MOSCOW, March 18 (Reuters) - Oil flows via the Caspian

Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline in March continued as normal,

with no drop in volumes, Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft

CEO Nikolai Tokarev said on Tuesday.

On Monday, the CPC reported that it had transported 13.5

million metric tons of oil via the Tengiz-Novorossiisk pipeline

system since the start of 2025, as of March 11.

A drone strike hit a pumping station on the pipeline in

southern Russia in February, reducing flows of oil from

Kazakhstan to world markets pumped by Western firms, including

Chevron ( CVX ) and Exxon Mobil ( XOM ).