The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) reduced oil shipments via the Russian port of Novorossiisk 6.5% year-on-year in the first half of 2008 to 16.564 million tonnes.
June shipments were 2.655 million tonnes - down 4% year-on-year and 1% less than in May 2008, Interfax reports according to RZD-Partner.
The 1,580-km CPC pipeline runs from the Tengiz oil field in West Kazakhstan to the Russian Black Sea coast. It pumped 32.6 million tonnes of crude in 2007.
June shipments were 2.655 million tonnes - down 4% year-on-year and 1% less than in May 2008, Interfax reports according to RZD-Partner.
The 1,580-km CPC pipeline runs from the Tengiz oil field in West Kazakhstan to the Russian Black Sea coast. It pumped 32.6 million tonnes of crude in 2007.