Bahrain has sold 30,000-40,000 tonnes of gas oil for lifting in May, after its 260,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Bapco refinery completed a regular maintenance early this month, traders said.

The cargo of 500 ppm sulphur fetched a premium of $4 a barrel to Middle East spot quotes, on a free-on-board basis, for May 1 to 5 loading. The supplies were likely to go to Asia, in particular, India. - TradeArabia News Service