LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) - North Sea Ekofisk crude
differentials weakened on Thursday while Forties and Brent
rose.
PLATTS WINDOW
* Indications are on an FOB basis unless marked as CIF.
* Ekofisk: Mercuria sold to Vitol a CIF Rotterdam cargo for
April 22-26 at dated Brent plus 75 cents, equal to dated plus 21
cents on an FOB basis and below Wednesday's assessment.
* Brent: BP bid for an April 24-26 cargo at dated Brent
minus 55 cents. Trafigura offered a cargo 20 cents higher,
leaving the differential up slightly from Wednesday.
* Forties: BP bid for a cargo loading May 3-7 at dated Brent
minus 35 cents.
* Forties: Trafigura offered a CIF Rotterdam cargo for April
20-24 at dated Brent plus 50 cents, equal to about dated minus
17 cents FOB. The indications mean Forties is up slightly from
Wednesday.
(Reporting by Alex Lawler. Editing by Jane Merriman)