Offers for both Nigerian and Angolan cargoes drifted lower on Wednesday, but traders said there were still plenty of competing grades around, meaning prices would have to fall further in order to encourage buying. * Although spot trade has been fairly slow in the last week, most of the May-loading Nigerian programme had cleared, traders said, leaving only two or three cargoes, down from just below 10 a week ago. * Roughly two-thirds of the June-loading programme, which contains an originally scheduled 60 cargoes, was still available for sale, sources said.
* Traders said Vitol was offering Angolan Kissanje for delivery in Shandong between late May and early June as low as $1.25 a barrel to the dated Brent price, having previously offered around $1.40. * Qua Iboe and similar light, sweet grades, have reportedly come down in price to closer to a premium of $1.00 to dated Brent from as high as $1.75 earlier in the week, although without much in the way of buying from China, spot activity was still muted, traders said.
* Sources said Unipec was still offering five cargoes of May-loading oil delivered to the independent refinery port of Shandong, including Angolan Cabinda, Kissanje, Saturno and Mondo, as well as Djeno.
* Sonangol was still offering cargoes of Girassol, Hungo, Sangos and Olombendo, having sold two Dalias in the last few days.
TENDERS
* Uruguay’s ANCAP was expected to award a tender to buy oil for July 23-27 delivery on Tuesday, but traders said the results would likely only be announced later on Wednesday. * An award for India’s IOC was due later in the week. Its tender sought oil for July 1-10 loading.
* Indonesia’s Pertamina is expected to award a tender to buy 3.1 million barrels of crude for July deliver. Reuters
