LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - West African crude differentials

were supported on Wednesday by signs of growing delays on the

benchmark Qua Iboe oil grade and strong Asian demand.

An Exxon Mobil cargo of Nigerian crude oil that had been

waiting to load in a terminal left the terminal late last week,

suggesting delays of around 11 days.

The grade is under force majeure due to pipeline repair work

and delays were previously around four to eight days.

Traders said that some loading programmes for Nigeria in

April had started to emerge although these were not immediately

available with many traders absent due to an industry event.

Less than five Nigerian cargoes from the March loading

programme are still thought to be available from the original 67

available.

Angola was expected to export around 1.73 million barrels

per day of crude in April, a provisional loading programme

showed on Monday, down slightly from March.

NIGERIA

* Qua Iboe: All cargoes sold for March. Cargoes

sold for around $2.40 to $2.60 over dated Brent, but traders

said it was now assessed slightly lower at around $2.40 over

Brent.

ASIAN TENDERS

* Indian Oil Corporation has bought Nigerian grades Bonga

and Yoho for April loading, traders said, although further

details were not available.

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