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Table A3.   Data for Figure 5: Price Difference between Light Crude Oil and Heavy Crude Oil

Year Difference between
All Countries
Crude with an
API gravity of
20.1 or Less
and 40.1 or More
1978 4.94
1979 14.98
1980 23.91
1981 20.83
1982 19.18
1983 12.87
1984 7.02
1985 5.50
1986 5.52
1987 3.65
1988 4.37
1989 5.50
1990 8.37
1991 10.19
1992 9.24
1993 6.84
1994 4.93
1995 4.06
1996 5.22
1997 7.05
1998 6.57
1999 5.85
2000 7.24
2001 8.83
Source: Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Marketing Monthly, DOE/EIA-0380 (various issues), Tables 27 and 28.

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