Middle East countries have lowered the official selling price of crude oil

News July 30, by the recent volatility in international oil prices impact, it is estimated that the supply contract in September of the official price of Oman crude oil fell 4.43 U.S. dollars last month to 65.05 U.S. dollars a barrel. The official price is the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Mercantile Exchange, trading the Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract in July the average daily settlement price. Oman sour crude supply contract cargo will use the official price. Oman in the quality of high-sulfur crude oil exported to Asia, the main oil refineries, the crude oil is the most common transactions in the Middle East crude oil spot.

Dubai government said Thursday, in October had confirmed that their primary official price of crude oil per barrel price of Oman -0.30 U.S. official. Oman crude oil in October is the official price of Dubai Mercantile Exchange in August average trading price of the settlement.

Dubai crude oil has traditionally been the benchmark of Middle East oil producers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates only the production of more than 2.2 million barrels of daily crude oil production as part of the total. Cargo in the Middle East producers will announce pricing for a barrel of Dubai / Oman Spread valuation.

Jul. 31, 2009