As at 10 December “basket” of OPEC fell by 25 cents, after the previous two days it had risen to $ 1.52. Meanwhile, the basket price has changed little and, as at 10 December officially stood at 37.94 U.S. $ / bbl.Recall that from 4 December this year the price of oil “basket” of OPEC remains below 40 U.S. $ / bbl. as well as at 5 December, it fell to its lowest level since January 4, 2005. – 36.67 U.S. $ / bbl. Refers RBC. The term “basket” of OPEC (OPEC Reference Basket of crudes) has entered into a formal vocabulary oil market from 1 January 1987. and has since remained one of the main price indicators for the world oil market. Trash is a combined measure of normal oil prices, which supply the world market for OPEC. Since March, 2008. “basket” is represented by the following 13 oil brands: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola); Oriente (Ecuador); Minas (Indonesia), Iran Heavy (Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (UAE) and BCF 17 (Venezuela). In September of this year Members of OPEC formally withdrew Indonesia. However, before the end of this year, produced in the country Minas oil brand will continue to take into account when calculating the price of oil “basket”.
