OPEC daily basket price stood at $78.54 a barrel Friday, 22 October 2010

Vienna, 25 Oct. 2010--The price of OPEC basket of twelve crudes stood at 78.54 dollars a barrel on Friday, compared with $79.26 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. .

The new OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is 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).