Middle East Crude-Benchmarks fall; QP, SOMO, Rongsheng, MRPL issue tenders

Middle East Crude-Benchmarks fall; QP, SOMO, Rongsheng, MRPL issue tenders

SINGAPORE- Middle East crude benchmarks Oman and Dubai fell on Monday after rising for four consecutive sessions.Qatar Petroleum (QP) has offered two al-shaheen crude cargoes, loading Feb. 5-6 and Feb. 26-27, via its monthly spot tender to be closed on Tuesday with bids valid until Wednesday.QP has also offered February-loading Deodorized Field Condensate (DFC) via a tender.Iraq's SOMO has offered 1 million barrels of Basra Light crude, loading Jan. 29-31, via a spot tender to be closed on Wednesday.China's Rongsheng Petrochemical is seeking February-loading crude via a tender to be closed Tuesday morning with same-day validity.India's MRPL is seeking 1 million barrels of sour crude for delivery over Feb. 13-25 via a tender to be closed on Wednesday with bids valid until Friday.REFINERYAustralia will bring forward by six months a payment to support the country's three remaining oil refineries to help tide over the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, Energy Minister Angus Taylor said on Monday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2IU02FNEWSAlgerian Energy Minister Abdelmadjid Attar said on Sunday that OPEC+ countries will meet on Jan. 4 to study the market after their last decision to limit production rises to 500,000 barrels per day starting next year, Algeria's state news agency said. Kuwait's emir on