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North Sea Crude-Brent, Forties offered sharply lower

LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Differentials for Brent and Forties slumped on Tuesday as sellers offered cargoes well below bids from Unipec on Thursday before the UK Easter holiday that failed to elicit selling interest.

WINDOW SUMMARY

* Glencore (Frankfurt: 8GC.F - news) offered a cargo of Brent at dated Brent minus 55 cents a barrel loading May 5-7.

* Total (LSE: 524773.L - news) offered a cargo of Brent at dated Brent minus 70 cents a barrel loading May 1-3.

* Glencore offered a cargo of Ekofisk at dated Brent flat loading May 7-9.

* Total offered a cargo of Ekofisk at dated Brent plus 20 cents a barrel loading May 5-7.

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* Vitol offered a cargo of Forties at dated Brent minus 40 cents a barrel loading May 7-9.

* Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) withdrew an offer for a cargo of Forties at dated Brent minus 15 cents a barrel loading May 3-5. (Reporting by Julia Payne; Editing by Adrian Croft)