W. Africa Crude-Nigerian December cargoes linger
LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) -West African crude differentials held steady on Wednesday, with sellers maintaining offer levels for December Nigerian cargoes struggling to clear.
* December Qua Iboe was last heard on offer at around dated Brent plus $1.60, a trader said on Wednesday, unchanged since the end of last week.
* The number of cargoes remaining unsold from Nigeria's December programme has been viewed at around 10 to 14 by West African crude traders this week.
* That compares with the number of January cargoes still available in the low-20s, a source added.
* Meanwhile, in Angola, traders continued to await spot cargo allocations for the February loading programme which came out earlier this week.
* State-owned Sonangol was still yet to start offering February cargoes on Wednesday, a trade source said.
* Only a few January Angolan cargoes remain unsold, the source said on Tuesday.
Reporting by Robert Harvey; Editing by Mohammed Safi Shamsi
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