Cosmo Oil sees Jan-Mar crude runs down 4.6 pct yr/yr

TOKYO Jan 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Cosmo Oil Co Ltd (5007.T) plans to cut its crude oil processing volumes for January-March by 4.6 percent from the same period a year earlier, it said on Tuesday.

Japan's fourth-largest oil firm plans to refine 7.225 million kilolitres of crude oil in the first quarter, Cosmo said.

The company also said its planned refining volumes for January alone would be 2.51 million kl, up 2.1 percent from a year ago. (Reporting by James Topham) (james.topham@thomsonreuters.com; +813 6441 1857; Reuters Messaging: james.topham.reuters.com@reuters.net))