Med crude-CPC Blend September loadings emerge

LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Mediterranean crude differentials to dated Brent were stable on Thursday, as market participants digested CPC Blend exports in September.

* Black Sea CPC Blend crude oil exports will reach just short of 1.6 million barrels per day in September, three trade sources told Reuters.

* That will mark a drop from 1.66 million bpd scheduled to load in August.

* One of the three single point moorings (SPM) at the CPC Terminal is set to close for maintenance for two weeks from late August, four sources told Reuters.

* CPC Blend values have firmed in recent sessions. Two Aframax cargoes traded around dated Brent minus $1.15/1.00 CIF Augusta, according to a trader with knowledge of the deals.

PLATTS WINDOW

• No deals, bids or offers were made for Urals, Azeri BTC or CPC Blend in the Platts window on Thursday.

NEWS

• U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he thought Vladimir Putin was ready to make a deal on ending his war in Ukraine after the Russian president floated the prospect of a nuclear arms agreement on the eve of their summit in Alaska.

• Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has backed the Energy Ministry's proposal to extend the full ban on gasoline exports through September, including restrictions for producers, the government said.

• Russia-backed Indian refiner Nayara Energy said it was talking to government authorities and partners to maintain operational stability of its 400,000 barrels per day refinery and fuel supplies despite EU sanctions hurting the supply chain.

• Indian state refiners have started making enquiries with trading firms about purchases of Russia's Urals crude oil as discounts widen, three people with knowledge of the matter said.