North Sea Crude-WTI Midland and Oseberg trade lower
LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) -North Sea Oseberg and U.S. WTI Midland traded lower in the Platts window on Tuesday, while North Sea Troll was bid higher.
PLATTS WINDOW
* Indications are free on board (FOB) unless marked as cost, insurance and freight (CIF) or delivered at place (DAP).
* WTI Midland: Trafigura bought a Jan. 5-9 cargo from Equinor at dated Brent plus $1.95 CIF Rotterdam.
* The deal equated to around dated Brent plus $1.02 FOB, according to Reuters calculations.
* Buying interest also surfaced at firmer levels. Trafigura also bid for another two cargoes, with Dec. 27-31 and Jan. 1-5 dates at dated Brent plus $2 CIF Rotterdam.
* On Monday, Trafigura bought Dec. 22-26 from Equinor, and Eni Jan. 1-5 from the same seller, at dated Brent plus $2.00 and $2.05 CIF Rotterdam, respectively, averaging around dated Brent plus $1.10 FOB according to Reuters calculations.
* Oseberg: TotalEnergies bought Dec. 26-28 from Equinor at dated Brent plus $1.80 FOB.
* Oseberg: Trafigura bid for Dec. 20-25 at dated Brent plus $2.45 FOB.
* In the previous session, Equinor withdrew an offer at dated Brent plus $2.00, while Trafigura bid at dated Brent plus $2.25.
* Troll: Trafigura bid Dec. 22-28 at dated Brent plus $2.45 FOB.
* The same company bid the same dates at dated plus $2.35 on Monday.
* Troll: Equinor withdrew an offer for Dec. 30 - Jan. 1 at dated Brent plus $2.05 FOB.
* Brent: Repsol bid for a Dec. 26-28 cargo at dated Brent plus $1.40. Brent was not in the window on Monday.
* Ekofisk: Repsol bid for a Dec. 30 - Jan. 6 cargo at dated Brent plus $1.80.
* Ekofisk: Equinor withdrew an offer for Jan. 7-9 at dated Brent plus $1.35 FOB.
* On Monday, Ekofisk traded at dated plus $1.20 FOB, with Trafigura buying Jan. 4-6 from Equinor, while Trafigura bid up to dated Brent plus $1.80 for Dec. 20-31.
* Johan Sverdrup: Equinor offered a Dec. 22-26 cargo at dated Brent minus $1.30 CIF Rotterdam.
Reporting by Robert Harvey; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri
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