WTI Crude •10 mins | 53.14 | -0.17 | -0.32% | |
Brent Crude •10 mins | 55.96 | -0.12 | -0.21% | |
Natural Gas •11 mins | 2.540 | +0.001 | +0.04% | |
Mars US •6 hours | 53.94 | +0.06 | +0.11% | |
Opec Basket •2 days | 54.85 | +0.93 | +1.72% | |
Urals •29 days | 42.22 | +0.00 | +0.00% | |
Louisiana Light •7 days | 55.57 | +0.56 | +1.02% |
Marine •1 day | 56.17 | +1.04 | +1.89% | |
Murban •1 day | 56.54 | +1.25 | +2.26% | |
Iran Heavy •1 day | 52.60 | +0.49 | +0.94% | |
Basra Light •1 day | 57.63 | +0.14 | +0.24% | |
Saharan Blend •1 day | 56.09 | +0.67 | +1.21% | |
Bonny Light •1 day | 55.62 | +0.31 | +0.56% |
Canadian Crude Index •1 day | 40.05 | +0.49 | +1.24% | |
Western Canadian Select •7 hours | 41.98 | +0.56 | +1.35% | |
Canadian Condensate •22 hours | 51.98 | +0.56 | +1.09% | |
Premium Synthetic •22 hours | 53.38 | +0.56 | +1.06% | |
Sweet Crude •7 hours | 47.98 | +0.56 | +1.18% | |
Peace Sour •7 hours | 46.73 | +0.56 | +1.21% |
Louisiana Light •7 days | 55.57 | +0.56 | +1.02% | |
Domestic Swt. @ Cushing •1 day | 49.75 | +0.25 | +0.51% | |
Giddings •1 day | 43.50 | +0.25 | +0.58% | |
ANS West Coast •6 days | 56.17 | -1.28 | -2.23% | |
West Texas Sour •1 day | 47.19 | +0.26 | +0.55% | |
Eagle Ford •1 day | 51.14 | +0.26 | +0.51% |
Osama Rizvi is an economic and global oil market analyst who brings in a holistic point of view connecting geopolitics, economy and politics. He has been providing analysis for various outlets all around the world for more than 7 years. He also works as an analyst at Primary Vision Network.
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