LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Some Chinese buying resumed on
Monday but spot trade was otherwise lacklustre, with traders
waiting for April loading programmes.
* The April Angolan programme is expected to be out on
Tuesday, with Nigerian schedules at the end of the week.
* Several Chinese independent refineries, known as teapot
refineries, have snapped up crude supplies after prices slumped
in response to the coronavirus epidemic. * Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical and Wonfull bought cargoes
of West African crude including Djeno, Oguendjo, Kissanje and
Gindungo.
* Indonesia's Pertamina closed a buy tender for crude
cargoes for delivery May 1-3. Results are expected in the next
few days.
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* Top oil traders have rented millions of barrels of crude
storage in South Korea this month to hold excess supplies,
betting on a demand spike after China recovers from the effects
of the coronavirus outbreak, trading sources said.