Australia's Woodside has sold a cargo of Vincent crude, loading during Sept. 17-21, at a premium of little above $8 a barrel to dated Brent via a spot tender, trade sources said on Thursday.
The buyer was not immediately known.
Previously, August-loading Vincent crude was traded at around $6-$7 a barrel to dated Brent, traders said.
The grade fetched a higher premium as Woodside worked to improve its quality by increasing the flash point so that it can be blended into very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).
A September-loading cargo of Pyrenees, another Australian heavy sweet grade, also traded at a premium of above $8 to dated Brent via a tender this week.
(Reporting by Shu Zhang; editing by Jason Neely)
