Platts Quality Premium for August-loading Murban set at $0.00/b

The Quality Premium for August-loading Murban crude oil is $0.00/b and will be effective for trade in August-loading cargoes during the Platts Market on Close assessment process through June.

In May, the quality premium for July-loading Murban crude was also $0.00/b.

Sellers receive the quality premium from the buyer for the nomination and delivery of a cargo of Murban crude into a physical convergence of Dubai, Al Shaheen, Upper Zakum or Oman partials during the MOC process.

The Murban QP is calculated at 60% of the net price difference between the Platts front-month cash Murban assessment and Platts front-month cash Oman assessment during the full month prior to the announcement.

In May, this observed price difference averaged 25.7 cents/b.

The Murban QP can be found on Platts Global Alert pages 2210 and 2220, in the Crude Oil Marketwire, and under code AAISV00 in the Platts database.

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