North Sea Crude-Grane, Troll, Gullfaks progs seen smaller in June

LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - The differential for Brent Blend fell on Friday, while higher Forties offers failed to elicit any buying interest weighed down by floating storage.

* The price for Ekofisk rose slightly after a deal.

* More June loading programmes emerged. The Troll stream will be 200,000 barrels per day, or 10 cargoes, down slightly from 213,000 bpd in May.

* The June schedule for Grane will fall to 240,000 bpd, down from 280,000 bpd in May. Gullfaks will also have a smaller programme in June with 107,000 bpd, versus 157,000 bpd in May.

WINDOW SUMMARY

* Glencore (Frankfurt: 8GC.F - news) bought a cargo of Ekofisk at dated Brent flat cents a barrel from Eni (LSE: 0N9S.L - news) loading May 24-26.

FORTIES

* Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) offered a cargo of Forties ex-tanker Sea Lynx loading May 17-23 at dated Brent plus 25 cents a barrel.

* Glencore offered a cargo of Forties ex-tanker Desimi loading May 17-22 at dated Brent plus 25 cents a barrel.

* Glencore offered a cargo of Forties ex-tanker BW Peony loading May 17-22 at dated Brent plus 25 cents a barrel.

* Shell offered a cargo of Forties at dated Brent flat loading May 13-15.

OTHER GRADES

* Trafigura offered Brent Blend ex-tanker Orchid at dated Brent minus 40 cents a barrel loading May 20-22.

* Shell offered a cargo of Brent at dated Brent minus 20 cents a barrel loading May 16-18.

* Glencore offered a cargo of Brent at dated Brent minus 40 cents a barrel loading May 19-21.

* BP withdrew an offer for a cargo of Brent at dated Brent flat loading May 27-29.

* Eni withdrew an offer for a cargo of Ekofisk at dated Brent plus 15 cents a barrel loading May 24-26.

* Mercuria withdrew a bid for a cargo of Ekofisk at dated Brent minus 5 cents a barrel loading May 24-26. (Reporting By Julia Payne, editing by David Evans)