DUBAI - Bahrain's Oil and Gas Holding Company (NOGA) has given initial price guidance for its planned 10-year U.S. dollar benchmark bond in the high 7 percent range, a document issued by one of the banks leading the deal showed on Wednesday.

Benchmark deals are conventionally meant to be upwards of $500 million.

Citi, JP Morgan, Bank ABC, BNP Paribas, Gulf International Bank and HSBC are the joint lead managers and joint bookrunners on the deal.

The bond is expected to price later on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Robert Hogg, writing by Davide Barbuscia; editing by Jason Neely) ((Davide.Barbuscia@thomsonreuters.com; +971522604297; Reuters Messaging: davide.barbuscia.reuters.com@reuters.net))