The market was focussed on emerging July loading programmes and trade was limited to tenders, with Angola’s Sonangol issuing a rare sell tender and IOC awarding its latest July tender, reports Reuters.
* Sonangol issued a tender to sell a cargo of CLOV loading July 7-8.
* Nigeria’s July programmes for Qua Iboe, Bonny Light and Bonga emerged on Thursday, with volumes for Qua and Bonga up and Bonny down compared with June.
* Angolan state company Sonangol also lifted force majeure on Saturno exports and issued the July schedule for the grade, bringing total Angolan crude exports for July to 1.55 million barrels per day (bpd).
* The total number of July Angolan cargoes is 50, down from 52 in June.
* Sonangol has cancelled an auction of oil exploration licences for eight blocks, citing the drop in oil prices since the bidding opened.
* Nigeria’s state oil company is in the final stage of signing deals worth $6 billion to exchange more than 300,000 bpd of crude oil for imported gasoline and diesel, sources with direct knowledge of the process told Reuters.
TENDERS
* India’s IOC awarded its tender for cargoes loading July 20-30 to Total for a VLCC but grade details could not be confirmed.
* India’s HPCL has issued a tender for cargoes loading in the first half of July. The tender is due to close on May 24 with results expected the same day.
* Taiwan’s CPC has issued a buy tender for July-loading crude. The tender closes Wednesday with results expected the following day
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