Kazakhstan has reduced crude oil production following drone strikes on commercial tankers at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal off Russia’s Black Sea coast, the country’s energy ministry announced Thursday. “Oil firms adjusted their daily output, causing a temporary drop in production volumes,” the ministry said in a statement.

Ukraine has recently hit several tankers loading CPC crude at its terminal on Russia's Black Sea coast.

A second drone strike in less than 24 hours has again suspended crude loadings at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's Black Sea terminal after a tanker carrying Kazakh crude was hit…