LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Angola's state oil company
Sonangol lowered offers for its three remaining spot cargoes on
Thursday, while refinery maintenance heavily weighed down West
African sales to Europe.
* Sonangol continued to offer three cargoes for sale in
November, as most of the other spot cargoes for the month
remained unsold due to weak East Asian demand.
* It was offering a cargo of Girassol for dated Brent plus
95 cents, Hungo for minus 70 cents and Mostarda for minus 50
cents - the first two down at least 20 cents from offers the
previous day.
* Refinery capacity outages were set to reach peaks this
month due to seasonal maintenance and ease off slightly in
November.
* "Margins are still under pressure and maintenance is at
its peak," one European refiner said.
* Cargoes for Congo's new programme of Djeno crude were on
offer for dated Brent minus 30 cents, still slightly higher than
sale prices last month.
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