operations Amid Ukrainian Drone Threat July 25, 2026 Russia's largest Black Sea oil export terminal has suspended tanker loadings following a surge in Ukrainian drone attacks, disrupting roughly one-fifth of the country's seaborne crude exports, Bloomberg reported Friday. The Sheskharis terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has not loaded any tankers since Tuesday morning, Bloomberg reported, citing shipping data, satellite imagery and vessel-tracking services. The Sheskharis terminal exported an average of about 650,000 barrels of oil per day during the first seven months of the year.
- ▪Major Russian Black Sea Oil Terminal Halts Operations Amid Ukrainian Drone Threat July 25, 2026 Russia's largest Black Sea oil export terminal has suspended tanker loadings following a surge in Ukrainian drone attacks, disrupting roughly on
- ▪The Sheskharis terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has not loaded any tankers since Tuesday morning, Bloomberg reported, citing shipping data, satellite imagery and vessel-tracking services.
- ▪The Sheskharis terminal exported an average of about 650,000 barrels of oil per day during the first seven months of the year.
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Major Russian Black Sea Oil Terminal Halts Operations Amid Ukrainian Drone Threat July 25, 2026 Russia's largest Black Sea oil export terminal has suspended tanker loadings following a surge in Ukrainian drone attacks, disrupting roughly one-fifth of the country's seaborne crude exports, Bloomberg reported Friday. The Sheskharis terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has not loaded any tankers since Tuesday morning, Bloomberg reported, citing shipping data, satellite imagery and vessel-tracking services. The suspension is unlikely to have been caused by bad weather, Bloomberg said, noting that storm warnings for the area were issued only two days after the terminal's last loading operation.
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