Saturday, August 21, 2010

How oil prices are fixed in an international oil market?

Prices are determined via exchange traded contracts on various commodity exchanges for delivery in specific quantity at specific points.





Crude oil is the world's most actively traded commodity, and the NYMEX Division light, sweet crude oil futures contract is the world's most liquid forum for crude oil trading, as well as the world's largest-volume futures contract trading on a physical commodity.





The contract trades in units of 1,000 barrels, and the delivery point is Cushing, Oklahoma, which is also accessible to the international spot markets via pipelines

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