ALMATY, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Caspian Pipeline Consortium has resumed operations at the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station, Kazakhstan's Kazinform news agency reported Friday.
The Kropotkinskaya station, the largest facility operated by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium in Russia's Krasnodar region, was damaged in a drone attack on Feb. 17, 2025, involving seven unmanned aerial vehicles carrying explosives and shrapnel.
Since the incident, oil transportation through the Tengiz-Novorossiysk pipeline had bypassed the damaged station.
The facility is currently operating in normal oil-pumping mode. Transformers, a gas turbine unit and generators were repaired, a closed switchgear and cable racks were restored, and control cabinets were replaced during construction and installation work.
The 1,511-km Caspian Pipeline Consortium pipeline connects oil fields in western Kazakhstan and Russian offshore fields in the Caspian Sea to a marine terminal in Novorossiysk. It serves as the main export route for Kazakh oil, accounting for over 80 percent of the country's pipeline crude exports. ■