* Most of March volumes of Urals oil were placed with end users, while Asian refiners used to advance buying were negotiating April-loading cargoes purchases, traders said.
* Freight rates for April cargoes of Urals oil softened slightly supporting demand for the grade.
* On Azeri BTC and CPC Blend markets trade also moved to April volumes as March cargoes were placed, traders said. PLATTS WINDOW
* No bids or offers were made for Urals, Azeri BTC or CPC Blend in the Platts window on Thursday, traders said. NEWS
* OPEC+ considers this week's slide in oil prices to a more than one-year
low to
be driven by financial fears, not on any imbalance between demand and supply,
and expects the market to stabilise, four delegates from the oil producer group
told Reuters.
* Russia is not reaping the benefits of higher costs of some recent cargoes
of
crude oil bought by refiners in India priced above the price cap set by
countries in the West and Australia, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
