Asel Serikpayeva, an official spokesperson for the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, said that drone attacks on Russia's Ust-Luga seaport have not affected shipments of Kazakh oil, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to RBC, a fire broke out in the port area of Ust-Luga in Leningrad Oblast the previous day amid a drone attack. An NUR.KZ correspondent sent a request to the Energy Ministry's press service seeking comment on the situation with Kazakh oil exports.
Serikpayeva, the ministry's official spokesperson, said that shipments of Kazakh oil through the Ust-Luga seaport have in fact been suspended temporarily since September of this year.
"This is due solely to technical infrastructure constraints on the part of the transit pipeline system. Indicative balances and agreements between the parties remain in place. All planned volumes of Kazakh oil exports are being steadily distributed and shipped via other operating routes, and obligations to shippers are being fulfilled in full," Serikpayeva said.
She stressed that the incident involving drones at Ust-Luga port facilities on the night of November 11 did not affect the transportation and export of Kazakh oil.