* Pertamina awarded a tender for oil arriving in May to Eni
for a cargo of Angolan Olombendo crude, traders said.
* Still, up to 10 cargoes of Angolan crude loading in April
remain unsold days before May-loading export plans are due to be
issued.
* Traders attributed the lacklustre sales to Chinese buying
which has yet to rebound to pre-pandemic highs despite brisk
buying earlier in the trading cycle.
* Lower offers for competing Azeri Light crude have helped
push Nigerian differentials down around 50 cents in the last
week for some grades, according to traders.
* The proximity of Azeri supplies to Europe along with a
French refining strike were denting West African flows to the
continent, they added.
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* The first phase of Angola's new 60,000 barrel a day
Cabinda refinery is expected to produce its maiden products
mid-2024, as the Ukraine war and global increase in refining
projects hits costs and procurement, the plant's chief executive
said on Tuesday.
* OPEC on Tuesday further raised its forecast for Chinese
oil demand growth in 2023 due to the relaxation of the country's
COVID-19 curbs, although it left the global total steady citing
potential downside risks for world growth.
(Reporting by Noah Browning; Editing by Josie Kao)
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