SINGAPORE- Middle East crude benchmark Dubai differential was unchanged on Tuesday, while Oman differential dipped.
Russia's Surgutneftegaz sold three cargoes of ESPO blend crude, a China-focused grade, at around $3.2-$3.3 a barrel above Dubai quotes to trading house Mercuria via its first spot tender, traders said.
The spot premium level was the highest since December last year for the grade, Refinitiv Eikon data showed, as China's refining margins have shown improvement.
Surgut issued a second tender closing later on Tuesday to sell three more ESPO crude cargoes loading over July 9-16, July 12-19 and July 16-23.
Rongsheng Petrochemical and CPC closed their crude purchase tenders on Tuesday. The results were not yet clear.
In the market-on-close price assessment process, Unipec declared one July-loading Dubai crude cargo to Vitol and one July-loading Oman crude cargo to Total.
Total further raised its bids for Upper Zakum and al-Shaheen both to spot premiums of $1.25 a barrel to Dubai quotes, from premiums of $1.1 in bids it placed on Monday
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(Reporting By Shu Zhang; editing by Uttaresh.V) ((shu.zhang@thomsonreuters.com; +65-6870-3549; Reuters Messaging: Twitter @shuzhang4))
