Table 13.  World Crude Oil Prices1,,,,,,,,,,,
           (Dollars per Barrel),,,,,,,,,,,
Country,,,,,,,,,,,
  Type of Crude/,,,,In Effect:,,,,,,,
  API Gravity2,,,,18-Jul,11-Jul,4-Jan,5-Jan,6-Jan,7-Jan,2-Jan,6-Jan
,,,,2008,2008,2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,1978
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OPEC,,,,,,,,,,,
Abu Dhabi,,,,,,,,,,,
  Murban 39°,,,,143.40,143.33,94.85,61.39,59.74,38.74,29.87,13.26
Algeria,,,,,,,,,,,
  Saharan Blend 44°,,,,140.26,140.38,98.28,59.77,60.96,40.89,29.92,14.10
Angola6,,,,,,,,,,,
  Cabinda 32°,,,,134.90,134.79,92.29,54.93,56.51,35.32,29.31,NA
Dubai,,,,,,,,,,,
  Fateh 32°,,,,136.70,136.82,90.19,56.43,55.53,34.44,27.93,12.64
Ecuador6,,,,,,,,,,,
  Oriente 30°,,,,124.19,123.63,85.46,47.92,46.37,26.59,26.49,12.35
Indonesia,,,,,,,,,,,
  Minas 34°,,,,145.19,145.51,98.34,62.31,58.63,38.25,32.10,13.55
Iran,,,,,,,,,,,
  Iranian Heavy 30°,,,,130.47,130.54,92.76,51.92,54.07,32.98,27.52,12.49
  Iranian Light 34°,,,,133.27,133.64,94.96,53.77,56.07,35.73,28.67,13.45
Iraq3,,,,,,,,,,,
  Kirkuk 36°,,,,132.74,132.36,92.23,52.51,54.91,34.62,26.67,13.17
Kuwait,,,,,,,,,,,
  Kuwait 31°,,,,132.92,133.04,88.20,53.35,53.61,31.86,27.89,12.22
Libya,,,,,,,,,,,
  Es Sider 37°,,,,137.30,136.51,96.79,56.83,58.94,39.21,29.47,13.68
Neutral Zone,,,,,,,,,,,
  Khafji 28°,,,,134.50,134.55,93.02,53.48,55.01,34.05,27.08,12.03
Nigeria,,,,,,,,,,,
  Bonny Light 37°,,,,143.49,143.54,98.52,60.64,60.76,40.22,29.97,15.12
  Forcados 31°,,,,143.54,143.70,98.47,60.64,60.91,40.12,29.70,13.70
Qatar,,,,,,,,,,,
  Dukhan 40°,,,,142.46,142.80,94.20,59.90,59.49,38.14,28.59,13.19
Saudi Arabia,,,,,,,,,,,
  Arabian Heavy 27°,,,,127.20,127.25,88.07,49.83,50.41,27.95,25.38,12.02
  Arabian Light 34°,,,,134.50,134.55,93.02,53.48,55.01,34.05,27.08,12.70
  Arabian Medium 31°,,,,130.25,130.30,90.27,51.53,52.86,30.60,26.13,12.32
Venezuela,,,,,,,,,,,
  Bachaquero 17°,,,,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,11.38
  Bachaquero 24°,,,,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,12.39
  Tia Juana Light 31°,,,,135.77,135.32,93.85,52.60,56.45,36.49,30.10,13.54
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Total OPEC4,,,,135.80,135.76,93.56,55.06,56.18,35.21,28.22,13.03
,,,,,,,,,,,
Non-OPEC,,,,,,,,,,,
Australia,,,,,,,,,,,
  Gippsland 42°,,,,145.95,144.14,98.72,62.28,62.75,40.92,31.64,NA
Brunei7,,,,,,,,,,,
  Seria Light 37°,,,,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,14.15
Cameroon,,,,,,,,,,,
  Kole 34°,,,,141.91,141.26,93.90,54.41,57.50,34.72,29.12,NA
Canada,,,,,,,,,,,
  Canadian Par 40°,,,,144.93,141.20,94.72,57.12,58.94,41.32,30.49,NA
  Heavy Hardisty 22°,,,,128.36,126.31,65.38,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
China,,,,,,,,,,,
  Daqing 33°,,,,139.34,139.45,95.08,59.33,57.67,37.69,31.85,13.73
Colombia,,,,,,,,,,,
