North Sea Crude-Brent, Forties, Ekofisk rise on strong demand
LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) -North Sea Brent, Forties and Ekofisk crude differentials rose on Monday after keen buying interest in the Platts window from Trafigura.
PLATTS WINDOW
* Indications are free on board (FOB) unless marked as cost, insurance and freight (CIF) or delivered at place (DAP).
* No deals, a trade source said.
* WTI Midland: Unipec offered a cargo with Dec. 10-14 dates at dated Brent plus $2.40 CIF Rotterdam.
* The offer equated to around dated plus $1.47 on a FOB basis, Reuters calculations showed.
* On Friday, Total bid for WTI Midland Dec. 11-19 at dated Brent plus $2.05 CIF Rotterdam.
* Forties: Trafigura bid for a Dec. 5-7 cargo at dated Brent plus $1.25.
* In the previous session, Total bid for Forties Dec. 9-14 at dated Brent plus $1.05.
* Brent: Trafigura bid for a Dec. 7-9 cargo at dated Brent plus $1.25.
* On Friday, BP sold Brent to TotalEnergies Dec. 7-9 at dated Brent plus $1.05.
* Ekofisk: Trafigura bid for two cargoes, with Dec. 1-3 and Dec. 10-12, both at dated plus $1.65.
* Ekofisk was last in the window on Tuesday, when Petroineos bid for a Nov. 25-27 cargo at dated plus $1.25.
Reporting by Robert Harvey; editing by David Evans
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