Saudi Arabia raises July crude prices after OPEC+ extends cuts

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Dubai (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has raised the selling prices for its crude grades to all destinations for July, a day after OPEC, led by Riyadh, and its allies agreed to extend record oil production cuts until the end of July.

State oil giant Saudi Aramco has raised the July price for its Arab light crude to Asia to plus $0.20 a barrel, up $6.10 from June, it said in a statement on Sunday.

The market was expecting a rise in the Saudi official selling price (OSP) for the crude it sells to Asia next month to track a jump in Middle East benchmarks, but the increase was more than expected.

Saudi Arabia was expected to raise the July OSP for Arab Light crude by $3.80 a barrel on average, a Reuters survey found.

The hike in the OSPs may discourage more demand for Saudi crude, and would force other Gulf oil producers to follow the increase in pricing.

Riyadh has said it would reduce its crude output in June by 1 million barrels per day, more than its commitment under the OPEC+ pact, but it did not say whether it would continue with this voluntary additional reduction in July.

Aramco has also raised the July OSP of its Arab light crude oil to the United States, setting it at a premium of $1.35 per barrel over ASCI (Argus Sour Crude Index), up $0.60 a barrel from June, the document showed.

Aramco also increased its OSP for Arab light crude oil to Northwestern Europe to plus $0.30 a barrel over ICE Brent, up $4 from the previous month.

Saudi crude prices set the trend for Iranian, Kuwaiti and Iraqi prices, affecting more than 12 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude bound for Asia.

The tables below show the full FOB prices for June in U.S. dollars.

Saudi term crude supplies to the United States are priced as a differential to the ASCI.

MEDIUM +0.55 +0.05 +0.50
HEAVY +0.10 -0.30 +0.40

Prices at Ras Tanura destined for Northwest Europe are set against ICE Brent:

JULY JUNE CHANGE
EXTRA LIGHT +0.80 -3.10 +3.90

LIGHT +0.30 -3.70 +4.00

MEDIUM 0.00 -4.20 +4.20

HEAVY -0.50 -4.40 +3.90

Saudi term crude supplies to Asia are priced as a differential to the Oman/Dubai average:

JULY JUNE CHANGE
SUPER LIGHT +1.65 -5.65 +7.30

EXTRA LIGHT +0.20 -6.50 +6.70

LIGHT +0.20 -5.90 +6.10

MEDIUM +0.20 -5.70 +5.90

HEAVY -0.10 -5.70 +5.60

Prices at Ras Tanura for Saudi oil destined for the Mediterranean are set against the ICE Brent:

JULY JUNE CHANGE
EXTRA LIGHT +1.90 -3.40 +5.30

LIGHT +1.20 -3.50 +4.70

MEDIUM +0.50 -3.90 +4.40

HEAVY 0.00 -4.20 +4.20

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