* Some 193,000 barrels per day (bpd) of the Russian grade
were
loaded for supplies to Turkey's ports during May 1-15 compared
with 96,000 bpd during the same period of April.
* Kazakhstan's state-owned oil transporter KazTransOil
extended
its contract with Russia's Rosneft to ship 10 million tonnes of
Russian oil per year to China until 2034, the company said in a
statement on Monday.
PLATTS WINDOW
* No bids or offers were made for Urals, Azeri BTC or CPC
Blend in
the Platts window on Monday, traders said.
NEWS
* The price of Russian Urals flagship oil blend, denominated
in
roubles, fell in early May 14% below the breakeven level assumed
for this year's federal budget, Reuters calculations showed,
exacerbating already huge shortfall in the state coffers.
* Russia's crude oil export duty is set to
increase
in June to $16.2 a tonne from $14.4 a tonne in May, the finance
ministry said on Monday, following a rise in global oil prices.
* TABLE - Urals crude provisional loading plan for
May
2023.
(Reporting by Reuters;
Editing by Alison Williams)
MOSCOW, May 15 (Reuters) - Urals crude differentials
were kept stable on Monday in muted trade, while Turkey doubled
imports of the grade in the first half of May versus the same
period of April.
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