Crude benchmarks slide

摘要

1.Crude?prices?weakened?as?an?improving?global?supply?outlook?ofset?a?300,000? bl fall in US crude inventories in the week ending 24 May. Atlantic basin bench- mark?North?Sea?Dated?edged?down?by?34￠/bl?to?$67.91/bl,?while?US?marker?WTI? shed $1.32/bl to $56.59/bl. 2.Primorsk?Baltic?Urals?slid?10￠/bl?lower?to?a?$1/bl?discount?to?North?Sea?Dated,? while Black Sea Urals was steady at a 45￠/bl premium. The chloride content of Urals?at?Ust-Luga?has?reached?4ppm,?Russia’s?energy?ministry?says,?although?trad- ing activity remained thin as concerns over quality persist.