VIETNAM

Vietnam's PV Oil offered several cargoes for loading in May through tenders, trade sources said.

It has offered a total of 1.2 million barrels of Ruby, Thang Long, Bunga Kekwa and Bunga Orkid crude oil for loading in May, they said.

The state-owned company sold two cargoes of Chim Sao crude oil and one cargo of Te Giac Trang crude oil for loading in May, traders said.

It sold 300,000 barrels of Chim Sao for loading over May 11 to 15 to Taiyo Oil and another 300,000 barrels for loading over May 26 to 30 to Unipec, they said.

It sold the cargoes at a premium of between $3 and $3.50 a barrel above dated Brent, they said, steady from April levels.

PV Oil also sold a Te Giac Trang crude oil cargo for loading in May at a premium of $3 to $3.30 a barrel to dated Brent, they added.

The buyer could be Idemitsu, one trader said, though this could not immediately be verified.

BRENT-DUBAI EFS

Brent's premium to Dubai swaps was at $3.53 per barrel on Wednesday, up 10 cents for May.

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