🕳️ Released Phantom Node 67: Batumi Oil & Cargo. Oil Shadow and Dual Purpose. Chameleon Hub
- Foundation date
26 September 2025
This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.
This creation is protected and cannot be used by third parties for the purpose of supporting, propagating, or legitimizing criminal regimes, terrorist states, and organizations operating in the shadows. The use of data or analysis results from this project, whether in part or in full, is expressly prohibited if the objective is to support or conceal their criminal activity.
The project may be freely used by individuals and organizations that combat evil, corruption, and aggression.
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 67: Batumi Oil & Cargo. Oil Shadow and Dual Purpose. Chameleon Hub
A shadow logistics laboratory altering the face of goods.
Who is this?
Batumi Oil & Cargo is Georgia’s strategic oil and cargo hub. A legitimate infrastructure transformed into a covert mechanism for blending petroleum products, disguising origins, and transporting dual-use goods.
Type of node:
Financial-logistical
Status:
Covered under infrastructure
Form of control:
Oil blending, document manipulation, corrupt “green corridors”
Phantom image:
A chameleon terminal shifting colours with each cargo’s declared origin
What remains after the phantom:
Fake certificates, erased routes, profit trails
Core of the node:
What sustained it?
Tanks, pipelines, brokers, and offshore shipping networks enabling concealment of origins.
How did it become a phantom?
When trade infrastructure became a machinery of manipulation over strategic cargo.
Why does the phantom still exist?
Because the world needs energy and critical tech, and corruption exploits the cracks in control.
Phantom’s condition:
Active, flexible, well-masked.
After the regime:
– Exposure of petroleum blending schemes
– Detection of concealed technology in cargo
– International investigations and sanctions
Collective reaction:
We see the port not only as a hub of commerce, but as a weapon of war.
Its hidden functions challenge the conscience of the world.
Core principle:
When a hub turns chameleon, truth dissolves.
Trade becomes a weapon.
Alt-text:
Image of Batumi terminal: storage tanks, pipelines, cargo cranes. Containers and cisterns shifting colours like a chameleon, symbolising cargo origin manipulation.
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Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 26.09.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration.
All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
🫧 Phantom Node Dossier 67: Batumi Oil & Cargo. The Oil Shadow and Dual Use.
Key Aspects of the Phantom:
"The Oil Shadow" (or "The Chameleon Hub"). The essence of this node lies in its strategic specialization: it transforms legal energy infrastructure into a hidden mechanism for manipulating oil products and transiting critical cargo. Its phantom nature is the ability to change the identity of goods (origin, composition, destination) without physical relocation, ensuring the viability of military-industrial complexes.
Regimes (which it directly shapes/supports):
🧪 Regime of "Energy Substitution": The systematic blending of oil products from various origins to disguise sanctioned fuel (e.g., mixing Russian oil with Caspian oil to change the Certificate of Origin).
📦 Regime of "Dual-Use Camouflage": Concealing sensitive technologies (chips, electronics) within general cargo or declaring them as less restricted items.
🚢 Regime of "Trace-less Transfer": Utilizing rapid transshipment (STS or minimal time in port) and cargo transfer between vessels to erase the logistical trail.
💰 Regime of "Shadow Freight": The engagement of a network of obscure or flags-of-convenience vessels and shipping companies for transporting sensitive cargo.
Tools (which it actively uses/oversees):
🛢️ Blending Infrastructure: Physical tanks, pipelines, and blending stations used to alter the composition of oil products.
📑 False Certificates of Origin: Generating forged or misleading certificates that point to a non-sanctioned country of origin.
👨💼 Specialized Brokers: Highly skilled brokers and freight forwarders who expertly manage customs documentation and the logistics of dual-use goods.
🔒 Local Administrative Cover: Corrupt connections within local customs and port authorities to ensure a "green corridor" for sensitive shipments.
Civilizational Influences (which it embodies/exploits):
💔 Fueling Military Machines: Directly providing fuel and critical components to the military-industrial complexes of aggressive regimes.
⚖️ Blurring International Regulation: Its operation renders the global system for controlling strategic exports ineffective and powerless.
🌍 Geopolitical Destabilization: The node is a key point for undermining international efforts aimed at establishing peace and stability.
🕳️ The Commercialization of Evil: The cynical profit-making from operations that directly support aggression and conflict.
Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 26.09.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. Depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about private individuals without corroborated evidence.
