SINGAPORE, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Asia-Pacific crude market remained steady on Wednesday amid talk that Vietnam had begun term contract discussions with buyers for Te Giac Trang grade for January to June cargoes. * TENDERS - Indonesia's Petral, which had floated a tender seeking sweet crude, may have bought Vityaz, traders said. It may also have bought some ESPO or Azeri Light, they added. Details were not immediately available. - Additional ESPO supplies emerged after Surgut offered six December loading cargoes of the crude via a tender than closed on Wednesday. * MARKET NEWS - Sri Lanka plans to invite tenders for term supply contracts as the island nation hunts for alternatives to imports of Iranian crude curbed by U.S. sanctions, the country's petroleum industries minister said on Wednesday. - British oil and gas firm BG Group said that production in 2013 would now be in line with this year, tempering market expectations. - Japan's crude oil imports from Iran in September fell 36.1 percent from a year earlier, data from the trade ministry showed on Wednesday, as refiners cut imports due to U.S. and European sanctions on the Middle Eastern country. CRUDE Price Prev Change DEC Brent 109.57 109.56 +0.01 DEC Brent/Dubai EFS DUB-EFS-1M 3.75 3.85 -0.10 PRODUCT CRACKS NOV fuel oil crack -10.46 -10.22 -0.24 NOV gasoil crack 18.31 18.27 +0.04 DEC naphtha crack -6.63 -6.67 +0.04 COMPLEX REFINERY MARGINS Today 6.67 Last 5 days 6.83 Last 365 days 7.32

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