TNK-BP Said to Sell East Siberian Crude to Unipec for December

TNK-BP sold 200,000 metric tons of East Siberian Pacific Ocean pipeline crude, known as ESPO, for loading in December to China International United Petroleum & Chemical Corp., said three traders who declined to be identified because the information is confidential.

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Crude:        East Siberian Pipeline Oil, Russia

Quantity:     100,000 tons, or 730,000 barrels x 2 cargoes

Buyer:        Unipec

Loading:      Dec. 13 to 16, Dec. 20 to 23

Port:         Kozmino Bay Terminal, Russia’s Far East

Prices:       Premium of about $5.80 a barrel over Dubai price

              published by Platts.

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(Bloomberg, Edited by Topco)