Vienna, 4 January 2013--The price of OPEC basket of twelve crudesstood at 109.15 dollars a barrel on Thursday, compared with $108.96 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations . (View Archives).

The new OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), 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).

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