MOSCOW, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Urals crude differentials to
dated Brent were steady again on Tuesday, while Western tankers
ramped up oil shipments from Russia's Baltic and Black Sea ports
in January under price cap.
* EU-owned vessels, primarily from Greece, handled more than
2
million tonnes of Urals crude from Primorsk, Ust-Luga and
Novorossiisk ports in January, over a quarter of Russia's
exports from these ports.
* The volume moved by EU ships is nearly twice as much as in
December, Reuters calculations based on Eikon and information
shared by traders showed.
PLATTS WINDOW
* No bids or offers were made for Urals, Azeri BTC or CPC
Blend in
the Platts window on Tuesday, traders said.
NEWS
* Russia's Transneft said on Tuesday that oil shipments from
Kazakhstan to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline, exempt from
Western sanctions, will begin in February, the RIA Novosti news
agency reported, citing Transneft.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
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