SINGAPORE  -

* Qatar Petroleum offered five cargoes of al-Shaheen crude to load in March in its monthly spot tender, up from two cargoes a month ago, a tender document reviewed by Reuters showed on Friday

* The cargoes of 500,000-600,000 barrels each will load on March 8-9, March 23-24, March 26-27, March 28-29, March 29-30

* The tender closes on Jan. 15 with bids valid until a day later

(Reporting by Florence Tan) ((Florence.Tan@thomsonreuters.com; +65 6870 3497; Reuters Messaging: florence.tan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))