VOL. XLI

No. 11

16-March-1998

OIL PRICES

Kuwait's KPC Inaugurates New Price Benchmark for Asian Sales

Kuwait's KPC has inaugurated its new pricing formula for crude sales to Asian customers- which uses the Oman/Dubai spot average as its benchmark instead of the previous SaudiArab Medium yardstick - by setting an April price which effectively widens thedifferential for Kuwait export crude (KEC) below Arab Medium by 15 cents/B to 35 cents/Bas compared to 20 cents/B in March.

The April price...