opec reference basket

Spot Quotations for the OPEC Reference Basket ($/B) 

 

 

Saharan

 

 

Iranian

Basra

Kuwait

 

Bonny

Qatar

Arab

 

 

 

Dated

 

 

2009

Blend

Girassol

Oriente

Heavy

Light

Export

Es Sider

Light

Marine

Light

Murban

Merey

Basket

Brent

Dubai

WTI

Jan

43.89

43.43

35.12

39.93

39.47

40.00

42.74

45.44

44.62

41.23

46.27

37.39

41.54

43.59

43.94

41.50

Feb

44.07

43.33

35.83

39.91

39.66

40.34

42.37

45.07

43.74

40.87

44.71

38.76

41.41

43.07

43.09

39.08

Mar

48.40

46.98

42.45

44.52

44.94

44.91

46.35

49.70

46.58

46.39

47.75

39.59

45.78

46.55

45.59

48.00

Apr

51.69

49.72

42.41

50.10

51.18

50.16

50.24

52.24

50.82

50.91

52.33

43.73

50.20

50.44

50.10

49.82

May

57.27

57.36

53.56

56.02

56.47

57.93

56.87

57.87

58.09

57.45

59.58

52.95

56.98

57.27

57.48

59.21

Jun

69.15

68.92

63.62

68.16

68.18

68.73

68.15

69.55

69.94

69.01

71.50

61.81

68.36

68.55

69.41

69.68

Jul

65.21

65.02

58.10

64.79

64.32

64.74

64.51

66.31

65.31

64.92

66.80

60.11

64.59

64.61

64.82

64.23

Aug

72.94

72.66

65.26

71.53

70.73

70.97

72.89

73.84

72.02

71.42

73.51

65.78

71.35

72.84

71.36

71.05

Sep

67.84

67.69

63.67

66.43

67.30

66.45

67.44

68.74

68.44

67.64

69.79

62.88

67.17

67.39

67.74

69.34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YTD Avg

58.04

57.45

51.35

55.95

56.05

56.26

57.05

58.96

57.94

56.88

59.35

51.65

56.6

57.35

57.27

57.13

Year 2008

98.96

95.64

85.43

91.49

92.08

91.16

96.55

100.60

94.86

95.16

99.03

86.73

94.45

97.37

93.85

100.00

Year 2007

74.66

70.88

-

67.06

66.40

66.35

71.41

75.14

69.30

68.75

72.87

61.80

69.10

72.55

68.38

72.29

Year 2006

66.06

-

-

59.27

57.97

58.88

63.35

66.84

62.64

61.10

66.07

52.01

61.08

65.16

61.54

66.04

 

Source: OPEC – Derived from Platts, Direct Communications and Secretariat’s Assessments.