LONDON  - Algeria's Sonatrach set the official selling price of its Saharan Blend crude for May loading cargoes at a discount of minus 70 cents to Dated Brent.

This compares to a discount of 45 cents to Dated Brent in April.

(Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; Editing by Hugh Lawson) ((bozorgmehr.sharafedin@thomsonreuters.com; Twitter: @bozorgmehr;))