LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) - Depressed demand and record low
prices continued to spook sellers of West African crude oil, as
traders awaited details on Nigerian exports and prices were
elusive on Angolan crude.
* Nigeria's NNPC was adjusting oil exports to comply with a
global deal by producers to rein in output to balance the
market, with traders expecting June export programmes due
imminently to be pared back.
* Even cargoes due to be exported for May would face some
delays as the schedule for the month was being revised to comply
with the pact.
* Angola's export programme for June was due to be finalised
on Monday, with state oil company Sonangol yet to express any
price offers for its cargoes that month.
* Angola's petroleum minister said on Friday it sees an oil
production curb by OPEC, its allies and other top producers as
insufficient to balance global markets, adding that more drastic
measures may be needed. * Angola is due to cut 23% of its output from an October
2018 baseline to 1.18 million barrels per day (bpd) from May,
down from 1.39 million bpd in March.
* Because the earlier baseline is so far above Angola's
recent production, traders expect the cut deal will have little
impact on the June export volumes, much less on May deliveries.
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