Outages at North Sea oilfields have helped put competing for Nigerian oil on pace to arrive in Europe at the highest levels in seven months in June, according to Refinitiv Eikon data and traders. FILE PHOTO: Ships and tankers seen on the horizon off the coast of the Apapa port Lagos, Nigeria, February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo Nigeria is set to export about 905,000 barrels per day (bpd) to the continent this month, the most since a roughly five-year high of about 1 million bpd in November. (Graphic: Nigerian oil exports to Europe – tmsnrt.rs/2ZOLAGq ) Norwegian and UK offshore fields in the North Sea normally provide a steady supply of lighter crude to refineries feeding northern Europe’s major economies and are traditionally more competitive than Nigerian grades due to their proximity. But planned maintenance on Norway’s Ekofisk oilfields this month slashed exports to just one […]