Middle East Crude-Benchmarks rise; light sour grades under pressure – ZAWYA

Middle East Crude-Benchmarks rise; light sour grades under pressure – ZAWYA

Qatar Petroleum offered two cargoes of al-Shaheen crude loading on Aug. 2-3 and Aug. 29-30 in a tender closing on Tuesday with bids valid until Wednesday.. BP offered an August-loading Murban crude cargo at a discount of 20 cents a barrel to its OSP via RIM Trading Board, but did not attract any buyers.. Russia's Surgut offered two cargoes of ESPO crude loading on July 31-Aug. 5 and Aug. 4-9 in a tender closing on Monday.. Australia's BHP offered a cargo of Pyrenees crude loading on Aug. 19-23 in a tender closing and valid on Tuesday..