Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 29
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
The price of Iran’s crude oil registered growth, in the global markets during the week from Nov. 17 to Nov. 24, after experiencing a slight fall in preceding week, the National Iranian Oil Company's OPEC Affairs and International Energy Forums Office said in its latest weekly report.
In recent weeks hopes have increased about the possible extension of the OPEC and non-OPEC countries' last year agreement to keep the oil output down, which has strengthen the oil price to over $60 per barrel.
Each barrel of Iran’s Light oil was sold at averagely $62.08 during the week till Nov. 24, or $0.82 more compared to the previous week.
The price of Iran’s Heavy oil stood at $59.44, indicating a rise by $0.49 during the week, compared to the previous week.
This year the average price of Iran’s Light oil was $51.27, while the average price of Heavy oil was $50.78.
The price of OPEC basket of 14 crude brands stood at $60.94 during the week till Nov. 24, indicating a rise by $0.65.
The OPEC Reference Basket (ORB) includes the following oil brands: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Rabi Light (Gabon), Minas (Indonesia), Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (UAE) and Merey (Venezuela).
The basket’s price stood at $61.31 per barrel on Nov. 28 as compared to $61.51 the previous day, according to OPEC.