NSea Crude-Forties weakens as supply rises

Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:47pm GMT
 
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 * Forties offers under pressure, down to dated minus 30/35
 * No Forties deals or bids reported in the window
 
 LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - North Sea Forties differentials
stayed under pressure on Wednesday, squeezed by an overhang of
November loading cargoes and new supply from the December
programmes, traders said.
 
 FORTIES FOT-E
 * Within the afternoon trading window, Shell again offered a
Nov. 20-22 cargo, now at dated BFOE minus 35 cents, down from
minus 30 cents on Tuesday; Shell also offered a Nov. 22-24 cargo
at dated BFOE minus 30 cents.
 * ConocoPhillips offered a Forties for loading Nov. 26-28 at
dated BFOE minus 20 cents.
 * No deals or bids in the window
 * The second December loading Forties cargo, a
400,000-barrel parcel lifting Dec. 2-4 was kept by Vitol. The
first cargo, Shell equity due Dec. 1-3, was also kept by Vitol.
 
 REFINING MARGINS <REF/MARGIN1>
 * Complex refining margins for North Sea Brent in Rotterdam
were around $3.15 per barrel on Wednesday, up around 20 cents
from Tuesday, and in line with the average of the past five
days, according to Reuters models.
 
 SWAPS
 * Contracts for Differences (CFDs) were steady across the
curve and continuing to show backwardation for nearby physical
barrels (previous day in brackets) as follows:
 16-20/11 Jan -105 (-103)
 23-27/11 Jan  -99  (-96)
 30-04/12 Jan  -85  (-83)
 7-11/12  Jan  -71  (-69)
 14-18/12 Jan  -57  (-55)
 21-24/12 Jan  -43  (-41)
 
 ICE BRENT MARKER
 * The ICE set its afternoon one-minute marker for December
Brent at $77.71, up very slightly from $77.66 on Tuesday.
 
 (Reporting by Christopher Johnson; editing by William Hardy)
































 

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