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The Sahara Blend is the reference name of the
Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
n crude oil, which is produced on several Algerian oil fields.


Characteristics

Sahara Blend is a light crude, its extreme lightness and very low sulfur content makes it among the most popular with refineries for light derivatives such as gasoline and kerosene compared to Brent and
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(WTI). The
API gravity The American Petroleum Institute gravity, or API gravity, is a measure of how heavy or light a petroleum liquid is compared to water: if its API gravity is greater than 10, it is lighter and floats on water; if less than 10, it is heavier and sinks ...
of the Sahara Blend is around 45° and a sulfur content of 0.05%.


Rating

The Sahara Blend is listed on the London market, which is the benchmark for the Algerian barrel price.


See also

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Brent Crude Brent Crude may refer to any or all of the components of the Brent Complex, a physically and financially traded oil market based around the North Sea of Northwest Europe; colloquially, Brent Crude usually refers to the price of the ICE (Intercon ...


References


External links

* https://prixdubaril.com/petrole-index/petrole-algerie.html Algerian oil news and prices * https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=i11025000008&f=a Annual Sahara Blend Courses on the EIA {{Portal, Economy Benchmark crude oils Petroleum in Algeria