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North Sea Crude-Brent diffs bounce, Forties-laden VLCC does U-turn

LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) -

* North Sea Brent crude differentials bounced on Wednesday, recovering from the previous day's two-week lows, while Forties held broadly unchanged, despite the unexpected return of a full supertanker to the region.

* Vitol sold a cargo of Forties to Glencore (Frankfurt: 8GC.F - news) for loading via ship-to-ship transfer at Scapa Flow from the VLCC Marbat, which loaded on Aug. 11. The vessel is off West Africa, having turned around on its way to Asia, and is due to return to the North Sea, according to Reuters shipping data and trading sources.

* There are now five vessels anchored off the UK coast, holding unsold crude, four of which hold Forties and the fifth, Oseberg, according to Reuters trade flows data.

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WINDOW SUMMARY

FORTIES

* Vitol sold Glencore a cargo of Forties for loading Sept. 13-15 via STS at Scapa Flow from the VLCC Marbat at parity with dated Brent.

* Petroineos bid for a cargo of Forties for loading Sept. 11-16 at a discount of 10 cents to dated Brent.

* Unipec bid for a cargo of Forties for loading Sept. 9-13 at 5 cents below dated Brent.

* Glencore bid for Forties for loading Sept. 16-18 at 5 cents below dated Brent.

* Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) bid for one cargo of Forties for loading Sept. 15-17 at 10 cents below dated Brent and for a second cargo loading Sept. 6-8 at parity with the dated price.

BRENT

* Total (LSE: 524773.L - news) bid for a cargo of Brent for loading Sept. 14-17 at 5 cents below the dated price.

* Gunvor offered a cargo of Brent for loading Sept. 4-6 at a 15-cent discount to dated Brent.

EKOFISK/OSEBERG

* Total bid for a cargo of Ekofisk for loading Sept. 14-16 at 25 cents above dated Brent.

* Statoil (LSE: 0M2Z.L - news) offered a cargo of Oseberg for loading Sept. 20-22 at 95 cents above dated Brent.

* Statoil offered a cargo of Ekofisk for loading Sept. 22-24 at 65 cents above the dated price.

* Eni (LSE: 0N9S.L - news) offered a cargo of Ekofisk for loading Sept. 13-15 at 35 cents above dated Brent.

* Socar offered a cargo of Ekofisk for Sept. 19-21 at 50 cents above the dated price. (Reporting by Amanda Cooper; editing by David Clarke)