Caspian CPC Blend oil exports are planned at 1.5 million barrels per day for September, steady to lower from 1.5-1.6 million bpd in August amid maintenance at the Karachaganak oilfield, three traders said.
Actual CPC Blend oil loadings next month might be affected by weather-related disruptions and ongoing drone strikes in the Black Sea, they added.
The CPC pipeline, which transports crude from Kazakhstan to the terminal near Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, accounts for about two per cent of global oil supply.
The CPC terminal is considered a better destination compared to the Novorossiysk Sheskharis terminal among shipowners, traders said, after Ukraine pledged to halt strikes on non-Russian vessels exiting Black Sea ports.
High security risks at the Black Sea pushed freight rates for oil shipments in the area to record highs, while most of the shipowners refuse to load oil from Russian Black Sea ports.
Maintenance on Karachaganak oilfield operated by Karachaganak Petroleum Operating planned for September will reduce Kazakh oil production next month by some 450,000 tonnes or some 120,000 bpd, traders said.
Kazakhstan has cut its 2026 oil production target to 96 million tonnes from 98 million due to Ukrainian drone attacks on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, while current oil loadings via the CPC are being carried out normally, Energy Minister Erlan Akkenzhenov said on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Louise Heavens)