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Russia Pipeline Shutdown
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Note the following:
- Russia has shut down the pipeline that transports oil from Kazakhstan’s giant Tengiz oil field to the Russian Black Sea port Novorossiysk.
- Russia claims this is due to storm damage.
- Many experts are skeptical and think Russia shutdown this pipeline on purpose to put pressure on global oil supplies.
- The Russian action is taking about 1M bpd of oil off the market for two months.