Med crude-Urals diffs unchanged, Azeri BTC loadings set to rise in June

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MOSCOW, May 5 (Reuters) - Urals crude differentials to dated Brent were stable on Friday in muted trade, while Azeri BTC oil loading from the Turkish port of Ceyhan were set to rise by 6% in June compared to May.
* Azeri BTC crude oil exports from Turkey's Ceyhan port have been set at 19.74 million barrels for June, up from 19.29 million barrels in May, the schedule showed on Friday.. PLATTS WINDOW
* No bids or offers were made for Urals, Azeri BTC or CPC Blend in the Platts window on Friday, traders said. NEWS
* A drone attack on the Ilsky oil refinery in southern Russia, the second in as many days, has caused a fire, TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing emergency services.
* TABLE - Russia's offline primary oil refining capacity in 2023. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
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