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Reuters shipping data showed that Shell, not Chevron as reported on Tuesday, has tentatively booked the VLCC Sara to load at Hound Point in mid-June, the first such shipment this month.
This adds to other Forties shipments to Asia by Shell such as the Samco Sundarbans in May.
A strike at French oil refineries has dented crude demand in France. France has started using its strategic oil reserves, the French oil industry federation said.
Uruguay's ANCAP bought a Forties cargo from Glencore in a a tender, trade sources said.