LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Spot trade was thin on Tuesday as
traders waited for Nigerian loading programmes and Angolan
allocations while sellers eyed two Indian tenders.
* Nigeria's Nembe Creek oil trunk pipeline that moves Bonny
Light crude has been shut due to sabotage, a spokesman for
operator Aiteo said on Tuesday. * Bonny is transported to its export terminal by two
pipelines. The other is operational.
* Nigeria's official selling prices were expected to emerge
on Thursday, with January loading programmes following soon.
* Around 20 Nigerian cargoes were still available from the
December programme.
* Around six cargoes of Angolan crude remained from the
December programme.
* Angolan state firm Sonangol has not yet announced term
allocations for the January programme.
TENDERS
* India's IOC issued two tenders. One is for crude loading
in the last 10 days of January and the other for cargoes loading
at the end of December. Both tenders close on Thursday with
results due on Friday.
RELATED NEWS
* Northwest European oil refining margins turned negative on
Tuesday, falling to around -$0.49 a barrel, Reuters calculations
showed. A sharp fall in gasoline and fuel oil margins in recent
days precipitated the fall, traders said. * OPEC's share of India's oil imports fell to 73% in
October, its lowest monthly share since at least 2011, tanker
data from sources showed, as refiners shipped in fuel from the
United States and other suppliers.