MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan plans to increase

its oil exports through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC)

pipeline to 6.7 million metric tons in March, from 5.4 million

tons in February, Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry told Reuters in a

written response to questions.

The proposed amount is equivalent to about 1.71 million

barrels of oil per day (bpd).

On a daily basis, oil supplies from Kazakhstan's oil fields

to the pipeline are expected to rise 12% from February,

according to Reuters calculations. March is three days longer

than February this year.

Kazakhstan's average daily oil and condensate output in

February was 287,000 metric tons per day, or 2.15 million bpd,

including 118,000 tons (about 0.9 million bpd) per day produced

on the giant Tengiz field, according to the Energy Ministry.