LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Nigerian crude loading programmes
for February were slow to emerge on Wednesday and it emerged
that shipments of one key grade, Qua Iboe, have been under force
majeure since last week.
NIGERIA
* ExxonMobil issued the force majeure on Qua Iboe exports
last week, a spokesman said on Tuesday, after a fire hit the
terminal. A source told Reuters production was
expected to resume in early January.
* No February loading programme for Qua has been issued,
sources said, and export plans for other grades such as Bonny
Light had yet to emerge.
ANGOLA
* Crude differentials were steady amid limited activity in
trading of February cargoes.
* State oil firm Sonangol kept offers steady for February
for a third day this week, offering Girassol at around dated
Brent plus $2.50 a barrel and Dalia at dated Brent plus $2.00,
traders said.