SINGAPORE, Nov 8 (Reuters) -
* Indian oil explorer ONGC Videsh sold one cargo of January-loading Russian Sokol crude at a premium of around $9.25 a barrel to Dubai quotes, hovering around its highest level since September 2013, two traders said on Friday
* The buyer of the cargo was likely trading house Glencore
* ONGC offered the 700,000-barrel cargo to load over Jan. 4-10
* Prior to this, ONGC sold one cargo of December-loading Russian Sokol crude at a premium of around $9.20-9.25 a barrel to Dubai quotes
Reporting By Shu Zhang
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