The price of OPEC’s daily basket of twelve crudes stood at US$102.90 a barrel on Friday, 1st August, compared with $103.57 the previous day, according to OPEC’s Secretariat calculations.
The new OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Murban (UAE), Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), and Merey (Venezuela).
Source : WAM News Agency for United Arab Emirates