North Sea Crude - Ekofisk drops, schedules emerge

Reuters

North Sea Crude - Ekofisk drops, schedules emerge

2024 5월 28, 오후 5:22 GMT

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LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) -North Sea Ekofisk crude differentials fell on Tuesday, while July loadings of Oseberg were set to rise on the month and Troll exports will be steady.

BUZZARD OUTAGE

* The Buzzard oilfield in the North Sea is experiencing a temporary production outage, a spokesperson for operator CNOOC said on Tuesday.

* There was no information on when the outage started and how long it would last, the spokesperson said.

* One June-loading Forties cargo belonging to Equinor and another owned by Shell are delayed, trade sources said.

LOADING PROGRAMMES

* Oseberg will load three cargoes in July, up from two in June, a trade source said on Tuesday.

* Troll will load 5 cargoes in July, unchanged from June, a preliminary loading programme provided by two trade sources showed.

PLATTS WINDOW

* Indications are free on board (FOB) unless marked as cost, insurance and freight (CIF) or delivered at place (DAP).

* Ekofisk: Shell offered a June 21-23 cargo at dated Brent plus $1.15 without finding a buyer.

* Shell had offered the same dates at dated Brent plus $1.50 on Friday.

* Forties: Shell offered June 17-21 down to dated plus 45 cents CIF Rotterdam.

* The offer equated to around dated minus 81 cents on a FOB basis, according to Reuters calculations.

* On Friday, Shell sold a June 5-7 cargo to Glencore at dated Brent minus $1.05 FOB.

* WTI Midland: Socar offered June 18-22 at dated plus $1.25 CIF Rotterdam without finding a buyer.

* The offer equated to around dated plus 10 cents on a FOB basis, according to Reuters calculations.

* The lowest offer for WTI Midland on Friday had been from TotalEnergies, which offered two cargoes loading on June 5-9 at dated Brent plus $1.15 CIF Rotterdam.

* Johan Sverdrup: Neste bid for a June 16-25 cargo at dated plus 60 cents FOB, but no sellers stepped forward to hit the bid.

* In the previous session, TotalEnergies bought a June 15-17 cargo from Equinor at dated Brent plus 30 cents FOB.

Reporting by Robert Harvey; Editing by David Holmes

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