April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Daily Azeri crude oil shipments through a BP Plc-operated Caspian Sea pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan will rise about 16.6 percent next month, loading schedules show.

BP and its partners plan to export 25.3 million barrels of Azeri crude in May, or an average of 816,129 barrels a day, according to a copy of the loading program that was obtained by Bloomberg News.

That's an increase of 20.5 percent from April, when about 700,000 barrels are scheduled to be shipped daily, or 21 million barrels total.

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Last Updated: April 9, 2008 07:09 EDT