<div id="readability-page-1"><div><p><span>    The West African crude market was waiting for results of several tenders from national oil companies. </span></p><ul><li>Results of several tenders like Indonesia's Pertamina, South Africa's Sasol and Uruguay's ANCAP were being looked out for, along with Angola's loading schedule for March.</li><li>Data from trade sources shows that India's imports of Nigerian crude fell 38.5% in December to 119,300 barrels per day from November, while imports from Angola nearly doubled to 96,400 bpd. </li><li>India has been a key buyer of West African crudes as it tries to substitute its imports of sanctioned Russian oil. Due to this, the share of Middle East oil in India's oil imports last month rose to a 38-month high while India also imported more from Latin America, with December seeing a total of 273,400 bpd imported from the region.</li></ul></div></div>

<p>The West African crude market is awaiting tender results from national oil companies, including Indonesia's Pertamina and South Africa's Sasol. India's imports of Nigerian crude fell by 38.5% in December, while imports from Angola nearly doubled. As India seeks to replace sanctioned Russian oil, its share of Middle Eastern oil imports reached a 38-month high, with increased imports from Latin America as well.</p>

West Africa Crude - Tender results awaited