Med crude-Urals diffs stable, Turkey cuts imports of Russian crude in Sept

MOSCOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Urals crude differentials to dated Brent held steady for a second consecutive day on Friday, while Turkey's Russian oil imports fell to some 1.2 million metric tons in September, lowest since April.

Imports of Russian oil to Turkey, Europe's largest buyer of fuel from Moscow, have declined due to competition from other oil grades, sanctions, and as U.S. President Donald Trump urges allies to stop buying Russia's oil to cripple its war efforts.

Crude exports from Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region are scheduled to restart on Saturday, the state news agency said on Friday, citing state marketer SOMO, which will transport the oil via pipeline to Turkey's Ceyhan port.

Kazakhstan's oil and condensate output rose to 8.885 million metric tons in August from 8.631 million tons in July, driven by production growth at Tengiz, Kashagan, and Karachaganak oilfields, official data showed on Friday.

PLATTS WINDOW

• No bids or offers were made for Urals, Azeri BTC or CPC Blend in the Platts window on Friday.

NEWS

• Falling debris from a drone in southern Russia sparked a blaze when it hit a unit at the Afipsky oil refinery, but the flames have been put out, regional authorities said on Friday.

• Russia's second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, said on Friday its hydrocarbon output for the first half of the year was down 3.9% from a year earlier, at 2.2 million barrels of oil equivalent per day.

• The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Ukrainian drone attacks on Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) infrastructure ran counter to the interests of the United States, Kazakhstan and Russia and global energy security.