The crude oil reference basket of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries stood at $ 70.36 a barrel on Friday, Kuwait's Kuna news agency reported.
The price of the OPEC basket fell slightly from the previous day when it was $ 70.96. It was $ 64.48 on Wednesday, April 7th.The OPEC crude reference basket includes Sahara Blend (Algerian), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Zafiro (Equatorial Guinea), Rabi Light (Gabon), Iran Heavy (Iran), Basra Light (Iraq) ), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (United Arab Emirates) and Merey (Venezuela).