Russia has ordered the Caspian Pipeline Consortium to suspend operations for 30 days, which could cause another 1 million barrels of oil to be cut from Europe.
One percent of the world's oil is handled by the CPC. The forced shut down is related to oil spills, according to the organisation. The suspension was requested to be lifted by the court in Novorossiysk.
The move could hurt the country, which transports 80% of its energy exports through theCPC. During the energy war, the nation has been unable to get oil to Europe.
The West imposed sanctions on the country's energy exports in order to punish it for its aggression. That has contributed to surging oil prices across the EU due to reduced supply, and has been a key driver of high levels of inflation in the US.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday that his government should look to other sources of oil.
The state-owned gas giant, Gazprom, cut gas flows to Germany from last month in a move that upset the West. In April, it stopped gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria due to their refusal to pay in rubles.
Emergency plans have been drafted by European countries in case of a gas cutoff. In case the situation with Russia gets out of hand, countries like Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Austria have signaled a shift to coal.
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