North sea benchmark loadings to ease in March

摘要

1.?Slender European demand weighed on some benchmark crude prices, with Brent,?Oseberg?and?Ekofsk?shedding?5-21c/bl.?Asian?interest?buoyed?Forties?by? a?small?increment?of?3c/bl.?Benchmark?crude?availabilities?will?decline?by?7pc? to?775,000?b/d?in?March.?Norwegian?Johan?Sverdrup?loadings?will?reach?about? 500,000?b/d?in?March,?down?by?3pc?from?February. 2.?Light?Kazakh?CPC?Blend?held?steady?at?a?90c/bl?discount?to?North?Sea?Dated,?as? the?February?trade?cycle?began?to?wrap?up.?Just?fve?CPC?Blend?cargoes?were?still? unsold?from?the?month’s?planned?1.28mn?b/d.