LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - North Sea Forties and U.S. WTI Midland both traded in Wednesday's North Sea window, with the former trading below Tuesday's levels and the latter slightly higher.
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* Indications are on a free-on-board (FOB) basis unless marked as cost, insurance and freight (CIF) or delivered at place (DAP).
* Forties: Mitsui bought a cargo with Oct. 16-18 dates from BP at dated Brent plus $1.30 FOB Hound Point. The cargo was sold on a one-cancels-the-other basis with an Oct. 15-19 cargo that BP was also offering.
* Forties: The deal level was slightly below where Mitsui had bid for Forties on Tuesday, for Oct. 4-13 at dated Brent plus $1.55.
* WTI Midland: Trafigura sold an Oct. 8-12 cargo to Petroineos at dated plus $2.65 CIF Rotterdam.
* WTI Midland: Petroineos bid for another cargo with the same dates at dated plus $2.65 CIF Rotterdam, but no sellers stepped forward.
* The deal and bid level equated to around dated plus $1.78 on a FOB basis, Reuters calculations showed.
* In the previous session, Petroineos had bid for Oct. 7-11 dates at dated Brent plus $2.55 CIF Rotterdam.
* Ekofisk: Mitsui bid for a Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 cargo at dated plus $2.45 FOB Teesside.
* Ekofisk: Petroineos bid for an Oct. 11-13 cargo at dated plus $2.60 FOB Teesside.
* On Tuesday, Gunvor bought an Ekofisk cargo from BP Oct. 11-13 at dated Brent plus $2.20 FOB.
* Johan Sverdrup: Equinor offered a cargo with Oct. 9-11 dates at dated Brent minus $1 FOB.
(Reporting by Robert Harvey; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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Brent BFO-BRT BFO-E
Forties BFO-FOT FOT-E
Oseberg BFO-OSE OSE-E
Ekofisk BFO-EKO EKO-E
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OPEC OPEC NSEA North Sea
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DRV derivatives PRO/E European products
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