MOSCOW, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Urals crude oil differentials
to dated Brent were little changed on Thursday, while Germany
aims to speed Rosneft's exit from the Schwedt refinery as Berlin
strives to stabilise a key energy supplier.
* Germany plans to change its Energy Security Act to allow a
quick
sale of Russian energy group Rosneft's stake in the Schwedt
refinery without the need for prior nationalisation, a draft law
showed.
* Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the
current OPEC+ deal on oil output would be locked in until the
end of the year, adding he remained cautious on Chinese demand
forecasts.
PLATTS WINDOW
* No bids or offers were made for Urals, Azeri BTC or CPC
Blend in
the Platts window on Thursday, traders said.
NEWS
* Kazakhstan's Kazmunaygaz still plans to export oil via the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in February, Kazakhstan's energy
ministry said on Thursday.
* Russia's lower house of parliament has passed a law
changing the
oil price assumptions Moscow uses to calculate its multi-billion
rouble tax levy on oil exports, as it scrambles to cover a
widening budget deficit due to Western sanctions on energy
exports.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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