VOL. XLIII

No. 21

22-May-2000

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Crude Buyers Using New Hedging Mechanism Since Introduction Of BWAVE Benchmark

European customers for Saudi Aramcos crude oil have begun using a new over-the-counter hedging mechanism to reduce the risk of fluctuations in the difference between Saudi crude prices, which since 1 April have been benchmarked against the Brent Weighted Average (BWAVE) reference, and competing crudes which are measured against the dated Brent price (as Saudi crude was...