North Sea Crude-Grades unchanged, May loadings show 5.5% increase from April

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LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - North Sea crude differentials were unchanged on Thursday after no sellers and bidders emerged and as loading programmes for the five benchmark grades showed May loadings to be about 5.5% higher than in April.


MAY PROGRAMMES
* Supply of the five North Sea crude oil grades underpinning the dated Brent benchmark will average about 696,000 barrels per day (bpd) in May, compared with 660,000 bpd in April, implying a 5.5% rise, loading programmes showed. 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, bids or offers, trade sources said. (Reporting by Shadia Nasralla Editing by David Goodman )

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