LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Offers for Angolan and Nigerian
crude oil made around a week after March-loading programmes
emerged have yet to stoke buyer interest amid high freight
rates.
* Shell's force majeure remains in place over Bonny Light
crude oil, but the closure of only one of the two pipelines
transporting the grade means the action will only result in
delays, not an outright stoppage.
* The setback was set to bolster asking prices for other
light sweet grades, with Nigerian Qua Iboe being offered at
around dated Brent $3.00 a barrel.
* A slide in freight rates last week for Suezmax tankers to
Europe appears to have paused, making the high offers untenable
for potential buyers.
* Offers by Angola's state oil company Sonangol were roughly
in line with those from the beginning of the last trading cycle.
* Heavy sweet Dalia was offered at dated Brent plus $2.80 a
barrel, but one European trader said market structure and
margins mean only $2 or lower would attract interest.
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