(Reporting by Reuters
Editing by David Goodman)
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April 12 (Reuters) - The Caspian Pipeline Consortium
(CPC), which handles 1% of global oil flows, has stopped oil
loadings through its single mooring points (SPM) since April 10
because of a planned shutdown, it said on Wednesday.
"The CPC terminal has not loaded or received oil into
storage tanks since April 10 because of a planned shutdown," a
CPC press office statement said.
CPC Blend oil loadings are scheduled to resume on April 14
after maintenance, said two traders familiar with CPC terminal
operations.
"The suspension was planned and won't affect the schedule,"
one of the traders said.
CPC, the main export route for Kazakhstan's oil, suspended
loading operations several times last year for unplanned
maintenance, forcing major Kazakh oil producers to cut output
and look for alternative export routes.
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