LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The March export programme for
Congolese Djeno crude oil emerged on Friday, while some Angolan
programmes began to sell.
* Seven cargoes of Djeno were set to be loaded in March,
after differentials from the grade slipped to dated negative in
the last trading cycle.
* Sales will likely continue to struggle as maintenance
issues relating to the loading port have put restrictions on
VLCC tankers.
* Angolan state oil company Sonangol sold two of four
cargoes it had been offering earlier in the week, with one from
the Dalia grade still being offered above dated Brent plus $2.50
and a cargo of Girassol also being offered.
* China's Unipec again offered a small handful of
term-allocated Angolan cargoes on the Platts window, as it
regularly does early in the trading cycle.
* The offers were for Pazflor at a premium to dated Brent of
$2.70, Saturno at a premium of 90 cents, and Gindungo at a
premium of 75 cents -- no buyers were secured.
* Shell has yet to publish an updated export schedule after
force majeure was declared this week over loadings of Nigerian
Bonny Light crude.
* At least 10 Nigerian cargoes remain for loading in
February and have been offered at steep discounts to the March
programme.
* Vitol and Chevron reportedly won a tender from India's IOC
late this week.
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