Middle East Crude-Benchmarks slip; Malaysia's Kimanis exports to rise in April

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SINGAPORE, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Middle East crude benchmarks Oman, Dubai and Murban edged lower on Monday after a sharp rise in the previous session, but market sentiment remained largely bullish amid hopes for China's oil demand to rebound.


OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said on Sunday that the group expects oil demand to exceed pre-pandemic levels this year, reaching almost 102 million barrels a day. Meanwhile, Russia plans to cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day, or around 5% of output , in March, which would ease some supply overhang pressure in the market. MALAYSIAN OIL Malaysia's Kimanis crude oil exports in April will rise by one cargo from the previous month to a total of seven cargoes, industry sources said on Monday. SINGAPORE CASH DEALS Cash Dubai's premium to swaps inched down by 1 cent to $2.45 a barrel. Seller-Buyer Price VITOL-MERCURIA 84.35 TOTAL-MERCURIA 84.30 PHILLIPS 66-TRAFIGURA 84.30 VITOL-PETROCHINA 84.35 TOTAL-PETROCHINA 84.30 TOTAL-MERCURIA 84.30 VITOL-PETROCHINA 84.35 VITOL-PETROCHINA 84.35 RELIANCE-TRAFIGURA 84.35 HENGLI-MERCURIA 84.35 VITOL-TRAFIGURA 84.35 RELIANCE-PETROCHINA 84.35 MITSUI-MERCURIA 84.35 PHILLIPS 66-TRAFIGURA 84.35 UNIPEC-MERCURIA 84.40 KOCH-MERCURIA 84.40 VITOL-MERCURIA 84.40 RELIANCE-MERCURIA 84.40 VITOL-TRAFIGURA 84.39 VITOL-TRAFIGURA 84.39 UNIPEC-MERCURIA 84.40 TOTAL-PETROCHINA 84.39 BP-MERCURIA 84.40 VITOL-PETROCHINA 84.40 KOCH-MERCURIA 84.40 RELIANCE-MERCURIA 84.40 PRICES ($/BBL) CURRENT PREV SESSION DME OMAN 84.47 83.64 DME OMAN DIFF TO DUBAI 2.52 2.55 CASH DUBAI 84.40 83.55 NEWS Turkey's Ceyhan port could resume loading oil from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline in one or two days using "manual" procedures, a Turkish official and a shipping source said on Saturday. Russia's State Duma introduced a bill late on Saturday setting discounts for Russian oil exports, according to the lower house of parliament's website. U.S. gasoline demand rose 1.7% in the latest week to 8.45 million barrels per day, rising every day over the week-ago period, according to data on Sunday from GasBuddy.com. Marine fuel sales in Singapore climbed to a two-year high in January, lifted by stronger vessel arrivals at the world's top bunkering since the start of 2023. For crude prices, oil product cracks and refining margins, please click on the RICs below. Brent Dubai DME Oman Brent/Dubai EFS PRODUCT CRACKS
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