MOSCOW- * Russia's Surgutneftegaz issued a spot tender to sell 500,000 tonnes of Urals oil loading from Baltic ports in March, traders said.

* The producer is offering five cargoes of 100,000 tonnes each loading on Mar. 2-13, 23-24 and 28-29 from Primorsk and on Mar. 17-18 and 26-27 from Ust-Luga, traders said.

* The tender closes on Feb. 26 at 1400 Moscow time (1100 GMT).

(Reporting by Olga Yagova; Editing by Jan Harvey) ((Olga.Yagova@thomsonreuters.com;))