Kazakh CPC crude loadings see ‘significant’ drop from 1.5 million b/d max: operator

Loadings of Kazakhstan’s flagship CPC Blend crude, which can amount to 1.5 million b/d, have been significantly reduced due to disruptions including a repair at the connection point between the CPC pipeline and the largest source of the crude, the Tengiz field, the pipeline operator said Aug. 3. The reduction, the latest in a series of disruptions to CPC supply…