* Supply of the five North Sea crude oil grades underpinning
the dated Brent benchmark will average about 660,000 barrels per
day (bpd) in April, down from 716,000 bpd in March, loading
programmes showed.
* Supplies of Russian Urals crude to Turkey reached a
four-month high in February after STAR refinery, owned by
Azerbaijan oil company SOCAR, resumed purchases of the blend,
data showed and four industry sources said on Wednesday.
* Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil has
set up ship-to-ship (STS) loadings of Urals oil near the western
port of Kaliningrad, Refinitiv Eikon data showed and trading
sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
* U.S. crude oil inventories rose for the 10th week in a
row, surging to their most since May 2021, data from the U.S.
Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday. PLATTS WINDOW
* Indications are on a free-on-board (FOB) basis unless
marked as cost, insurance and freight (CIF) or delivered at
place (DAP).
* There were no deals, a trade source said.
* Forties: Vitol bid for a cargo at dated Brent plus 20 cents, loading Mar. 28-30.
* Forties: Shell bid for a cargo at dated Brent plus 25
cents, loading Mar. 20-25
* Forties: Vitol offered a cargo CIF Rotterdam for Mar.
15-19 at dated Brent plus $2.40, equivalent to 89 cents FOB,
according to Reuters calculations.
(Reporting by Rowena Edwards
Editing by David Goodman
)
