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Middle East crude benchmark premium for Oman and Dubai eased, while that for Murban rose from a two-and-half months low hit in the previous session.
Oil prices tumbled by more than $4 a barrel after Israel's retaliatory strike against Iran at the weekend bypassed oil and nuclear facilities and did not disrupt energy supplies.
SINGAPORE CASH DEALS
Cash Dubai's premium to swaps fell 1 cent to $1.17 a barrel.
Chevron will deliver a December-loading al-Shaheen crude to Total following the deals.
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PetroChina is set to shut its largest domestic oil refinery around mid-2025, sources said, the country's first major closure at a state-run plant and part of a long-mooted project to replace it with a smaller facility at a new site.
India's monthly crude oil imports in September dropped about 8 per cent to their lowest since February at 18.56 million metric tons, government data showed on Friday, while product exports soared to their highest in 2-1/2 years on low domestic demand.
Chinese offshore oil and gas major CNOOC, reported on Monday a 9 per cent increase in third-quarter net income versus a year earlier, as higher oil and gas output offset lower realised oil prices. -Reuters