North Sea Crude-Forties diff firms on pipeline outage
LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The differential for Forties crude firmed on Wednesday after an unexpected shutdown of the Forties pipeline due to a valve malfunction.
* Ineos, the operator of the Forties pipeline, said it was aiming to restart flows overnight.
WINDOW
* Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) sold a cargo of Forties to Gunvor at dated Brent minus 15 cents a barrel loading Feb. 21-23.
* Glencore (Frankfurt: 8GC.F - news) offered a cargo of Forties at dated Brent minus 5 cents a barrel loading Feb. 20-22.
* Gunvor bid for a cargo of Forties at dated Brent minus 10 cents a barrel loading Feb. 26-28.
* Gunvor bid for a cargo of Forties at dated Brent minus 15 cents a barrel loading Feb. 17-23.
WITHDRAWN
* Shell withdrew an offer for a cargo of Forties at dated Brent plus 5 cents a barrel loading Feb. 21-23.
* Shell withdrew an offer for a cargo of Brent Blend at dated Brent minus 25 cents a barrel loading Feb. 22-24.
* BP withdrew an offer for Brent Blend at dated Brent plus 35 cents a barrel loading March 2-4. (Reporting by Julia Payne; Editing by David Evans and Edmund Blair)