* Premiums for Azeri BTC crude oil cargoes loading in April improved to $3 per barrel above dated Brent with several deals done outside of the trading window this week, traders said.
* KMG has started shipping oil to the BTC pipeline in Azerbaijan as it seeks alternatives to exporting via Russian ports.
* KMG is expected to load about 90,000 tonnes of Azeri BTC from Ceyhan port in April, traders said. PLATTS WINDOW
* No bids or offers were made for Urals, Azeri BTC or CPC Blend in the Platts window on Thursday, traders said. NEWS
* Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said a previously announced cut of
500,000
barrels per day (bpd) in Russia's oil production would be from an output level
of 10.2 million bpd in February, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
* Asian gasoil stocks have risen sharply in recent weeks as regional
refiners are
stuck exporting to markets east of the Suez, with narrower opportunities to send
barrels to Africa flooded with Russian cargoes, traders and analysts said.
(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
