Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Introduced on 16 June 2005, the new OPEC Reference Basket (ORB) is currently made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Zafiro (Equatorial Guinea), Rabi Light (Gabon), Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (UAE) and Merey (Venezuela). Notes: As of January 2006: The Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly & Yearly averages are based on daily quotations. As of January 2007: The basket price includes the Angolan crude "Girassol". As of 19 October 2007: The basket price includes the Ecuadorean crude "Oriente". As of January 2009: The basket price excludes the Indonesian crude "Minas". As of January 2009: The Venezuelan crude "BCF-17" was replaced by the crude "Merey". As of January 2016: The basket price includes the Indonesian crude "Minas". As of July 2016: The basket price includes the Gabonese crude "Rabi Light". As of January 2017: The basket price excludes the Indonesian crude "Minas". As of June 2017: The basket price includes the Equatorial Guinean crude "Zafiro".

The dataset illustrates the inter-country variations in the average price of one barrel of oil across G7 countries as well as the OECD average during 1984-2019.