The price of oil “basket” of OPEC dropped to 3.6% for the first time in a week and settled below the 40 U.S. $ / bbl. As at 18 December “basket” of OPEC fell to 1.47 dollars, while its price stood at 39.48 U.S. official / bbl.Recall that as of December 5 this year the price of oil “basket” of OPEC dropped to its lowest level since January 4, 2005. – 36.67 U.S. $ / bbl. But from 11 December established, and its price remained above U.S. $ 40 mark / bbl. Refers RBK.Termin “basket” of OPEC (OPEC Reference Basket of crudes) was introduced in the official language of 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”.
