Forcados will load 9 cargoes at a daily rate of 257,000 barrels down from 263,000 bpd in November.

Qua Iboe will load 7 cargoes at a daily rate of 215,000 bpd assuming a cargo size of 950,000 barrels. This is down from 8 cargoes in November at 245,000 bpd.

Loading programmes for other grades also began to trickle out. Escravos will load 6 cargoes, Agbami will have four, Amenam three cargoes and Yoho will have one in December.

(Reporting By Julia Payne; editing by David Evans)