(Adds detail on Brent loading programme)
LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - About 100 workers on platforms
linked to the North Sea Ninian crude oil field, which feeds into
the global Brent benchmark, are set for a strike between
Nov. 5 and Dec. 4 over a wage dispute, the Unite union said on
Thursday.
"If we have to take strike action, then I would expect this
to have a major impact on production from the Ninian field,"
Unite representative John Boland told Reuters in an email.
The Ninian crude stream feeds into the blend of Brent,
Forties, Oseberg, Ekofisk and Troll North Sea crudes that
underpins the Brent benchmark. <BFO->
The Brent stream is due to load three cargoes in November,
which translates into around 60,000 barrels per day.
(Reporting by Shadia Nasralla; editing by Edmund Blair and
Jason Neely)
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