VOL. XLV

No 16

22-April-2002

OPEC

Platts Considering Adding Forties And Oseberg To Boost BrentLiquidity

Oil market pricing service Plattsis considering adding North Sea Forties and Oseberg crudes to the Brent assessment in order to boost liquidityand reduce the volatility of the benchmark crude, which is widely used to pricecrudes in the Mediterranean. Were considering taking deliveryof Forties and Oseberg as alternatives of DatedBrent, and we would accept Oseberg and Forties inlieu of Brent in...