North Sea Crude-Ekofisk edges lower on offer

LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - North Sea Ekofisk was offered lower in the Platts window on Thursday, while U.S. WTI Midland was offered above where the grade traded earlier in the week.

JUNE LOADINGS

Johan Sverdrup loadings are pencilled in at 660,000 barrels per day (bpd) in June, Gullfaks at 167,000 bpd, Grane at 210,000 bpd, Statfjord at 53,000 bpd and Johan Castberg at 213,000 bpd, loading programmes seen by Reuters showed.

PLATTS WINDOW

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

• There were no deals, a trade source said.

• Ekofisk: ConocoPhillips offered a May 28-30 cargo at dated Brent plus $8.95, while Eni offered May 23-25 at dated plus $8.55.

• On Wednesday, the lowest offer for Ekofisk was ConocoPhillips showing a May 19-21 cargo at dated Brent plus $9.00.

• WTI Midland: Mitsui offered a May 21-25 cargo at dated Brent plus $9.00 CIF Rotterdam.

• The offer equated to around dated plus $7.13 on a FOB basis, Reuters calculations showed.

• There was no WTI Midland in the window on Wednesday after Glencore bought a May 12-16 cargo at dated Brent plus $7.40 CIF Rotterdam from Petroineos on Tuesday.