SINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) -Middle East crude benchmarks Oman and Dubai remained unchanged on Thursday, while spot trade was thin as most refiners have completed their July-loading crude purchases.

Dubai has set its official crude differential for August at parity to DME Oman futures, the Dubai Department of Petroleum Affairs said on Thursday.

SINGAPORE CASH DEALS

Cash Dubai's premium to swaps was unchanged at $1.68 a barrel.

PRICES ($/BBL)

*previous session refers to Tuesday as markets were closed on Wednesday for a public holiday

REFINERY

Vietnam's Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical BSR.HNO said on Thursday it plans to issue new shares as part of its efforts to fund a project to expand and upgrade its Dung Quat refinery.

NEWS

Russia exceeded its OPEC+ production quota in April for "technical reasons" and will soon present to the OPEC Secretariat its plan to compensate for the error, the Russian Energy Ministry said late on Wednesday.

India and Egypt were the top destinations for Russian seaborne fuel oil and vacuum gasoil (VGO) exports in April, traders said and LSEG data showed.

Indian refiners' use of crude oil vessels to ship refined fuels such as diesel to key European markets has diminished in May after volumes neared two-year high levels last month, trade sources and analysts said.

Vivo Energy, owned by global commodities trader Vitol, will invest an initial 10 billion rand ($550.79 million) in its South African operations following its merger with Engen, South Africa's trade minister Ebrahim Patel said on Wednesday.

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Reporting by Florence Tan; Editing by Vijay Kishore

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