LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - Nigerian crude oil differentials
were underpinned on Tuesday due to recent outages in the country
but tenders continued to dominate activity.
* Less than 10 June-loading cargoes of Nigerian crude were
still available.
* Nigeria's major Trans Forcados pipeline resumed normal
operations on Friday after being shut down for a few days due to
a nearby fire. * On Friday, Total said that oil production had resumed at a
key field feeding the Amenam grade but force majeure was still
in place. * Differentials for Nigerian grades were underpinned by the
outages, with Bonny Light being shown at dated Brent plus
$2.95-$3.15 a barrel and Amenam at dated Brent plus $1.25 a
barrel.
* More than 20 Angolan cargoes remained available from the
July programme.
* Angola's state oil company Sonangol lowered its offer for
a cargo of new grade Mostarda to dated Brent $1.00 a barrel,
down 20 cents from last week.
* Angolan Girassol was still being offered at around dated
Brent plus $2.50, a trader said.
* Indonesia's Pertamina issued a new tender mainly for West
African crude cargoes for July 15-31 and Aug. 1-18 delivery. The
tender closes on May 28 and remains valid until May 31.
* South Africa's Sasol closed a buy tender on Tuesday for
July 3-11 loading West African crude but details of who won the
tender did not immediately emerge.
* China's Sinochem bought a VLCC of West African crude via a
tender but details did not immediately emerge.
* India's IOC issued a new tender for West African crude
loading July 22-31. It closes on Thursday.
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