China appears likely to add Norway into the list of its regular crude oil suppliers in 2020, with the country’s independent refiners especially finding North Sea’s new Johan Sverdrup crude attractive for its competitive price and familiar specification.

Norway became a top 10 crude supplier to China’s independent refineries for the very first time in November as multiple end-users picked up various grades.

The North Sea crude producer could consistently feature in the monthly top 10 list in China next year as independent refiners provided…