International crude: byoyant in the north sea

摘要

North Sea grades were relatively buoyant Thursday, shrugging of the flat-price retreat on both NYMEX and IPE. Tightness in North Sea availability during August continued to underpin the market,but ost talk concentrated on the third decade of the month; the exception being Vitol bidding for Aug 11-21 Brent at Sept plus 35 cts.