RusEnergy

17/01/2006 RZD News - Surgutneftegaz has issued a sell tender for an early-February loading of Urals crude, traders said on Monday. The tender, which closes and should be awarded on Tuesday, is for 1 million-barrel cargo for Feb. 6-7 loading out of Russia's main Black Sea port of Novorossiisk. Surgut's most recent tender for a Black Sea cargo was awarded almost a month ago to Europetroleum, reports The Moscow Times referring to Reuters.