North Sea Crude-Forties, Brent weaken
LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) -North Sea Forties and Brent crude differentials weakened on Thursday after cargoes of both grades traded, while U.S. WTI Midland was steady.
PLATTS WINDOW
* Indications are on a free-on-board (FOB) basis unless marked as cost, insurance and freight (CIF) or delivered at place (DAP).
* Forties: Equinor bought from Shell Aug. 6-10 at dated Brent plus $1.90 CIF Rotterdam, equal to about dated Brent plus 92 cents on an FOB basis according to Reuters calculations, down from plus $1.15 on Wednesday.
* Brent: Equinor bought Aug. 6-8 at dated Brent plus $1.25 from Trafigura, down from the last assessment.
* WTI Midland: Socar offered CIF Rotterdam Aug. 14-19 at dated Brent plus $2.25, in line with a bid at plus $2.20 on Wednesday.
* Forties remained the cheapest grade underpinning the dated Brent benchmark on Thursday.
Reporting by Alex Lawler, Editing by Jane Merriman
NORTH SEA CRUDE OIL DIFFERENTIALS AND OUTRIGHT PRICES: 0#BFO-DIF 0#C-E Dated BFO BFO- Brent BFO-BRT BFO-E Forties BFO-FOT FOT-E Oseberg BFO-OSE OSE-E Ekofisk BFO-EKO EKO-E Monthly North Sea crude loading programmes O/LOAD OPEC OPEC NSEA North Sea CRU crude oil PROD oil products DRV derivatives PRO/E European products OILOIL NYMOIL, IPEOIL, OILSPD, OILARB CRDWLDPRODEUR, PRODUS, APROD ENERGY energy speed guide CRUDE/1 crude speed guide
Related Assets
Latest News
Disclaimer: The XM Group entities provide execution-only service and access to our Online Trading Facility, permitting a person to view and/or use the content available on or via the website, is not intended to change or expand on this, nor does it change or expand on this. Such access and use are always subject to: (i) Terms and Conditions; (ii) Risk Warnings; and (iii) Full Disclaimer. Such content is therefore provided as no more than general information. Particularly, please be aware that the contents of our Online Trading Facility are neither a solicitation, nor an offer to enter any transactions on the financial markets. Trading on any financial market involves a significant level of risk to your capital.
All material published on our Online Trading Facility is intended for educational/informational purposes only, and does not contain – nor should it be considered as containing – financial, investment tax or trading advice and recommendations; or a record of our trading prices; or an offer of, or solicitation for, a transaction in any financial instruments; or unsolicited financial promotions to you.
Any third-party content, as well as content prepared by XM, such as: opinions, news, research, analyses, prices and other information or links to third-party sites contained on this website are provided on an “as-is” basis, as general market commentary, and do not constitute investment advice. To the extent that any content is construed as investment research, you must note and accept that the content was not intended to and has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research and as such, it would be considered as marketing communication under the relevant laws and regulations. Please ensure that you have read and understood our Notification on Non-Independent Investment. Research and Risk Warning concerning the foregoing information, which can be accessed here.
