Transneft halts pumping on Baku-Novorossiisk after quake

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Moscow-Russia’s Transneft has suspended crude deliveries via the Baku-Novorossiisk oil pipeline after an earthquake struck Azerbaijan early Monday morning to evaluate whether it caused any damage to the route, a company spokesman said. The earthquake measuring 5.6 magnitude hit Azerbaijan at around 08:50 local time (0450 GMT), with aftershocks felt in Iran, Armenia and Georgia, according to Azerbaijan’s Seismic Survey Center and local media.