MOSCOW, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Premiums for Azeri BTC crude
oil eased further on Tuesday after a deal in the afternoon
trading window, while CPC Blend oil loadings remained suspended.
* The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which handles 1% of
global oil flows, suspended crude loadings at its Black Sea
terminal on Feb. 19 because of bad weather and has yet to lift
the storm-related restrictions, it said on Tuesday.
* A 500,000 barrel-per-day cut to Russian oil production
announced
this month will apply only to March output for now, Deputy Prime
Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday, according to news
agency reports.
* Nikolai Tokarev, head of Russian oil pipeline monopoly
Transneft
said on Tuesday the company had received requests from Germany
and Poland for oil from Kazakhstan via the Druzhba pipeline in
the second quarter, Interfax news agency reported.
PLATTS WINDOW
* Norway's Equinor sold to Eni 600,000 barrels of Azeri BTC
loading on March 4-8 at dated Brent plus $1,85 a barrel. That
was down by $0.40 a barrel from the latest price estimations for
the grade.
NEWS
* India's state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp is facing
difficulties in paying for Russian oil imports following a Dec.
5 price cap imposed by Western nations as banks shy away from
processing payments, a company official said on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Reuters
Editing by Mark Potter)
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