Chartered oil tanker attacked by drones near Black Sea terminal, CPC says

A Reuters report says an oil tanker chartered to load crude at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal off Russia’s Black Sea coast was damaged in a drone attack. The vessel, the Suezmax Nordic Zenith, reportedly chartered by ExxonMobil, caught fire but the blaze was extinguished and all 13 crew members were evacuated safely. The tanker was removed from the loading schedule and cannot moor or load at the terminal. The incident underscores rising wartime risks to energy shipping in the Black and Azov seas and highlights potential disruption to CPC flows, which handle roughly 80% of Kazakhstan’s oil exports. While the article does not give a direct price reaction, the event is supportive for crude oil due to added supply-security concerns.