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Trading sources said Shell had lifted force majeure on Nigerian Bonny Light on Friday. A spokesman for Shell did not immediately confirm this.
The force majeure on the grade had been in place for nearly two months.
Total was offering a cargo of Angolan Girassol at dated Brent plus 60 cents, on a par with a recent ExxonMobil offer for the same grade, and a cargo of Nigerian Bonga at dated Brent plus $2 a barrel.
Chevron was still said to be offering its Cabinda cargo loading Aug. 23-24.
Only a handful of Angolan cargoes are left from the August programme.