LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) -
* Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures has bought into blockchain-based trading platform Vakt with $5 million in new shares, Vakt said on Tuesday.
* Aramco Trading Co, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, will use the platform.
* The VAKT platform specialises in post-trade processing. It has been live since the end of 2018 with a focus on the key North Sea crude oil grades used to set benchmark dated Brent.
* The founders included majors BP, Equinor and Shell, independent traders Gunvor, Koch Supply & Trading and Mercuria as well as banks ABN Amro, ING and Societe Generale.
* Chevron, Reliance Industries and Total have also joined.
* Vakt has not disclosed the volume of trade that uses its platform. (Reporting by Julia Payne Editing by David Goodman )
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