LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Spot trade was subdued on
Thursday as traders awaited allocations following the release of
the latest Angolan loading programme.
* Angola's state firm Sonangol issued its preliminary March
programme with 45 cargoes, up from 41 cargoes in February.
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* Around five Angolan cargoes remained from the February
programme and one or two from January being offered on a
delivered basis.
* Three or four Congolese Djeno were still available.
* India's IOC closed two tenders this week but results did
not immediately emerge. One is for cargoes loading from the end
of February to March 3. The other is for loading over March
11-20.
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respectively in the offshore Namibe basin, while Angola's state
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stakes, regulator ANPG said in a statement. * Nigeria is currently producing 1.774 million barrels of
crude oil per day, its oil minister Timipre Sylva said on
Thursday, above an estimate given by state oil firm NNPC in
November of 1.6 million-1.7 million bpd.