Med crude-Urals oil diffs firm on demand for September cargoes
MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) -Urals crude oil differentials to dated Brent firmed on Tuesday amid good demand for cargoes loading September, Reuters calculations based on traders' data showed.
Discounts for Urals oil narrowed slightly against Brent in India - main market for Russian oil seaborne cargoes - to $3.30 per barrel from previous estimate of $3.50 per barrel, traders said.
Urals oil prices on FOB (free-on-board) basis in Russian ports are currently $7 to $8 per barrel above the price cap limit of $60 per barrel, according to Reuters calculations.
Demand for the Russian oil grade remains good in India as its price and quality are competitive to other alternative grades, traders said.
Premiums for Azeri BTC oil against dated Brent jumped amid low availability of sweet oil in Mediterranean after shutdown of oil output in Libya, traders said.
PLATTS WINDOW
Trading firm Petraco bid for 650,000 barrels of Azeri BTC at dated Brent plus $3.75 per barrel, higher than recent estimates, traders said.
There were no bids or offers for Urals or CPC Blend in the Platts window on Tuesday.
NEWS
Omsk oil refinery, Russia's largest, completed maintenance in mid-August at a crude distillation unit that was damaged by fire on Aug. 1, two industry sources said on Tuesday, the day after a fire at another unit killed one and injured six others.
Reporting by Reuters; editing by Jonathan Oatis
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