MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The Black Sea CPC Blend oil
loading plan for February will remain unchanged after a drone
attack on Monday, two sources familiar with the plan told
Reuters.
The drone strike hit a pumping station on an oil pipeline in
Russia, reducing flows from Kazakhstan to world markets pumped
by Western firms including Chevron ( CVX ) and Exxon Mobil ( XOM )
.
On Monday the plan to ship oil via the CPC system remained
stable at around 1.4 million-1.5 million barrels per day, above
5.1 million metric tons, two sources familiar with the matter
told Reuters.
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which controls the
pipeline system shipping CPC Blend oil, declined to comment on
the schedule for the current month.
An industry source said that as of Monday CPC had not
limited the intake into its system.
Earlier today the CPC said drones had struck the
Kropotkinskaya station in the southern Krasnodar region, where
work was halted to investigate the damage.
The CPC pipeline is the main export route for Kazakhstan,
which supplies about 1% of the world's oil.
Shell and Italy's Eni are also among its
shareholders, as is the Russian state.
(Reporting by Reuters)