* Exports to Europe total 277 mcm/day * Flows to Britain at 56 mcm/day OSLO, May 13 (Reuters) - Norwegian gas exports to Europeeased slightly on Wednesday from the previous day as an increasein flows to Belgium was more than offset by lower deliveries toFrance and Britain. Pipeline gas flows from the European Union's second-biggestsupplier were running at a rate of 277 million cubic metres(mcm) per day at 0630 GMT, slightly down from volumes deliveredthe previous day, data from gas system operator Gassco showed. Gas production capacity at the BP-operated Skarvfield remained reduced by more than 8 mcm on Tuesday, and wasexpected to be down by almost 9 mcm on Thursday. Norway has a total gas production capacity of about 350mcm/day, but it is usually lower during summer months whenmaintenance takes place. The following table shows Norwegian gas pipeline flowsmeasured in mcm/day and compared with the previous session'sdelivered volumes: Destination Real time Pvs business Change day (mcm) Britain 56 59 -3 Germany & Netherlands 139 140 -1 France 43 47 -4 Belgium 39 34 5 Total 277 280 -3 NOTE: Real-time gas export figures are based on gas fed into thesystem at a certain time and calculated as a daily average. Levels can vary throughout the day as producers adjust theamount of gas they export, according to changing nominations, ororders, from customers. Volumes for the previous business day show delivered gas. Following is a summary of spot price settlements at Europeangas trading hubs: Gas hub May 12 May 11 NBP (UK) 21.7/45.5 21.7/45.5 TTF (Netherlands) 20.9 21.1 NCG (Germany) 20.9 21.4 Gaspool (Germany) 20.9 21.2 Zeebrugge (Belgium) 21.0 21.4 Peg Nord (France) 21.2 21.2 Trading Region South 21.5 21.5 (France)* Oil-indexed prices** 22.19/27.97 22.19/27.97 NOTE: Prices are in euros per megawatt-hour (MWh), except forNBP (euros/MWh & p/th).* - On April 1, the Peg Sud and Peg TIGF, were replaced by acommon market area under the name Trading Region South (TRS). ** - The oil-indexed prices are in order: Point Carbon's bestestimate for Russian gas, including spot indexation and baseprice discounts, and an estimate for Russian outrightoil-indexed gas. (Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by Louise Heavens)
Middle East Crude-Benchmarks fall, snapping two-day streak
SINGAPORE, May 8 (Reuters) - Middle East crude benchmarks Dubai, Oman and Murban fell on Wednesday after rising for consecutive days after Saudi Aramco and ADNOC raised official selling prices (OSPs) for term supplies in June.
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