LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and its main
customers were expected to seek alternative sources of refined
products and even crude oil after the attacks on Saudi Aramco's
facilities but there has been little tangible impact on the West
African market as yet.
NIGERIA
* Gasoline exports from Europe to the Middle East and Asia
are set to surge this week after the attacks crippled output at
Saudi Arabia's refineries. * Still, gasoline cracks stand to fall sharply as a seasonal
grade switch from summer to winter octane is due.
* Qua Iboe and Bonny Light continued to be offered at a
premium of about $3.00 to dated Brent.
* Some term buyers of light sweet Saudi crude oil have been
told that deliveries will be of heavier grades instead, because
the recent attacks affected the output of light oil more.
* At least one major East Asian buyer of Saudi crude was
told that regular shipments of light oil would resume by October
at the latest.
* However, there have been no major changes in price
differentials for West African crude, nor for products in any
region, since the attacks.
ANGOLA
* Around 8 or 9 cargoes of Angolan crude remain for export
in October a week after preliminary export programmes for
November emerged - one of the most persistent gluts of 2019.
* A tender by Taiwan's CPC - a regular buyer of Angolan oil
- for 1.9 million barrels of sweet West African crude closed
late last week but winners have yet to emerge.
* Asia's oil refining margins for the month of September
reached their highest in two years, Refinitiv data showed, as
demand for fuel oil and gasoil was strong ahead of new shipping
regulations.