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Russia's Surgut sold two cargoes of ESPO crude loading July 13-17 and July 21-25 in a tender to Japan's JX Nippon at $5.40-$5.45 per barrel above Dubai quotes, traders said.
JX Nippon last week bought two cargoes of the crude at a premium of $5.50 per barrel, according to Reuters data.
Surgut also sold one cargo loading July 14-18 at a premium slightly above $5 per barrel, the traders said.
Russia will export 21 cargoes of ESPO crude from Kozmino in July, including two cross-month cargoes, a preliminary loading programme showed.
Brent-Dubai Exchange of Futures for Swaps (EFS), or Brent's premium to Dubai swaps, narrowed 8 cents to $4.70 per barrel.