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On September 4, a Ukrainian naval drone attacked the service vessel Nefrit in Sochi, a ship essential for repair works at the CPC oil terminal. The attack has halted scheduled maintenance and created uncertainty surrounding future crude-loading operations via the Kazakhstan pipeline. This disruption poses a challenge to the stability and predictability of oil exports from the terminal.
The White House and Venezuela’s interim government signed a historic oil accord spanning 25 to 100 years to drive long-term infrastructure investment. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright stated that Venezuelan crude production could double due to new deals with U.S. and foreign energy firms. Additionally, the U.S. is negotiating direct ownership in fields with 90 billion barrels of reserves and has secured a 35% stake in NABEP with a right of first refusal for 80% of its production.
