Daily Basket Price 22/2/2010 76.14 23/2/2010 75.75 24/2/2010 75.46 25/2/2010 74.66 26/2/2010 74.6 01/3/2010 75.75 02/3/2010 75.51 03/3/2010 76.52 04/3/2010 76.42 05/3/2010 77.27 08/3/2010 77.86 09/3/2010 77.38 10/3/2010 77.8 11/3/2010 77.76
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	Weekly Basket Price 11/12/2009 73.31 18/12/2009 71.44 25/12/2009 72.56 01/01/2010 76.24 08/01/2010 79.44 15/01/2010 78.14 22/01/2010 74.83 29/01/2010 71.64 05/02/2010 72.33 12/02/2010 70.55 19/02/2010 73.75 26/02/2010 75.32 05/03/2010 76.29 12/03/2010 77.7
	Monthly Basket Price Feb-09 41.41 Mar-09 45.78 Apr-09 50.2 May-09 56.98 Jun-09 68.36 Jul-09 64.59 Aug-09 71.35 Sep-09 67.17 Oct-09 72.67 Nov-09 76.29 Dec-09 74.01 Jan-10 76.01 Feb-10 72.99 Mar-10 76.92
	Yearly Basket Price 1997 18.68 1998 12.28 1999 17.48 2000 27.6 2001 23.12 2002 24.36 2003 28.1 2004 36.05 2005 50.64 2006 61.08 2007 69.08 2008 94.45 2009 61.06 2010 74.94

The new OPEC Reference Basket (ORB), introduced on 16 June 2005, is currently made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (UAE) and Merey (Venezuela).

Notes:
- As of January 2006: The Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly & Yearly averages are based on daily quotations.
- As of January 2007: The basket price includes the Angolan crude "Girassol".
- As of 19 October 2007: The basket price includes the Ecuadorean crude "Oriente".
- As of January 2009: The basket price excludes the Indonesian crude "Minas".
- As of January 2009: The Venezuelan crude "BCF-17" was replaced by the crude "Merey".

What is crude oil?
Crude oil is a naturally-occurring substance found trapped in certain rocks below the earth's crust.