Around 10-15 Nigerian cargoes were heard to remain for July loading.

Price offerings for August loading cargoes of major grades Bonny Light and Qua Iboe were dated Brent plus $2.50-$2.60 a barrel.

India's IOC awarded its latest buy tender for west African crude loading Sept. 1-10 to Total for 3 million barrels of oil but grade details did not immediately emerge.

Indonesia's Pertamina has issued a tender for crude loading Aug. 1-8 set to close on Friday.

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