North Sea Crude-Forties bid up to dated premium

* Forties bid up to dated plus 20 cents

* At least six October Forties cargoes delayed

* More Forties loading delays likely, traders say

LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - North Sea Forties crudedifferentials drew support on Monday as increased buyinginterest coincided with mounting loading delays to cargoes inOctober.

Forties was bid as high as dated plus 20 cents, up from adeal at dated minus 55 cents on Friday, while November Brentfutures were trading at an 85-cent premium to December, up fromas low as 68 cents on Wednesday.

FORTIES

* Trafigura bid for an Oct. 23-25 Forties at dated plus 20cents and Total bid Oct. 25-29 at the same level.

Total also bid an Oct. 11-17 cargo at dated minus 15 cents.No offer levels were heard.

* Those were up from the last known deal, done on Friday atdated minus 55 cents for the Oct. 10-12 date range.

LOADING DELAYS

* Two trading sources said Forties cargo F1015 had beendeferred from Oct. 27-29 to Nov. 4-6, making it the seventhOctober cargo known to be delayed. More delays are expected tofollow.

A trader at Royal Dutch Shell, which originally owned theshipment, declined to comment.

SWAPS

* Swaps were not available as of 1630 GMT.

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(Reporting by Alex Lawler; Editing by Anthony Barker)

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