  Cano Limon 30°,,,,139.14,139.13,92.97,54.61,57.55,37.39,29.49,NA
Egypt5,,,,,,,,,,,
  Suez Blend 33°,,,,131.91,131.11,91.53,50.91,53.72,33.94,25.67,12.81
Gabon6,,,,,,,,,,,
  Mandji 30°,,,,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,12.59
Malaysia,,,,,,,,,,,
  Tapis Blend 44°,,,,151.97,148.64,100.53,63.47,65.56,41.53,31.90,14.30
Mexico,,,,,,,,,,,
  Isthmus 33°,,,,135.66,135.21,93.74,52.49,56.34,36.37,29.99,13.10
  Maya 22°,,,,126.58,123.85,82.78,44.17,45.99,28.31,24.37,NA
Norway,,,,,,,,,,,
  Ekofisk Blend 42°,,,,142.42,141.61,98.23,57.20,60.91,40.48,29.61,14.20
Oman,,,,,,,,,,,
  Oman Blend 34°,,,,137.35,137.45,90.50,57.16,56.38,35.48,28.45,13.06
Russia8,,,,,,,,,,,
  Urals 32°,,,,134.37,132.62,93.98,52.36,56.07,36.14,27.42,13.20
United Kingdom,,,,,,,,,,,
  Brent Blend 38°,,,,139.34,137.81,98.42,56.66,60.93,41.39,29.73,NA
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Total Non-OPEC4,,,,136.97,135.28,92.15,54.32,54.35,35.12,27.84,13.44
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Total World4,,,,136.32,135.55,92.93,54.63,55.12,35.16,28.00,13.08
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United States9,,,,134.44,133.32,88.41,51.57,53.28,33.79,27.63,13.38
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"  1 Estimated contract prices based on government-selling prices, netback ",,,,,,,,,,,
"values, or spotmarket quotations. All prices are f.o.b. at the foreign port ",,,,,,,,,,,
of lading except where noted; 30 day payment plan except where noted. See ,,,,,,,,,,,
Appendix A for procedure used for calculation of world oil prices.,,,,,,,,,,,
  2 An arbitrary scale expressing the gravity or density of liquid petroleum ,,,,,,,,,,,
products.,,,,,,,,,,,
  3 Netback price at U.S. Gulf.,,,,,,,,,,,
  4 Average prices (f.o.b.) weighted by estimated export volume.,,,,,,,,,,,
  5 On 60 days credit.,,,,,,,,,,,
"  6 Ecuador rejoined OPEC effective November 2007. Effective July 1996, Gabon",,,,,,,,,,,
"withdrew from OPEC. Effective January 2007, Angola became a member of OPEC. Prices",,,,,,,,,,,
have been adjusted accordingly.,,,,,,,,,,,
  7 Brunei contract prices no longer available for use in weekly ,,,,,,,,,,,
calculations.,,,,,,,,,,,
  8 Price (f.o.b.) to Mediterranean destinations; also called Urals.,,,,,,,,,,,
  9 Average prices (f.o.b.) weighted by estimated import volume.,,,,,,,,,,,
Notes: The Canadian crude prices have been changed to U.S. dollars. Effective with,,,,,,,,,,,
"   the week ending July 6, 2007, Lloyd Blend crude stream data are no longer",,,,,,,,,,,
   available; a similar crude stream Heavy Hardisty has replaced this category.,,,,,,,,,,,
NA=Not Applicable.,,,,,,,,,,,
R=Revised data.,,,,,,,,,,,
Sources: (the complete url below appears on two lines),,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/weekly_petroleum_,,,,,,,,,,,
status_report/current/pdf/sources.pdf,,,,,,,,,,,