Med crude-Urals oil diffs unchanged in quiet trade, CPC Blend diffs ease
MOSCOW, Sept 3 (Reuters) -Urals crude oil differentials to dated Brent remained stable on Tuesday on a quiet trading day.
Urals oil cargoes loading in September were mostly sold, while October-loading cargoes were yet to be offered, traders said.
CPC Blend oil eased to dated Brent as the news about possible solution to Libyan oil blockade offset expectations of low supply in the Mediterranean market, traders said.
PLATTS WINDOW
Total sold 90,000 tons of CPC Blend loading on Sept. 23-27 to Petraco at dated Brent minus $0.70 per barrel, significantly lower than recent estimates, traders said.
Trading firm Trafigura offered CPC Blend cargo loading on Sept. 24-28 at dated Brent plus $0.25 per barrel, but withdrew.
There were no bids or offers for Urals or Azeri BTC in the Platts window on Tuesday.
NEWS
Oil prices dropped more than 4% on Tuesday to their lowest levels in nearly nine months after reports that a deal was imminent to resolve a dispute that has halted Libyan production and exports.
Reporting by Reuters
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