VOL. XLVII

No 15

12-April-2004

OIL PRICES

Saudi Crude Prices For May Show Mainly Reductions To Western Markets, Increases To Asia

Saudi Aramco announced its May crude oil pricing formulas to customers on 5 April, reducing the prices for deliveries of most grades to the US and Europe, while increasing the prices for most grades to Asia. As usual the company based its latest pricing formulas on the performance of marker crudes on the three regional spot markets during the month preceding...