MOSCOW, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Russian state oil companyRosneft awarded its semi-annual October-March jumbocrude tender, with Shell, Total and BP securing all of the Urals blend volumes offered, traders said onThursday.
Large traders, such as Vitol, failed to secureany Urals blend cargoes.
Shell and BP will share 140,000-tonne cargoes of Urals from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, whileShell would lift all 80,000-tonne parcels.
Total also won the rights to handle 80,000-tonne CPC Blend cargoes in Novorossiisk, while Trafigura will lift140,000-tonne CPC Blend cargoes.