OPEC weekly basket price up to 32.72 dollars & OPEC daily basket price down to 30.98 dollars ??
OPEC weekly basket price up to 32.72 dollars
Vienna, March 17, IRNA -The price of OPEC's basket of seven crudes up
to 32.72 dollars a barrel last week, compared with 32.24 dollars in
the First week of March.
According to figures released by the OPEC Secretariat here today,
the price of the basket so far this year (up to 13 March) has averaged
31.25 dollars a barrel.
For the month of February, the basket price averaged 31.54 dollars
a barrel, as opposed to 30.34 dollars in January, and 28.39 dollars in
December of 2002.
For the fourth quarter of last year, the basket price averaged
26.83 dollars a barrel, as against 26.09 dollars in the third quarter.
The price of the basket in 2002 averaged 24.36 dollars a barrel,
compared with 23.12 dollars the previous year.
The OPEC basket comprises Algeria's Saharan Blend, Indonesia's
Minas, Nigeria's Bonny Light, Saudi Arabia's Arabian Light, Dubai of
the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela's Tia Juana, and Mexico's Isthmus
crude.
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OPEC daily basket price down to 30.98 dollars
Vienna, Mar 17, IRNA -The price of the OPEC Basket of seven crudes
stood at 30.98 dollars a barrel on Friday, compared with 32.42
dollars the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations
here, Monday.
The basket price in the last 30 working days in Dlrs:
Fri 31 January 30.71
Mon 03 February 30.29
Tue 04 February 29.98
Wed 05 February 30.52
Thu 06 February 30.77
Fri 07 February 31.25
Mon 10 February 31.38
Tue 11 February 31.35
Wed 12 February 31.30
Thu 13 February 31.91
Fri 14 February 32.33
Mon 17 February 31.90
Tue 18 February 31.85
Wed 19 February 31.95
Thu 20 February 31.48
Fri 21 February 31.84
Mon 24 February 32.44
Tue 25 February 32.73
Wed 26 February 32.49
Thu 27 February 32.48
Fri 28 February 32.63
Mon 03 March 31.63
Tue 04 March 32.12
Wed 05 March 32.29
Thu 06 March 32.50
Fri 07 March 33.79
Mon 10 March 33.11
Tue 11 March 32.54
Wed 12 March 32.74
Thu 13 March 32.42
For the first quarter of 2002, the basket price averaged Dlrs
19.83 a barrel as opposed to Dlrs 18.38 in the 4th quarter of 2001.
For 2001 as a whole, the price of the basket averaged Dlrs
23.12 a barrel, compared with Dlrs 27.60 in 2000, Dlrs 17.47 in 1999
and Dlrs 12.28 in 1998.
The OPEC basket comprises Algeria's Saharan Blend, Indonesia's
Minas, Nigeria's Bonny Light, Saudi Arabian Light, Dubai of the United
Arab Emirates, Venezuela's Tia Juana and Mexico's Istmus Crude.
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