Middle East Crude-Benchmarks rise to one-week high amid supply fears

Reuters
21 May
Middle East Crude-Benchmarks rise to one-week high amid supply fears

SINGAPORE, May 21 (Reuters) - Middle East crude benchmarks Oman, Dubai and Murban rose for a second session to one-week highs on Wednesday with fears of a supply disruption after reports that Israel could be preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.

Taiwan's CPC issued a tender to buy August-arrival sweet crude which will close on May 22, according to the company notice.

SINGAPORE CASH DEALS

Cash Dubai's premium to swaps rose 16 cents to $1.46 a barrel.

Gunvor will deliver a July-loading Murban crude cargo to Trafigura following the deals.

TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil will each deliver a July-loading Upper Zakum crude cargo to PetroChina following the deals.

North Petroleum International will deliver a July-loading Murban crude cargo to PetroChina following the deals.

Vitol will deliver a July-loading Oman crude cargo to PetroChina following the deals.

SELLER-BUYER

PRICE ($/BBL)

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-TRAFIGURA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.05

RELIANCE-MITSUI

66.00

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-TRAFIGURA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.05

EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.05

RELIANCE-MITSUI

66.00

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

NPI-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.05

EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

PHILLIPS 66-PETROCHINA

66.09

RELIANCE-PETROCHINA

66.10

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.10

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-TRAFIGURA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.10

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-TRAFIGURA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA

66.05

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

TOTAL-PETROCHINA

66.10

VITOL-PETROCHINA

66.05

RELIANCE-TRAFIGURA

66.04

RELIANCE-PETROCHINA

66.15

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

66.05

PRICES ($/BBL)

CURRENT

PREV SESSION

GME OMAN

66.05

65.01

GME OMAN DIFF TO DUBAI

1.46

1.30

CASH DUBAI

66.05

65.03

NEWS

Seventeen people were injured, four seriously, when a fire broke out in the early hours of Tuesday at Chevron's CVX.N deep-water Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) oil platform, Angolan authorities and the U.S. oil major said in statements.

U.S. oil producer Continental Resources estimates there is a shale oil reserve of 6.1 billion barrels in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakir Basin, the Turkish energy minister said.

Kazakhstan's oil production has risen by 2% in May, an industry source said on Tuesday, an increase that defies pressure from OPEC+ on the Central Asian country to reduce its output.

Shell SHEL.L shareholders on Tuesday re-elected Chair Andrew Mackenzie and CEO Wael Sawan, who said when asked about a potential deal for rival BP BP.L that the bar for mergers and acquisitions was very high.

India's Russian crude oil imports will hit close to 1.8 million barrels per day in May, the highest in 10 months, ship tracking data from Kpler showed, after refiners snapped up more light grades such as ESPO Blend.

For crude prices, oil product cracks and refining margins, please click on the RICs below.

Brent

BRENTSGMc1

Dubai

DUBSGSWMc2

GME Oman

OQc1

Brent/Dubai EFS

DUB-EFS-1M

PRODUCT CRACKS

Fuel oil crack

FO180SGCKMc1

Gasoil crack

GO10SGCKMc1

Naphtha crack

NAF-SIN-CRK

Gasoline crack

GL92-SIN-CRK

Complex refining margins

REF/MARGIN1

(Reporting by Siyi Liu in Singapore; Editing by Leroy Leo)

((siyi.liu@thomsonreuters.com;))

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