US concerned over oil interests in Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has expressed its displeasure over Ukraine’s recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan. Ukrainian Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna noted the U.S. concern on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Stefanishyna emphasized that the U.S. administration was not discouraging Ukraine from targeting Russian energy infrastructure. She said the displeasure was “related to the very fact that American economic interest was affected there.” The Caspian Pipeline Consortium operates a pipeline that handles exports of crude from Kazakhstan to the Novorossiysk port. Chevron and ExxonMobil have stakes in those Kazakh oil fields.
