EXCLUSIVE-Kazakhstan sees progress in multi-billion claims against oil firms by December Kazakhstan started arbitration against majors over costs Preliminary results expected later this year Kashagan oilfield has been beset by delays Germany seeks to raise oil imports, energy minister says Adds companies did not respond to requests for comment, background By Mariya Gordeyeva ALMATY, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan expects preliminary results of multi-billion arbitration proceedings against intern

Russia's August seaborne oil product exports down 2.3% m/m, Reuters calculations show MOSCOW, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Russia's seaborne oil product exports in August fell to 9.074 million metric tons, down 2.3% month on month, data from industry sources and Reuters calculations showed. Russia's offline primary oil refining capacity for August at 2.95 million tons was up from July's level by some 3%, according to Reuters calculations based on data from industry sources.

Oil output at Kazakhstan's Karachaganak down 30% in Sept 9-15 week, sources say MOSCOW, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Average oil and gas condensate output at Kazakhstan's Karachaganak oilfield dropped around 30% on Sept 9-15 from the previous week to 175,610 barrels per day (bpd) due to planned maintenance, three industry sources said on Monday. The field operator, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO), did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Caspian Pipeline Consortium raises oil exports by 2.6% in Jan-Aug MOSCOW, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which exports Kazakhstan's oil via the Black Sea, increased oil exports by 2.6% in January-August from the same period in 2023 to 43.8 million metric tons, the consortium said on Friday. The consortium has said it expects its 2024 oil exports to fall 7% short of a preliminary target owing to lower loadings from a key field.

UPDATE 2-Hungary's MOL to bear costs in new Druzhba oil supply deals, sources say Ukraine's sanctions cut oil flows to MOL via Druzhba pipeline MOL says it reached new oil supply deals Releads on changes to tariff payment structure, adds detail throughout BUDAPEST/MOSCOW, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Hungarian energy group MOL MOLB.BU will bear all costs for transporting oil to its refineries via the Druzhba pipeline from the Belarus-Ukraine border as part of a deal to secure Russian supplies, two indust