Middle East Crude-Oman, Dubai premiums hold stable amid Saudi Arabian refinery attack

SINGAPORE, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Spot premiums for Middle East crude benchmarks Oman and Dubai little moved on Wednesday, as an attack on Saudi Arabian refinery renewed supply worries and lent some support to oil prices.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Tuesday they had hit Saudi Arabia's biggest oil refinery with a missile, intensifying their strikes against the world's second-largest crude producer. Saudi authorities did not immediately confirm the strike on the 550,000 barrel-per-day facility.

SINGAPORE CASH DEALS

Cash Dubai's premium to swaps fell 13 cents to $5.79 a barrel.

Vitol will deliver a December-loading Oman crude cargo to Trafigura following the deals.

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China received a first shipment of Russia's newly started oil production from the giant Arctic project Vostok operated by state-owned Rosneft, according to two tanker trackers and traders.

Equinor EQNR.OL on Wednesday reported its strongest quarterly profit in almost four years, driven by a surge in oil and gas prices as the war in the Middle East continued to disrupt global energy supplies, and raised its full-year output target.

Indian gasoline demand is set to peak by 2035 as electric vehicles gain ground, ethanol blending continues and more cars run on gas, the chairman of state-run refiner Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS said on Wednesday.

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