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North Sea Crude-Forties, Ekofisk weaken

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - North Sea crude differentials weakened on Wednesday, pressured by ample supplies.

Forties traded lower and Ekofisk was offered at a discount to previous levels.

WINDOW SUMMARY

* Forties: Two cargoes traded at dated Brent minus 30 cents. Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) bought from BP a cargo loading on Jan. 25-27 and Statoil (Hamburg: 1245893.HM - news) bought from Vitol a cargo loading Jan. 30-Feb 1. These were down 5-10 cents from deals on Tuesday.

* Ekofisk: Total (LSE: 524773.L - news) offered a cargo loading on Jan. 28-Jan. 30 at dated Brent minus 5 cents, weaker than Monday's assessment of dated plus 35 cents. The quality premium for Ekofisk in January is 35 cents. (Reporting by Alex Lawler; Editing by Adrian Croft)