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KTK reports loss of one offshore berth in Novorossiysk

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium reported damage to one of its three offshore berths following an alleged attack by unmanned boats at 04:06. There is no independent confirmation; VPU-2 has been declared inoperable and a replacement is already being fabricated in Dubai.

Oleg Bazylewicz

By Oleg Bazylewicz

November 29, 2025 · 1 min read

KTK reports loss of one offshore berth in Novorossiysk

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (KTK), which exports Kazakh oil via a terminal near Novorossiysk, reported the loss of one of its offshore berths as a result of an alleged attack by unmanned boats at 04:06 a.m.

There is no independent confirmation of this information at present. The General Staff, in its morning briefing, reported a series of strikes on several key facilities, but KTK did not appear on the list.

KTK statement on the attack

Continued operation of VPU-2 is not possible

– Caspian Pipeline Consortium

The consortium said the berth was due to be replaced in the near future; a new structure is already being manufactured at the Drydocks World Dubai shipyard in the UAE.

KTK called this event the third attack on its facilities: in February 2025 the Kropotkinskaya pumping station was damaged, and in September 2025 its administrative office in Novorossiysk was hit.

KTK pipeline system

The KTK pipeline system includes the mainline "Tengiz–Novorossiysk" stretching 1,511 km and a marine terminal near Novorossiysk. The consortium provides export of oil from western Kazakhstan fields — Tengiz, Kashagan and Karachaganak — as well as from Russian fields on the Caspian shelf.

Terminal berth facilities

Loading of oil products onto tankers is carried out through three offshore berths located roughly five kilometres from the coast. VPU-1 and VPU-2 have been in operation since 2002; VPU-3 was commissioned in 2014.

Russia is the largest shareholder in KTK with a 24% stake.

Other related strikes

  • On the night of November 29, the Afipsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai was struck by drones.
  • On the evening of November 28, two vessels of the "shadow fleet" — the tankers Kairos and Virat — caught fire in the Black Sea.

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