Supply of the five North Sea crude oil grades underpinning the dated Brent benchmark will average about 606,000 barrels per day in November, compared with 610,000 bpd in October, 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.

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Source: Reuters (Reporting by Alex Lawler and Robert Harvey; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Jonathan Oatis)