The barrel of oil of OPEC rose in price to $51,2 Price oil «baskets» OPEC rose in price more than on a dollar and attained a value higher of a 51 dollar for a barrel, an oil cartel reports. On being in April, 3 oil «basket» rose in price on 1,2 dollar – to 51,2 dollar for a barrel against 50 dollars in a previous point-of-sale day, betrays RIA «News». In March, 2008 a basket was extended to 12 sorts of oil due to Ecuador. Thus, in nastoyaschee
time the cost of basket of OPEC is determined as a middle arithmetic index of physical costs of the followings sorts of oil, obtained by the countries of cartel: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy (Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria),
Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudovskaya Arabia), Murban (OAE) and BCF 17 (Venezuela).rekord prices "baskets" it was set on July, 3, 2008, when a level was attained in $140,73. A middle price made on results 2008 $94,45 for a barrel. There is a middle cost of barrel of oil in January, 2009
OPEC made $41,52 for a barrel, in February – $41,35.