ST PETERSBURG, June 18 (Reuters) - The Caspian Pipeline

Consortium (CPC) expects oil transit to decline by approximately

2.6% in 2025 compared to its plan, to 74 million metric tons,

the company's head told Russia's RIA state news agency on

Wednesday.

The CPC suffered 2.7 billion roubles ($34.36 million) worth

of damage to its pipeline infrastructure due to Ukrainian drone

attacks earlier this year, the consortium's head, Nikolai

Gorban, said on the sidelines of the St Petersburg Economic

Forum.

($1 = 78.5705 roubles)