OPEC basket price going up

ASTANA. KAZINFORM The price of OPEC's basket of fourteen crudes stood at US$50.24 a barrel on Thursday, compared with $49.73 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations, Kazinform cites WAM .

The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes is made up of the following: Murban (UAE), Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Zafiro (Equatorial Guinea), Rabi Light (Gabon), Iran Heavy (Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia) and Merey (Venezuela).