USD 93.4409

-0.65

EUR 99.5797

-0.95

Brent 87.38

+0.14

Natural gas 1.76

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Siberian Light

Russian Export Blend Crude Oil (REBCO) is coming in 2 main qualities: Urals and Siberian Light.

Siberian Light

The major Russian oil brand is Urals - the export blend, which is still used for pricing bulk of the Russian "black gold" going to the global markets.

Siberian Light has a lower sulfur content and lower viscosity than Urals Blend which is a mixture of crude oils consisting of Siberian Light with high sulphur oils produced in Russia’s European regions.

Density: 35.1° API (American petroleum Institute), sulfur content: 0.57 %.It is similar in composition to Brent and WTI, which belong to the so called light Sweet Oil low-sulfur light oil, which accounts for most of the world's demand.

Siberian Light is a light oil grade exported via Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, along with Urals. The main producers of Siberian Light oil are Rosneft, LUKOIL, Surgutneftegaz, Gazprom Neft.