Supply of the five North Sea crude oil grades underpinning the dated Brent benchmark will average about 745,000 barrels per day (bpd) in December, up from 560,000 bpd in November, loading programmes showed.

Brent, Forties, Oseberg, Ekofisk and Troll are the five North Sea grades underpinning the dated Brent benchmark. U.S. WTI Midland crude, which is also part of the benchmark, does not have a loading programme.

Details are as follows (figures are rounded):

DECEMBER NOVEMBER
BPD BPD
Forties 226,000 187,000
Ekofisk 248,000 187,000
Troll 135,000 93,000
Oseberg 68,000 70,000
Brent 68,000 23,000
TOTAL 745,000 560,000
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Alex Lawler and Robert Harvey; editing by Jason Neely)