PremiumWorld Oil and Gas Price Review for May 18

Daily Oil & Gas Price Review

Prices for Monday, May 18, 2009

Crude Oil Futures -- Prompt Month ($/bbl)

1st

5-Day

2nd

3rd

Chg.

Month

Avg.

Month

Month

ICE Brent

+2.49

58.47

57.28

59.22

59.98

Nymex Light Sweet

+2.69

59.03

58.17

59.59

60.29

International Crudes ($/bbl)

Spot

5-Day

Month-

Year-

Cash/Spot

Chg.

Price

Avg.

Ago

Ago

Brent (Dated)

+0.18

56.60

56.57

49.06

119.71

Dubai

+2.44

57.09

56.83

46.91

120.63

Oman

-0.14

57.48

57.19

49.96

120.04

WTI (Cushing)

+2.47

58.96

58.15

45.79

123.53

Opec Basket (A)

+0.38

56.37

56.75

51.45

118.95

Minas

+55.98

58.05

47.73

54.30

124.91

Tapis

+55.98

60.25

49.84

56.45

131.18

Forties

+0.18

56.25

56.17

51.96

122.22

Oseberg

+0.18

57.50

57.22

52.56

124.22

Bonny Light

+0.18

57.55

57.01

49.51

126.97

Urals

+0.28

55.55

55.45

47.46

117.92

North American Crudes ($/bbl)

Spot

5-Day

Month-

Cash/Spot

Chg.

Price

Avg.

Ago

WTS (Midland)

+2.52

57.30

56.66

44.61

LLS (St. James)

+2.87

60.40

59.11

48.61

Mars (Clovelly)

+2.57

57.29

56.08

42.90

ANS (California)

+2.69

57.86

56.86

40.39

Maya (Mexico)

+0.55

54.52

54.95

44.01

Heating Oil/Gasoline Futures -- Prompt Month

Futures

1st

5-Day

2nd

3rd

Nymex (ў/gal.)

Chg.

Month

Avg.

Month

Month

RBOB Gasoline

+7.75

175.81

170.38

173.81

172.11

Heating Oil

+5.69

147.57

147.72

150.42

154.07

ICE (London)

Gas Oil ($/ton)

-1.25

466.25

473.15

477.25

488.50

Gas Oil (ў/gal.)

-0.40

148.02

150.21

151.51

155.08

Product Spot Markets

 US Gulf Coast‡

Spot

5-Day

Month-

Gasoline (ў/gal.)

Chg.

Price

Avg.

Ago

Regular Gasoline

+8.14

169.39

163.38

132.19

Premium Gasoline

+8.14

178.89

176.03

141.69

Regular RBOB

+8.14

174.39

168.57

136.69

Mid-Distillates (ў/gal.)

Heating/Gas Oil (B)

+6.15

142.85

142.69

128.95

Low Sulfur Gas Oil/Diesel (C)

+6.15

145.60

145.44

132.95

Jet Fuel

+6.15

147.10

146.44

132.95

Fuel Oil ($/bbl)

1% Sulfur

-2.50

54.22

56.48

48.38

3%-3.5% Sulfur

-2.50

49.28

51.52

43.38

New York‡

Spot

5-Day

Month-

Gasoline (ў/gal.)

Chg.

Price

Avg.

Ago

Regular Gasoline

+8.14

171.64

167.03

137.94

Premium Gasoline

+8.14

189.14

183.73

153.94

Regular RBOB

+9.14

178.39

171.78

140.44

Mid-Distillates (ў/gal.)

Heating/Gas Oil (B)

+6.40

145.10

144.49

131.20

Low Sulfur Gas Oil/Diesel (C)

+6.65

146.60

145.84

131.70

Jet Fuel

+5.90

149.35

149.29

136.20

Fuel Oil ($/bbl)

1% Sulfur

-0.65

50.13

51.24

45.88

3%-3.5% Sulfur

-0.81

50.22

51.56

43.72

Rotterdam ($/ton) (F)

Spot

5-Day

Month-

Gasoline

Chg.

Price

Avg.

Ago

Regular Gasoline

+15.00

600.00

578.00

500.00

Premium Gasoline

+14.00

609.00

586.20

510.00

Mid-Distillates

Heating/Gas Oil (B)

+20.25

462.75

461.90

450.25

Low Sulfur Gas Oil/Diesel (C)

+15.25

475.75

479.50

467.25

Jet Fuel

+17.25

500.75

501.70

488.25

Fuel Oil

1% Sulfur

+6.00

319.00

317.80

279.00

3%-3.5% Sulfur

+4.00

319.00

320.40

273.00

 Singapore

Spot

5-Day

Month-

Light Ends

Chg.

Price

Avg.

Ago

Naphtha ($/bbl)

-2.34

51.06

51.87

48.96

Regular Gasoline ($/bbl)

-2.07

67.82

67.55

63.92

Mid-Distillates ($/bbl)

Gas Oil

-2.47

61.28

63.39

60.27

Jet/Kerosene

-2.15

61.75

63.42

60.92

Fuel Oil ($/ton)

3% Sulfur

-7.20

337.75

343.36

299.75

Mideast Gulf

Spot

5-Day

Month-

Light Ends

Chg.

Price

Avg.

Ago

Naphtha ($/mt)

-21.00

454.88

461.83

437.40

Regular Gasoline ($/bbl)

...

...

...

...

Mid-Distillates ($/bbl)

Gas Oil

+1.15

63.90

64.67

61.29

Jet/Kerosene

+0.30

62.76

62.89

60.90

Fuel Oil ($/ton)

3% Sulfur

-7.20

328.78

334.25

290.21

Natural Gas

1st

2nd

Chg.

Month

Month

US -- Henry Hub (Nymex)

$/MMBtu

+0.041

4.139

4.265

US -- Henry Hub (Cash)

$/MMBtu

-0.02

4.02

...

UK -- NBP (Cash)

p/th

-0.70

27.75

...

Produced by Oil Daily in cooperation with Reuters

Notes: All spot assessments are bid prices published by Reuters at
5.30 p.m. ET. When prior day bid prices are not available at press time,
price changes and averages are based on prior day closing spot prices.
This will occur on days when International Oil Daily does not publish,
or when market data are not available at publication time.
A--Opec basket price is for previous day. Month-ago figure is 20-day average.
B--No. 2 Heating Oil in US; 0.2% Gas Oil in Rotterdam.
C--No. 2 Low Sulfur Diesel in US; Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel in Europe.
D--Low pour.
E--High pour.
F--All Rotterdam prices are f.o.b. barge quotations.
G--day ahead.