New Iraq Oil Prices for May
Iraq’s
State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO) has adjusted its official selling prices for its
Basra Light and Kirkuk crude grades for March. In common with some other countries, Iraq’s oil is priced relative to regional benchmark prices:
- For shipments to US, contracts are priced are relative to the Argus Sour Crude Index (ASCI);
- Shipments to Europe are priced relative the North Sea Spot BFOE; and
- Asian shipmentas are priced relative to the Dubai-Oman crude benchmark, published by Platts, the energy-information division of McGraw-Hill.
The new prices to Europe are as follows:
- Kirkuk crude to Europe will sell at a premium of $4.00 a barrel relative to the North Sea (Dated Brent) benchmark, up $6.85 cents from April;
- Basra Light to Europe will sell at a discount of $6.50 a barrel to Dated Brent, down $1.90.
And to the US:
- Basrah Light will sell at a $1.95 discount to the U.S. benchmark, down 30 cents from April;
- Kirkuk will sell at a premium of 40 cents above the benchmark, an increase of 20 cents.
To Asia:
- Basrah Light to Asia will sell at a discount of 15 cents a barrel below the benchmark, an drop of 45 cents.
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