
Delivery of the five North Sea crude grades that underpin the outdated Brent benchmark will average about 736,000 barrels per day (bpd) in December, compared with 800,000 bpd planned in November, load programs showed.
Brent, Forties, Oseberg, Ekofisk and Troll are the five North Sea crude grades underpinning the dated Brent benchmark.
The details are as follows. Numbers are rounded.
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
Forties 213,000 220,000
Ekofisk 252,000 260,000
Trolls 155,000 180,000
Oseberg 58,000…