DUBAI
-- The Department of Oil Affairs of the Government of Dubai has announced that
the official price of Dubai crude oil, which will be delivered next July, will
be equal to the average daily settlement price of the DME Oman Crude Oil
Financial Contract in Dubai Mercantile Exchange contracts traded during the
next month.
Abdullah Abdul Karim, Director-General
of the Department, told Emirates News Agency, WAM, that the department sets the
price of Dubai crude oil in the markets in parallel with Oman oil prices, which
reinforces the transparency of pricing process commitment and setting a fair
value of crude oil in the Middle East.
The official monthly price of Dubai
crude oil – with the transition to the pricing futures contracts – is
determined in advance, for a differential price is placed before three months,
"M-3", while the official final monthly price is determined at the
end of the second month "M-2 ".
The DME Oman crude oil is considered a
benchmark for pricing crude oil by the countries that produce it, and it gives
them a differential price that reflects the quality of the product.
Everyday at 12:30 p.m. Dubai time,
Dubai Mercantile Exchange determines the daily settlement price of the Oman
contract, which is the average price of transactions made within five minutes
from 12:25 p.m to 12:30 p.m, Dubai time.
On the last circulating day of the
month, the settlement’s window lasts for thirty minutes from 12:00 p.m. until
12:30 p.m., Dubai time.
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