Benchmark prices ease

摘要

1.Benchmark prices eased despite a marginal draw in US commercial stocks,as Libya looked poised to resume certain crude exports for the first time in nearly eight months,pressuring global light sweet crude values.Atlantic basin benchmark North Sea Dated shed $1.69/bl to $40.43/bl,while US marker WTI dipped by 83￠/bl to $40.14/bl.2.North Sea benchmark crude values bounced back,amid a flurry of deals that pushed Brent and Forties up by 27￠/bl and 9￠/bl,respectively,relative to North Sea Dated.Further support was provided by burgeoning Asia-Pacific demand-Total booked a very large crude carrier for a mid-October journey from the Hound Point terminal to the Asian market,amid signs that a backlog of floating storage at Chinese ports is beginning to clear.