Asia Crude-India ONGC sells June Nile Blend

TOKYO, Apr 27 (Reuters) Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has sold 600,000 barrels of Nile Blend crude for loading in the first half of June to Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp.

, traders said on Thursday.

Mitsubishi declined to specify the price paid for the cargo, but traders with other firms said it was at a small premium to Minas Indonesia Crude Price (ICP).

ONGC holds a 25 percent stake in the Greater Nile Project, which produces about 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

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