ALMATY, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan aims to boost oil
exports via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) system by 8.7%
year-on-year to 56.5 million tonnes in 2023, the vice energy
minister said on Wednesday.
CPC, which handles about 1% of global oil, takes oil from
Kazakhstan to the Black Sea via one of the world's largest
pipelines.
Kazakhstan is the second-biggest oil producer among the
ex-Soviet countries after Russia, pumping around 1.5 million
barrels per day, and both countries are members of the OPEC+
group to coordinate oil production.
(Reporting by Mariya Gordeyeva; Writing by Caleb Davis; Editing
by Kevin Liffey)
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