Caspian CPC Oct oil exports fall 0.2 pct vs Sept

MOSCOW, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Kazakh and Russian oil exports via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) fell 0.2 percent to 744,242 barrels per day (bpd) in October from 745,992 bpd in September, CPC said on its website.

The consortium transported 23,071,494 barrels of CPC Blend CPC-Ein October versus 22,379,768 barrels in September.

The pipeline group is led by U.S. major Chevron (CVX.N) and includes Russian pipeline company Transneft (TRNF_p.RTS), ExxonMobil (XOM.N), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) and LUKOIL (LKOH.MM).

CPC state shareholders Russia and Kazakhstan own 31 percent and 19 percent in CPC respectively.

The group exports CPC Blend from a terminal near the Russian port of Novorossiisk. Russian companies such as Rosneft (ROSN.MM), Surgutneftegas (SNGS.MM) and TNK-BP (TNBPI.RTS) also ship crude via CPC.

In 2008, CPC transported 31.5 million tonnes of oil, down from 32.6 million tonnes in 2007.

To read a story on Russian oil production and exports in October, please click on [ID:nL2259138].

To see a table of Russian oil production and exports in October, please click on [ID:nL2303165].

To see a table of Russian gas production in October, click on [ID:nL2291446].

To see a table of Russia's seaborne exports in October, click on [ID:nL2297113].

For key Russian statistical oil reports [O/RUS1]

For key Russian oil data <OILSTAT/RU>

(Note - CPC uses an average ratio of 7.82 to convert tonnes into barrels) (Reporting by Gleb Gorodyankin; Editing by Keiron Henderson)