MOSCOW, April 24 (Reuters) - Russia's Surgutneftegazhas awarded a tender on Monday to sell 1.2 milliontonnes of Urals crude oil loading from Baltic ports inJuly-December to Shell, traders said.
Shell will receive 200,000 tonnes of Urals per month fromPrimorsk or Ust-Luga.
According to market participants, the premium to the priceformula paid by the winner was a touch above $0.30 a barrel,slightly below the price level achieved in the previous tender.Shell was also the winner of Surgutneftegaz previous tenderfor Urals loading in January-June.(Reporting by Olga Yagova' editing by Vladimir Soldatkin)