SINGAPORE  - Qatar Petroleum has sold al Shaheen crude for January loading at the highest premiums in four months via its monthly tender, several trade sources said on Wednesday.

The cargoes fetched an average premium of 75 cents a barrel to Dubai quotes, they said, up from an average discount of 46 cents in the previous month.

Japanese refiner ENEOS has likely bought one of the cargoes to load on Jan. 2-3 and Jan. 23-24, the sources said.

(Reporting by Florence Tan; Editing by Edmund Blair) ((Florence.Tan@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: florence.tan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))