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What is Benchmark crude?

Definition 2.3 Markets III: Commodities, Energy and Crypto · Chapter 2 — Crude Oil

A benchmark crude is a crude oil (or a basket of crudes) whose price is assessed or traded with enough volume and transparency that the prices of other grades are set as differentials to it.

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