Middle East Crude-Benchmarks extend losses; Saudi to supply full volumes to Asia in June

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SINGAPORE, May 10 (Reuters) - Middle East crude benchmarks Oman and Murban continued to fall on Wednesday despite lower nomination from Chinese refiners to Saudi Arabia in June, which may indicate stronger interest in seeking spot cargoes. Saudi Aramco has told customers in North Asia they will receive full volumes of crude oil that they have requested in June, several sources with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. But, some Chinese refiners have requested for lower supply volumes in June, said the sources. It is not known how much less crude that the Chinese refiners have asked for. Two of the sources estimated it could be up to 5 million barrels less than May.


Rongsheng is heard having requested to voluntarily cut 4 million barrels June, they said. Spot premium for light sour Murban crude was pegged at $1.42 a barrel on Wednesday, a two-weeks low. The weak Murban prices follow tepid demand and sluggish refining margins for diesel. For tenders, Taiwan's CPC is seeking sweet crude for August-delivery. The tender is due to close on Thursday and is valid till Friday.


OPEC Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) sees no dip in demand from Asian customers as cheap Russian oil flows into the continent on the back of Western sanctions on Moscow, a senior executive said on Wednesday. SINGAPORE CASH DEALS Cash Dubai's premium to swaps dropped 22 cents to $1.33 a barrel.
Seller-Buyer Price VITOL-PETROCHINA 75.90 VITOL-TOTAL 75.90 VITOL-TRAFIGURA 75.90 GLENCORE-PHILLIPS 66 75.90 GLENCORE-PHILLIPS 66 75.80 VITOL-TRAFIGURA 75.70 GLENCORE-PETROCHINA 75.65 VITOL-PETROCHINA 75.65 BP-TOTAL 75.65 EXXONMOBIL-TOTAL 75.65 VITOL-PETROCHINA 75.65 EXXONMOBIL-TOTAL 75.65 GLENCORE-PETROCHINA 75.69 RELIANCE-TOTAL 75.65 EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA 75.65 VITOL-TOTAL 75.65 GLENCORE-PETROCHINA 75.69 BP-SHELL 75.70 GLENCORE-SHELL 75.69 EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA 75.70 RELIANCE-TOTAL 75.69 BP-PETROCHINA 75.70 GLENCORE-SHELL 75.72 RELIANCE-TOTAL 75.69 BP-TRAFIGURA 75.68 EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA 75.75 GUNVOR-SHELL 75.72


PRICES ($/BBL) CURRENT PREV SESSION DME OMAN 75.63 75.74 DME OMAN DIFF TO DUBAI 1.21 1.49 CASH DUBAI 75.75 75.80


NEWS Pakistan is planning to blend newly purchased Russian crude with Arabian light crude in order to create a mixture that will be more easily processed by the nation's oil refineries, Pakistan's energy minister said on Tuesday. Wildfires in Canada's main oil-producing province Alberta eased on Tuesday thanks to cooler weather, but thousands of people remained under evacuation orders and officials warned temperatures were expected to rise in coming days. SLB has made several operational and structural changes to keep its Russian business in compliance with Western sanctions on oil equipment and technology transfers, as it aims to ride out efforts to curb Russia's use of energy to finance its war efforts.


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