Petroperu offers a Loreto crude cargo for April

Peruvian state-run oil company Petroperu has launched a tender to sell a 450,000-500,000 barrel cargo of Loreto heavy crude for delivery April 15-30 at Boyovar port, according to a document seen by Reuters on Monday.

* Bids will be accepted through March 1, indexed to Brent crude front month prices

* Sellers of the cargo also include Peru's Perupetro and Canada-based Pacific Stratus Energy

* Petroperu earlier this month offered to buy two cargoes of a Latin American, U.S. or West African crude for April delivery

(Reuters; Reporting by Marianna Parraga Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)