* Some 11 cargoes of CPC Blend oil trapped in the port by storms sailed from Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka port on Tuesday and early on Wednesday as improved weather allowed them to pass customs, two traders said.
* Oil exports from the Black sea port of Novorossiisk that had opened for loadings on Tuesday also got closer to the plan with delays shortened to just one day, traders said.
* Finland, previously one of the European Union states most
dependent on Russian oil, halted Urals crude imports last year
while increasing purchases from Norway and sourcing barrels from
the UK and the United States, Refinitiv Eikon data shows.
* Kazakhstan state oil company KazMunayGaz will
start
sending crude from the Tengiz oilfield via the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline this month, Deputy Chief Executive
Bulat Zakirov said on Wednesday.
PLATTS WINDOW
* No bids or offers were made for Urals, Azeri BTC or CPC
Blend in
the Platts window on Wednesday, traders said.
NEWS
* Russian oil and gas production is expected to decline in 2023, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said on Wednesday, as Moscow comes under pressure from Western restrictions and a lack of European buyers. (Reporting by Reuters. Editing by Jane Merriman)
