No fuel supply risk in next two weeks after Kazakhstan suspends oil deliveries, Romanian PM says

24 July 2026 Acting prime minister Ilie Bolojan, who is also serving as interim energy minister after his cabinet lost a no-confidence vote back in May, said during a lengthy July 23 press conference that Romania will not face fuel supply problems over the next two weeks, although the country's main oil supplier, Kazakhstan, has temporarily suspended deliveries through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, or CPC. The suspension came after suspected Ukrainian drone attacks forced Kazakhstan’s main export terminal on the Black Sea to close. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium is a 1,510-kilometer oil pipeline connecting Kazakhstan's oil fields with the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk. Oil loaded at Novorossiisk is then transported by tankers to global markets. Approximately 80% of Kazakhstan'