LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Russia's top crude oil producerRosneft has announced a semi-annual tender to sell oilcargoes between April and September, industry sources toldReuters on Tuesday.
Rosneft has offered from 3.48 million tonnes to 14.42million tonnes of crude oil, compared with 4.8 million tonnes to11 million tonnes in the previous October to March tender.
The company has cut the volume of Urals offered from theBaltic Sea port of Primorsk to between 600,000 tonnes and 4.4million tonnes from 2.4 million to 5 million tonnes in the lasttender.
It has not changed the volume offered from neighbouringUst-Luga, at 600,000 tonnes to 2.4 million tonnes.
The company has tendered between 480,000 tonnes and 1.92million tonnes of Urals from the Black Sea port of Novorossiiskfor cargoes of 80,000 tonnes each, and 840,000-1.68 milliontonnes for cargoes of 140,000 tonnes.
Rosneft has also offered CPC Blend oil: 960,000-2.4 milliontonnes of cargoes of 80,000 each, and up to 1.62 million tonnesof 135,000-tonne cargoes.
Shell, Total and Eni won theprevious tender. (Reporting by Gleb Gorodyankin; Writing by Vladimir Soldatkin;Editing by Alexander Winning and Susan Thomas)
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