Libyan state-owned refiner NOC has issued its latest sales export tender for two cargoes of 6,000t each of sulphur for loading in May.
The tender is expected to close on 29 April and is for May delivery out of Mellitah. The first 6,000t cargo's laycan dates are 7-9 May and the second cargo's laycan dates are 24-26 May.
NOC did not offer April-loading sulphur, and its last export tender was for loading in March. NOC's last sulphur export tender closed on 16 February before the Middle East conflict started, and was for two lots of 8,000t of sulphur for loading in Mellitah with the first cargo's laycan dates of 1-3 March and the second on 17-19 March. Many oil refineries across north Africa and the Mediterranean reduced sulphur production rates due to a lack of crude availability after the Middle East conflict broke out at the end of February, and availability of sulphur has dropped as a result.
